Hell (You've Put Me Through)

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"Hell (You've Put Me Through)"
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Single by Stephen Cummings
from the album Good Humour
ReleasedNovember 1990
VenuePlatinum Studios, Melbourne
Length3:36
Label Polydor Records, True Tone
Songwriter(s) Stephen Cummings, Robert Goodge
Producer(s) Stephen Cummings, Robert Goodge, Shane O'Mara
Stephen Cummings singles chronology
"When the Day Is Done"
(1989)
"Hell (You've Put Me Through)"
(1990)
"Family Affair"
(1991)

"Hell (You've Put Me Through)" is a song by Australian singer-songwriter Stephen Cummings and released in November 1990 as the lead single from Cummings' fifth studio album Good Humour . The song peaked at number 33 on the Australia ARIA Charts in February 1991.

Contents

At the ARIA Music Awards of 1991, the song earned Cummings a nomination for Best Male Artist. [1]

Track listing

Single
No.TitleLength
1."Hell (You've Put Me Through)"3:36
2."I Promise Not to Come"2:20
Remixes
No.TitleLength
1."Hell (You've Put Me Through)" (7" Version)3:44
2."Hell (You've Put Me Through)" (12" Version)6:15

Charts

Chart (1990/91)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [2] 33

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References

  1. "1991 Australian ARIA Award Nominations". Australian Recording Industry Association. 1991. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  2. "Stephen Cumings – HELL (YOU'VE PUT ME THROUGH)". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 2 March 2019.