"Mad Head Love" (stylised as "MAD HEAD LOVE") is a song by Japanese musician Kenshi Yonezu. It was released as a double A-side single alongside the song "Poppin' Apathy" on October 23, 2013 by Universal Signma, on the same day that Yonezu's two self-released Vocaloid albums, Hanataba to Suisō and Official Orange, were re-issued by independent label .

In May 2012, Yonezu released Diorama, his first album and first to use his own vocals. It was released under independent label Balloom. The album was written, produced and illustrated entirely by Yonezu himself. The album was commercially successful, debuting at number six on Oricon's albums charts, and was one of the most sold independently released albums of 2012 in Japan. A year later, Yonezu debuted under major label Universal Music Japan with the single "Santa Maria." Two of the songs were performed with a band, the first time Yonezu had worked like this. The single reached number 12 on chart provider Oricon's singles chart.

A week after the single's release, Yonezu released his first Vocaloid song in two and a half years, called "Donut Hole" (ドーナツホール, Dōnatsu Hōru^?) using Gumi vocals. It was the first time he used a live band on a Vocaloid song.

"Mad Head Love" and "Poppin' Apathy" were written at the same time, based on the theme of a Möbius strip. "Mad Head Love" was "positive" and "high tension", while "Poppin' Apathy" was written as a gloomy, negative song by Yonezu. Because of this, he felt it was right for them to be released together. Originally "Mad Head Love" was planned to be the sole A-side. The song was the second time Yonezu worked with a live band, after "Santa Maria" and its B-side "Hyakki Yakō". He enlisted childhood friend Hiroshi Nakajima to work as a guitarist on the song. The pair formed a band when they were at high school, with Yonezu singing his own compositions, and Nakajima accompanying him on guitar. "Mad Head Love" also features Masaki Hori, drummer for Sapporo-based band Scam Circle, and Yu Sato, the bassist for U&Design and a support member for Nona Reeves. Hori and Sato worked on sessions for other songs, including the Vocaloid song "Donut Hole" Yonezu released shortly after the single. In contrast, "Poppin' Apathy" and "Tori ni Demo Naritai" were arranged by Yonezu without a live band.

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