It Hurts Too Much

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"It Hurts Too Much"
It Hurts Too Much - Eric Carmen.jpg
Single by Eric Carmen
from the album Tonight You're Mine
B-side "You Need Some Lovin'"
ReleasedJuly 1980
Genre Pop
Length
  • 4:09 (album)
  • 3:53 (single)
Label Arista Records
Songwriter Eric Carmen
Producer Harry Maslin
Eric Carmen singles chronology
"Baby I Need Your Lovin'"
(1979)		"It Hurts Too Much"
(1980)		"All for Love"
(1980)

"It Hurts Too Much" is a 1980 song by Eric Carmen. It was the lead single from his fourth album, Tonight You're Mine , and was the more successful of two releases from the LP.

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The song reached number 75 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [1] and number 71 on Record World . It was also a big regional hit in Perth, Australia. "It Hurts Too Much" did best in South Africa, where it reached number three and became Carmen's biggest hit in that nation. [2]

Later uses

"It Hurts Too Much" was featured on the soundtrack of the 2010 comedy movie, Super . [3]

Chart history

Chart (1980)Peak
position
France (IFOP) [4] 9
South Africa (Springbok Radio) [2] 3
US Billboard Hot 100 [1] 75
US Cash Box83
US Record World 71

Cover versions

The Shivvers covered the song on their LP, Lost Hits From Milwaukee's First Family Of Powerpop 1979-82.

References

  1. 1 2 Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN   0-89820-089-X
  2. 1 2 "SA Charts 1965–March 1989" . Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  3. ↑ "Super (2010) - IMDb". IMDb .
  4. ↑ Song artist 892 - Eric Carmen


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