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| "It's Over" | ||||
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| Single by Roy Orbison | ||||
| B-side | "Indian Wedding" | |||
| Published | April 7, 1964 Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc.[1] | |||
| Released | April 1964 | |||
| Recorded | March 10, 1964[2] | |||
| Studio | Fred Foster Sound Studio, Nashville, Tennessee[2] | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 2:47 | |||
| Label | Monument 837 | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Roy Orbison, Bill Dees[4] | |||
| Producer(s) | Wesley Rose[4] | |||
| Roy Orbison singles chronology | ||||
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"It's Over" is an American song composed by Roy Orbison and Bill Dees and sung by Orbison.[4] The single was produced by Fred Foster and engineered by Bill Porter.[4]
"It's Over" typifies the operatic rock ballad. The song also appears on Orbison's 1964 album More of Roy Orbison's Greatest Hits and his 1989 posthumous album A Black & White Night Live from the 1988 HBO television special.
Billboard said of the song that "the drama-ballad king scores again with pathos and chorus and strings that build, build, build."[5] Cash Box described it as "a throbbing, martial beat-like lover's lament that once again builds to a big finish" and praised the instrumental arrangement by Bill Justis.[6]
- ^ Library of Congress. Copyright Office. (1964). Catalog of Copyright Entries 3D Ser Vol 18 Pt 5. United States Copyright Office. U.S. Govt. Print. Off.
- ^ a b Weize, Richard (2001). Orbison 1955–1965 (7-CD Deluxe Box Set) (booklet). Bear Family Records. BCD16423. Retrieved 2021-10-11.
- ^ a b Marsh, Dave (1989). The Heart of Rock & Soul: The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made. Plume. p. 631. ISBN 0-452-26305-0.
- ^ a b c d Rice, Jo (1982). The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits (1st ed.). Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 80. ISBN 0-85112-250-7.
- ^ "Singles Reviews" (PDF). Billboard. April 4, 1964. p. 26. Retrieved 2021-05-01.
- ^ "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. April 4, 1964. p. 14. Retrieved 2022-01-12.[permanent dead link]