Love Doesn't Have to Hurt

"Love Doesn't Have to Hurt"
Single by Atomic Kitten
from the album Feels So Good
Released	31 March 2003 (2003-03-31)[1]
Studio	Motor Museum (Liverpool, UK)
Length	3:38
Label	Innocent Virgin
Songwriter(s)	Susanna Hoffs Billy Steinberg Tom Kelly
Producer(s)	Bill Padley Jem Godfrey
Atomic Kitten singles chronology
"The Last Goodbye" / "Be with You" (2002) "Love Doesn't Have to Hurt" (2003) "If You Come to Me" (2003)
Audio video
"Love Doesn't Have To Hurt" on YouTube

"Love Doesn't Have to Hurt" is a song by English girl group Atomic Kitten. It was written by Susanna Hoffs of the Bangles along with Billy Steinberg, and Tom Kelly and recorded for the band's second studio album, Feels So Good (2002). Production on "Love Doesn't Have to Hurt" was helmed by Bill Padley and Jem Godfrey, with Martin Harrington and Ash Howes credited as additional producers. Initially recorded by Hoffs, it was later given to Atomic Kitten whose rendition of the Bangles' 1988 song "Eternal Flame" had been a number-one success the year before.

The acoustic-framed mid-tempo ballad was released as the fourth and final single from Feels So Good on 31 March 2003. It peaked at number 4 on the UK Singles Chart, becoming the album's fourth consecutive top five hit in the United Kingdom, and reached number 13 on the Irish Singles Chart, also reaching the top twenty on a composite Eurochart Hot 100. Atomic Kitten reteamed with frequent collaborator Phil Griffin to film a music video for "Love Doesn't Have to Hurt" which depicts them in different rooms in a futuristic house, intercut by group performances.