"Hard to Love You" | ||||
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![]() Cover of the single released in Germany | ||||
Single by Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich | ||||
from the album Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich | ||||
B-side | "No Time" "Frustration" | |||
Released | November 1966 | |||
Recorded | April–May 1966 [1] | |||
Studio | Philips (London) | |||
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Length | 2:30 | |||
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Songwriter(s) | ||||
Producer(s) | Steve Rowland | |||
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich singles chronology | ||||
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"Hard to Love You" is a song by English band Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich, first released in June 1966 on their eponymous album. It was later released as a single in several countries.
"Hard to Love" was only released as a single in Germany, the Netherlands and New Zealand. It was first released in Germany in November 1966, with the B-side "No Time", which had been released as the band's debut single in 1965. [2] It was then released on 3 April 1967 in the Netherlands with the B-side "Frustration" and then in the same month it was released in New Zealand with "No Time" as the B-side. [3] [4] It became a top-ten hit in Germany and a top-twenty hit in New Zealand, whilst it failed to chart in the Netherlands.
7": Star-Club / 148 573 STF (Germany); Fontana / TF 267664 (New Zealand)
7": Fontana / 267 683 TF (Netherlands)
Chart (1966–67) | Peak position |
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Germany (GfK) [5] | 10 |
New Zealand (Listener) [6] | 17 |
"It's So Hard" | ||||
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Single by The Honeycombs | ||||
B-side | "I Fell in Love" | |||
Released | 15 July 1966 | |||
Genre | Pop rock | |||
Length | 2:33 | |||
Label | Pye | |||
Songwriter(s) | ||||
Producer(s) | RGM Sound Production | |||
The Honeycombs singles chronology | ||||
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In July 1966, The Honeycombs released their version of the song with the title "It's So Hard". It was their penultimate single and it failed to chart. [7]
Reviewing for New Musical Express , Derek Johnson wrote that the "change in style for the Honeycombs coincides with the introduction of three new members. Has a walloping stamp beat, reminiscent of Dave Clark, with rattling tambourine and twangy guitar". [7]
7": Pye / 7N 17138