It Hurts to Be in Love

This article is about the Gene Pitney song. For the Gino Vannelli song, see Hurts to Be in Love. For the Dan Hartman album, see It Hurts to Be in Love (album). For the Gene Pitney album, see It Hurts to Be in Love and Eleven More Hit Songs.
"It Hurts to Be in Love"
Single by Gene Pitney
from the album It Hurts to Be in Love and Eleven More Hit Songs
B-side"Hawaii"
ReleasedJuly 1964[1]
Recorded1964
GenreRock and roll, pop
Length2:34
LabelMusicor Records
Songwriter(s)Howard Greenfield, Helen Miller
Gene Pitney singles chronology
"Gene Italiano"
(1964) 		"It Hurts to Be in Love"
(1964) 		"I'm Gonna Be Strong"
(1964)

"It Hurts to Be in Love" is a song written by Howard Greenfield and Helen Miller which was a Top Ten hit in 1964 for Gene Pitney.[2] It was one in a long line of successful "Brill Building Sound" hits created by composers and arrangers working in New York City's Brill Building at 1619 Broadway.[3]

The song has been covered by many other artists, notably Bobby Vee. In 1981, Dan Hartman recorded a version which peaked at No. 72 on the Billboard Hot 100.[4]

This "It Hurts to Be in Love" is not to be confused with a similarly titled tune, co-written by Julius Dixson and Rudy Toombs, first recorded by Annie Laurie on De Luxe Records (1957),[5] and subsequently recorded by Frankie Lymon, and Trini Lopez, among others.[6]

  1. ^ "Gene Pitney - Record Details". Retrieved 2016-12-20.
  2. ^ "Gene Pitney - Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2013-03-12.
  3. ^ Unterberger, Richie. "It Hurts to Be in Love - Gene Pitney : Listen, Appearances, Song Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 2013-03-12.
  4. ^ Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "Dan Hartman | Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-07-03.
  5. ^ "It Hurts to Be in Love - Annie Laurie : Listen, Appearances, Song Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 2013-03-12.
  6. ^ "Cover versions of It Hurts to Be in Love written by Julius Dixon, Rudy Toombss". Secondhandsongs.com. Retrieved 16 June 2023.