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"Love Hurts" | |
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Song by the Everly Brothers | |
from the album A Date with the Everly Brothers | |
Published | August 30, 1960 Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. [1] |
Released | October 1960 |
Recorded | July 1960 |
Genre | Country |
Length | 2:22 |
Label | Warner Bros. Nashville |
Songwriter(s) | Boudleaux Bryant |
"Love Hurts" is a song written and composed by the American songwriter Boudleaux Bryant. First recorded by the Everly Brothers in July 1960, the song is most well known in two hit versions by UK artists; by Scottish hard rock band Nazareth in 1974 and by English singer-songwriter Jim Capaldi in 1975.
The song was introduced in October 1960 as an album track on A Date with the Everly Brothers but was never released as a single (A-side or B-side) by the Everlys. Due to a falling out with their manager and publisher Wesley Rose, they were prevented from issuing it as a single, though it had been meant for them. It was after the quarrel was settled in 1964 that they rerecorded it for the 1965 album Rock 'n' Soul .
"Love Hurts" | |
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Single by Roy Orbison | |
from the album Crying | |
A-side | "Running Scared" |
Released | March 1961 |
Recorded | February 27, 1961 [2] |
Studio | RCA Victor Studio B, Nashville [2] |
Genre | Pop |
Length | 2:26 |
Label | Monument |
Songwriter(s) | Boudleaux Bryant |
Producer(s) | Fred Foster |
Audios | |
"Love Hurts" (1961) by Roy Orbison on YouTube | |
"Love Hurts" by Roy Orbison with Royal Philharmonic Orchestra on YouTube |
Roy Orbison covered "Love Hurts" in 1961 and issued it as the B-side to "Running Scared." While "Running Scared" was an international hit,the B-side only picked up significant airplay in Australia. Consequently,chart figures for Australia show "Running Scared"/"Love Hurts" as a double A-Side,both sides peaking at No. 5. This makes Orbison's recording of "Love Hurts" the first version to be a hit.
Chart (1961) | Peak position |
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Australia | 5 |
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Single by Nazareth | ||||
from the album Hair of the Dog | ||||
B-side |
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Released | November 8,1974 | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 3:53 3:03 (U.S. single) | |||
Label | Vertigo | |||
Songwriter(s) | Boudleaux Bryant | |||
Producer(s) | Manny Charlton | |||
Nazareth singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
Nazareth –"Love Hurts" (TopPop) on YouTube |
Performed as a power ballad, [4] the Nazareth version is the most popular version of the song and the only rendition of "Love Hurts" to become a hit single in the United States,reaching No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 in early 1976. Billboard ranked it as the No. 23 song for 1976. [5] As part of the "Hot Tracks (EP)" it also reached No. 15 in the UK in 1977. [6] Nazareth's version was an international hit,peaking at No. 1 in Canada,the Netherlands,Belgium,South Africa and Norway. The Nazareth single was so successful in Norway that it charted for 61 weeks on the Norwegian charts (VG-lista Top 10),including 14 weeks at No. 1,making it the top single of all time in that country. [7]
A later recording by Nazareth,featuring the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra,peaked at No. 89 in Germany.
The lyrics of the song were changed for Nazareth's 1975 recording,where the original line "love is like a stove/it burns you when it's hot" was changed to "love is like a flame/it burns you when it's hot".
Chart (1975-1977) | Peak position |
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Argentina [8] | 3 |
Australian Singles (Kent Music Report) [9] | 8 |
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [10] | 11 |
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [11] | 1 |
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia) [12] | 28 |
Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) [13] | 1 |
Germany (Official German Charts) [14] | 30 |
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [15] | 1 |
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [16] | 4 |
Norway (VG-lista) [17] | 1 |
South Africa (Springbok Radio) [18] | 1 |
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [19] | 6 |
UK Singles (OCC) [20] | 41 |
US Billboard Hot 100 [21] | 8 |
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Nazareth's version was used in an advertisement for Esurance, [26] and also in a series of advertisements by Zurich. [27]
The Nazareth's version appeared in the remake film Halloween . A cover was sung by Nan Vernon for the sequel .
