Love Hurts

"Love Hurts" is a song written and composed by the American songwriter Boudleaux Bryant. First recorded by the Everly Brothers in July 1960, the song is also well known from a 1975 international hit version by the Scottish hard rock band Nazareth and in the UK a top five hit in 1975 by the English singer Jim Capaldi.

This article is about the song written by Boudleaux Bryant. For other uses, see Love Hurts (disambiguation).
"Love Hurts"
Song by The Everly Brothers
from the album A Date with The Everly Brothers
Released1961
RecordedJuly 1960
GenreCountry
Length2:22
LabelWarner Bros.
Songwriter(s)Boudleaux Bryant

Appearances

The song was introduced in December 1960 as an album track on A Date with The Everly Brothers, but was never released as a single (A-side or B-side) by the Everlys. The first hit version of the song was by Roy Orbison, who earned Australian radio play, hitting the Top Five of that country's singles charts in 1961. A recording by Emmylou Harris and Gram Parsons was included on Parsons' posthumously released Grievous Angel album. After Parsons' 1973 death, Harris made the song a staple of her repertoire, and has included it in her concert set lists from the 1970s to the present. Harris has since re-recorded the song twice. Jennifer Warnes released a version on her self-titled album in 1976.

The most successful recording of the song was by hard rock band Nazareth, who took the song to the U.S. Top 10 in 1975 and hit number one in Norway and the Netherlands. In the UK the most successful version of the song was by former Traffic member Jim Capaldi, who took it to number four in the charts in November 1975 during an 11-week run. The song was also covered by Cher in 1975 for her album Stars. Cher re-recorded the song in 1991 for her album of the same name. Joan Jett included a version of the song on her 1990 album, The Hit List, a covers compilation. Rod Stewart recorded the song in 2006 for his album Still the Same... Great Rock Classics of Our Time which was No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart.

The bluegrass version appearing in both the Deadpool 2 "Super Duper Cut" and the "Once Upon A Deadpool" DVD, during the montages featuring the titular character's failed suicide attempts following Vanessa's death, was first recorded by The Osborne Brothers for their 1977 Release "From Rocky Top To Muddy Bottom: The Songs Of Boudleaux & Felice Bryant".[1]

Jazz guitarist Julian Lage performs the song on his 2019 album of the same name.

Roy Orbison version
"Love Hurts"
Single by Roy Orbison
A-side"Running Scared"
Released1961
Format7-inch single
Recorded1961
GenrePop
Length2:26
LabelMonument
Songwriter(s)Boudleaux Bryant

Roy Orbison covered "Love Hurts" in 1961 and issued it as the B-side to "Running Scared." While "Running Scared" was an international hit, the B-side only picked up significant airplay in Australia. Consequently, chart figures for Australia show "Running Scared"/"Love Hurts" as a double A-Side, both sides peaking at No. 5. This makes Orbison's recording of "Love Hurts" the first version to be a hit.

Chart (1961) Peak
position
Australia 5

Jim Capaldi version
"Love Hurts"
Single by Jim Capaldi
from the album Short Cut Draw Blood
B-side"Sugar Honey"
Released1975 (1975)
Format7-inch single
Recorded1975
GenrePop
Length3:29
LabelIsland
Songwriter(s)Boudleaux Bryant
Producer(s)Steve Smith
Jim Capaldi singles chronology
"It's All Up to You"
(1974)		 "Love Hurts"
(1975)		 "Goodbye Love"
(1976)

Jim Capaldi reached number 4 in the UK charts with his interpretation of "Love Hurts" in November 1975, which was to prove his highest charting UK single.[2] Described by Rolling Stone as having "a sense of pain very different from Roy Orbison's."[3] the single also charted in the US,[4] Germany,[5] and Sweden.[6]

Chart (1975–76) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[7] 6
Canada RPM Top Singles[8] 15
Germany 42
Ireland (IRMA)[9] 8
South Africa (Springbok)[10] 13
Sweden 16
UK 4
U.S. 97

