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Up Your Alley by  ReleasedMay 23, 1988Studio Various   Length41:20/ (US)
 (Europe and Japan)  chronology
(1986)Up Your Alley
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(1990) from Up Your Alley ""
Released: 1988 "Little Liar"
Released: 1988 Professional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingB+

Up Your Alley is the sixth  by the American rock band . It was originally released in May 1988, on the labels  and  in the U.S., and  in (Europe and Japan), a year and a half after their previous album . This album contains the single "", which peaked at No. 8 on the , and had been used as the theme song for   games in America (with altered lyrics, by two singers) during the  and . The follow-up single "Little Liar" continued Jett's chart success, peaking at No. 19 on the Hot 100 in late 1988/early 1989.

Up Your Alley peaked at No. 19 on the  albums chart and has since been certified .

Former  guitarist  played the guitar solo on "I Hate Myself for Loving You".

"I Hate Myself for Loving You" was released as the first single, backed with a live version of the Jett composition "Love Is Pain" (the original version of which appears on 1981's ). "Little Liar" was the second single, backed with an obscure Jett/Laguna composition "What Can I Do for You", which had been recorded for a movie Jett was set to make in 1979 that was never completed. The song eventually turned up again on the Jett fan-club only CD 1979. For Record Store Day in 2015, the track was included on the  documenting the first several songs Joan wrote with Kenny Laguna, her newly acquired producer. This was to be the first of many Jett/Laguna collaborations, as they were inseparable from that moment in 1979 to the present day.

Two videos were shot for "Little Liar", the first, a concept video, feature a slightly confusing storyline with two Joans (one in white, one in black) interacting. After seeing the result of the first Little Liar video, Jett was unhappy with the silliness and visual translation so immediately shot a new live video (synced with the studio version of the song) for this track. The new video captured a more authentic feel with raw live shots combined with cutaways and studio shot closeups of Joan. It was a more stylized live video with -like artistic flourishes.

Awards & acclamation

Joan Jett and the Blackhearts were nominated for a  in 1998 for  for "I Hate Myself For Loving You".

Track listing Side oneNo.TitleWriter(s)Length1."" 4:072."Ridin' with James Dean" Jett Ricky Byrd 3:173."Little Liar" Jett Child 4:014."Tulane" ( cover)2:545."" ( cover) 5:12Side twoNo.TitleWriter(s)Length6."I Still Dream About You" Jett Byrd Gary Rottger 3:237."You Want In, I Want Out" Jett Child 4:158."Just Like in the Movies" Jett Browde Byrd 3:059."Desire" Jett Laguna 3:5310."Back It Up" Jett Byrd Browde 3:3111."Play That Song Again" Jett Byrd 3:42Total length:41:20