It's a Heartache

"It's a Heartache"
Single by Bonnie Tyler
from the album Natural Force
B-side"Got So Used to Lovin' You"
Released4 November 1977[1]
Genre
Length3:31
LabelRCA Records
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Bonnie Tyler singles chronology
"Heaven"
(1977)
"It's a Heartache"
(1977)
"Here Am I"
(1978)

"'It's a Heartache'" is a song recorded by Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler. Written by Ronnie Scott and Steve Wolfe, and co-produced with David Mackay, the single was released in November 1977 by RCA Records. The song topped the charts in Australia, Canada, and numerous European countries, and reached No. 3 in the US and No. 4 in the UK. Worldwide, "It's a Heartache" sold around six million copies.[5]

In the United States, Tyler's version was released in 1978 around the same time as versions of it were released by Juice Newton and Ronnie Spector.

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  3. ^ Breihan, Tom (July 27, 2020). "The Number Ones: Bonnie Tyler's "Total Eclipse Of The Heart". Stereogum. Retrieved July 28, 2023. A year later, she had a global hit with the hardbitten, country-ish ballad "It's A Heartache," which made it to #3 in the US.
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