Nazareth version
"Love Hurts"
Single by Nazareth
from the album Hair of the Dog
B-side
Released1974 (1974)
Format7-inch single
Recorded1974
Genre
Length3:53
3:03 (U.S. single)
LabelVertigo
Songwriter(s)Boudleaux Bryant
Producer(s)Manny Charlton
Nazareth singles chronology
"This Flight Tonight"
(1973)		 "Love Hurts"
(1974)		 "Shanghai'd in Shanghai"
(1974)

Performed as a power ballad,[12] the Nazareth version is the most popular version of the song and the only rendition of "Love Hurts" to become a hit single in the United States, reaching No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 in early 1976. Billboard ranked it as the No. 23 song for 1976.[13] As part of the "Hot Tracks (EP)" it also reached No. 41 in the UK in 1977.[14] Nazareth's version was an international hit, peaking at No. 1 in Canada, the Netherlands, Belgium, South Africa and Norway, and remains the best-known recording of the song. The Nazareth single was so successful in Norway that it charted for 61 weeks on the Norwegian charts (VG-lista Top 10), including 14 weeks at No. 1, making it the top single of all time in that country.[15]

A later recording by Nazareth, featuring the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, peaked at No. 89 in Germany.

The lyrics of the song remained unchanged on all versions up until Nazareth's 1975 recording, where the original line "love is like a stove/it burns you when it's hot" was changed to "love is like a flame/it burns you when it's hot".

Cher covered this version for her 1991 album of the same name.

Media

The song was used in an advertisement for Esurance,[16] and also in a series of advertisements by Zurich.[17]

A cover was sung by Nan Vernon for the film Halloween II.

The song has been featured in several video games, and films, including Click, The Doors, Spaceballs, Wayne's World, Josie and the Pussycats, Sid and Nancy, This Is Spinal Tap, Airheads, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, Dude, Where's My Car?, Empire Records, High Fidelity, Dazed and Confused, Rock Star, The Rocker, The Full Monty, Napoleon Dynamite, Click, Monkeybone, Idiocracy, Speed, Lethal Weapon 4, Exit Wounds, Mad Max: Fury Road, Guitar Hero II, Rock Band 3, Barnyard, Flushed Away, Detroit Rock City, Chicken Little, and Toy Story 3.

The song was featured in a dream sequence in Season 4, Episode 24 of That '70s Show, in which Fez daydreams that the characters Eric, Donna, Kelso and Jackie are performing the song after they hurt his feelings. Also featured in the film Dazed and Confused during the junior high dance.

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts
Chart (1975–77) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[18] 8
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[19] 11
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[20] 1
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[21] 1
Denmark 2
Euro Hit 50 3
Germany (Official German Charts)[22] 30
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[23] 1
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[24] 4
Norway (VG-lista)[25] 1
South Africa (Springbok Radio)[26] 1
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[27] 6
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[28] 41
US Billboard Hot 100[29] 8

Year-end charts

Cher version
"Love Hurts"
Single by Cher
from the album Love Hurts
B-side"One Small Step"
Released1991
Recorded1991
GenrePop rock
Length4:07
LabelGeffen
Songwriter(s)Boudleaux Bryant
Producer(s)Richie Zito
Cher singles chronology
"Save Up All Your Tears"
(1991)		 "Love Hurts"
(1991)		 "Could've Been You"
(1992)
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Cher recorded her first version in 1975 for the album Stars, but did not release this version as a single. She later recorded a second version in 1991 for her album of the same name. This version was a cover of Nazareth's version. The single became a minor hit in the UK in December 1991.

Chart (1991) Peak
position
Denmark (Tracklisten)[32] 8
Poland (LP3)[33] 21
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[34] 43

Live performances

Cher performed the song on the following concert tours:

See also

References
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