Hurts to Be in Love

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"Hurts to Be in Love"
Single by Gino Vannelli
from the album Black Cars
B-side "Here She Comes"
Released1985
Recorded1984
Genre Soft rock
Length3:39
Label Polydor Records
Songwriter(s) Gino Vannelli
Producer(s) Gino Vannelli, Joe Vannelli, Ross Vannelli
Gino Vannelli singles chronology
"Black Cars"
(1985)
"Hurts to Be in Love"
(1985)
"Just a Motion Away"
(1985)

"Hurts to Be in Love" is a song by Canadian singer/songwriter Gino Vannelli. Released as a single in 1985, the song was his seventh Top 40 hit in his native Canada, peaking at #19. [1] In the U.S., the song reached #57 on the Billboard Hot 100 [2] and #6 on the Adult Contemporary chart. It appears on his eighth album, Black Cars . The song was produced by the three brothers Gino, Joe, and Ross Vannelli, and written by Gino. It finished at #100 in the Canadian Year-end Chart.

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Track listing

Canada 7" single
A. "Hurts to Be in Love" - 3:39
B. "Here She Comes" - 3:18

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References

  1. "RPM Top 100 Singles - October 19, 1985" (PDF).
  2. "Gino Vannelli - Chart history". Billboard. Retrieved 2014-03-26.