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Latest revision as of 14:40, 9 December 2025
1981 song by Joan Armatrading
“The Weakness in Me” is a song by Joan Armatrading, from her seventh album Walk Under Ladders, released as a single in the US and Netherlands in November 1981. Despite not charting, the song has become one of Armatrading’s better-known songs. Armatrading said “it’s about somebody who has an affair and they’ve fallen for the person that they’re having the affair with, but they love the person they were with whilst they were having the affair.”[1]
The single featured as its B-side the original songs “Dollars” and “Crying”, which remained unreleased on an album until the reissue of her 1981 album Walk Under Ladders in 2010.[2]
The song’s accompanying music video was directed by Godley & Creme.[3]
Upon its release as a single in the US, Cash Box wrote, “In her distinctively deep and resounding voice, Armatrading creates a plaintive and poignant musical message in her own inimitable way. Producer Lillywhite surrounds the simple woodblock-piano accompaniment with a gripping bass-synthesizer sound.”[4] Record World praised it as “one of Joan’s strongest lyrical efforts”, which “deals with temptation and what it means to have a fickle heart”. They concluded, “Joan’s pointed lyrics and stirring vocal colors are bonuses for any format.”[5]
7″: A&M / 2381-S (US)
- “The Weakness in Me” – 3:32
- “Crying” – 3:28
7″: A&M / AMS 9190 (Netherlands)
- “The Weakness in Me” – 3:32
- “Dollars” – 3:29
12″: A&M / AMS 12.9191 (Netherlands)
- “The Weakness in Me” – 3:32
- “Dollars” – 3:29
- “Crying” – 3:28
- “Shine” – 3:49
