Love's Been a Little Bit Hard on Me

"Love's Been A Little Bit Hard On Me" is a song by the American country-pop singer Juice Newton, written by Gary Burr. It appears on the album Quiet Lies. The single was released in May 1982 and reached #7 on the Billboard Hot 100 that summer.[1] It also charted at #4 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart and #30 on the Billboard Country chart. The recording garnered Newton a Grammy nomination for Best Female Vocalist in the Pop category.

"Love's Been a Little Bit Hard on Me"
Single by Juice Newton
from the album Quiet Lies
ReleasedMay 22, 1982
Format7"
Genre
Length3:14
LabelCapitol
Songwriter(s)Gary Burr
Producer(s)Richard Landis
Juice Newton singles chronology
"The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known)"
(1981)		 "Love's Been a Little Bit Hard on Me"
(1982)		 "Break It to Me Gently"
(1982)

Music video

The music video for this song comically plays off the emotional hurt of love by showing Juice Newton being physically injured by her lover in a series of accidents. The final shot is of Newton singing in the hospital in a full-body cast with her broken leg in the air. The video was awarded Video of the Year by the American Video Association in 1982.

Personnel

Musical Analysis

Newton's version is in A major, and uses primarily A, D, and E chords with an occasional F# minor. But in the introduction, outro, and interludes between verses, a rarely heard (in popular music) pedal point is used in the bass and rhythm guitars, under changing chords in the upper instruments (A, D, E, A). Also of interest is the use of a descending parallel pattern of the chords D, C# minor, B minor, and A in the Bridge, which is also atypical of popular music from that era. The second Bridge also includes a moment of a capella singing, similar to another Newton favorite, Queen of Hearts (Hank DeVito song).

Chart performance

Weekly charts
Chart (1982) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[2] 30
US Billboard Hot 100[3] 7
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[4] 4
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 24
Canadian RPM Top Singles 14
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks 3

Year-end charts
Chart (1982) Rank
Canada RPM Top Singles[5] 71
US Billboard Hot 100[6] 47
US Cash Box [7] 37

References
  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications)
  2. "Juice Newton Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  3. "Juice Newton Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  4. "Juice Newton Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard.
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-08-11. Retrieved 2017-07-04.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. Musicoutfitters.com
  7. "Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 25, 1982". Archived from the original on July 11, 2018. Retrieved July 4, 2017.


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