Every Little Bit Hurts

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"Every Little Bit Hurts"
Brenda Holloway Every Little Bit Hurts.jpeg
Single by Brenda Holloway
from the album Every Little Bit Hurts
B-side "Land of a Thousand Boys"
ReleasedMarch 26, 1964
Recorded1964
Genre Pop-soul [1]
Length3:17
Label Tamla
Songwriter(s) Ed Cobb
Producer(s) Hal Davis, Marc Gordon
Brenda Holloway singles chronology
"Every Little Bit Hurts"
(1964)
"I'll Always Love You"
(1964)
"Every Little Bit Hurts"
Single by Spencer Davis Group
from the album Their First LP
B-side "It Hurts Me So"
Released5 February 1965
Genre Pop, rock
Label Fontana Records
Songwriter(s) Ed Cobb
Producer(s) Chris Blackwell
Spencer Davis Group singles chronology
"I Can't Stand It"
(1964)
"Every Little Bit Hurts"
(1965)
"Strong Love"
(1965)

"Every Little Bit Hurts" was originally a 1964 hit single for Motown soul singer Brenda Holloway, written by Ed Cobb. [2]

Contents

Background

Though she was against recording the song again (she recorded it a couple of years before signing with Motown), she reluctantly recorded the song [ citation needed ] and the label released it in the summer of the year. "Every Little Bit Hurts" was a big hit peaking at No. 13 on the Billboard Hot 100, [3] [4] and became one of Holloway's trademark singles.

Covers

Chart history

Brenda Holloway
Chart (1964)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [8] 13
U.S. Cash Box Top 100 [9] 18
Spencer Davis Group
Chart (196567)Peak
position
Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) [6] 9
Canada Adult Contemporary ( RPM ) [10] 2
UK Singles (OCC) [5] 41
Graeme "Shirley" Strachan

Weekly charts

Chart (1976-77)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [7] 3

Year-end charts

Chart (1976)Position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [11] 37
Chart (1977)Position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [12] 74

Alicia Keys version

"Every Little Bit Hurts"
Every Little Bit Hurts.jpg
Single by Alicia Keys
from the album Unplugged
ReleasedJanuary 17, 2006
RecordedJuly 4, 2005
Studio Brooklyn Academy of Music (New York, New York)
Genre Soul
Length
  • 4:01 (Album version)
  • 3:58 (Radio edit)
Label J
Songwriter(s) Ed Cobb
Producer(s) Alex Coletti
Alicia Keys singles chronology
"Don't Give Up (Africa)"
(2005)
"Every Little Bit Hurts"
(2006)
"Ghetto Story"
(2006)
Music video
"Every Little Bit Hurts" on YouTube

"Every Little Bit Hurts" was included by American recording artist Alicia Keys on her live album, Unplugged (2005). It was released as the album's second and last single in 2006. It failed to enter the US and international charts.

Critical reception

Sal Cinquemani from Slant Magazine felt that Keys treated the song "like [a] vocal audition[...] and not the blank canvas[...] of an interpretive artist". [13]

Music video

Directed by Justin Francis, the video premiered on January 17, 2006 on BET's 106 & Park .

Track listing

  1. "Every Little Bit Hurts" (Radio Edit) – 3:58
  2. "Every Little Bit Hurts" (Call Out Hook) – 0:10
  3. "Every Little Bit Hurts" (Radio Edit) (MP3 format) – 3:58

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