The song has been featured in several films and television shows,including Modern Romance , Dazed and Confused , Can't Hardly Wait , That '70s Show , King of the Hill , Detroit Rock City , Scrubs , Click , Supernatural ,and Gotham . [28]
"Love Hurts" | ||||
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Single by Jim Capaldi | ||||
from the album Short Cut Draw Blood | ||||
B-side | "Sugar Honey" | |||
Released | November 1975 | |||
Recorded | 1975 | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 3:29 | |||
Label | Island | |||
Songwriter(s) | Boudleaux Bryant | |||
Producer(s) | Steve Smith | |||
Jim Capaldi singles chronology | ||||
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Live video | ||||
Jim Capaldi –"Love Hurts" (from The Old Grey Whistle Test,1976) on YouTube |
Jim Capaldi reached number 4 in the UK charts with his interpretation of "Love Hurts" in November 1975,which was to prove his highest-charting UK single. [29] Described by Rolling Stone as having "a sense of pain very different from Roy Orbison's." [30] the single also charted in the US, [31] Germany, [32] and Sweden. [33]
Chart (1975–76) | Peak position |
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Australia (Kent Music Report) [34] | 6 |
Canada RPM Top Singles [35] | 15 |
Germany | 42 |
Ireland (IRMA) [36] | 8 |
South Africa (Springbok) [37] | 13 |
Sweden | 16 |
UK | 4 |
US | 97 |
Chart (1976) | Position |
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Australia (Kent Music Report) [22] | 31 |
Canada RPM [38] | 137 |
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Single by Cher | ||||
from the album Love Hurts | ||||
B-side | "One Small Step" | |||
Released | November 25, 1991 [39] | |||
Length | 4:07 | |||
Label | Geffen | |||
Songwriter(s) | Boudleaux Bryant | |||
Producer(s) | Richie Zito | |||
Cher singles chronology | ||||
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Audio | ||||
"Love Hurts" by Cher on YouTube |
American singer Cher recorded her first version in 1975 for the album Stars but did not release this version as a single. She later recorded a second version in 1991 for her album of the same name. This version was a cover of Nazareth's version. The single became a minor hit in the UK in December 1991.
Chart (1991) | Peak position |
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UK Singles (OCC) [40] | 43 |
A recording by Emmylou Harris and Gram Parsons is included on Parsons' posthumously released Grievous Angel album. After Parsons' 1973 death,Harris made the song a staple of her repertoire and has included it in her concert setlists from the 1970s to the present. Harris has since re-recorded the song twice.
The Who performed the song on their 1967 U.S. tour.
Jennifer Warnes released a version on her 1976 self-titled album.
Don McLean included a version on his 1981 album Believers
Joan Jett includes a version on her 1990 album, The Hit List ,a covers compilation.
Heart offers a live unplugged rendition on their 1995 live album, The Road Home ,also included on the album's 1995 VHS concert video and later on its 2003 DVD reissue.
Pat Boone includes a version on his 1997 album, In a Metal Mood:No More Mr. Nice Guy ,an album of hard rock and heavy metal covers done in a jazz/big band style.
Rod Stewart recorded the song in 2006 for his album Still the Same... Great Rock Classics of Our Time ,which was No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart.
Jazz guitarist Julian Lage performs the song on his 2019 album of the same name.
The bluegrass version appearing in both the Deadpool 2 "Super Duper Cut" and the "Once Upon a Deadpool" DVD during the montages featuring the titular character's suicide attempts following Vanessa's death,was first recorded by The Osborne Brothers for their 1977 release,From Rocky Top to Muddy Bottom:The Songs of Boudleaux &Felice Bryant. [41]
Mexican band Yndio covered the song in Spanish with the title "Herida de amor" ("Love's Wound") in 1976. [42]
Harry Nilsson and Jimmy Webb recorded a duet version of the song. [43]
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