Every Little Bit Hurts
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"Every Little Bit Hurts" was originally a 1964 hit single for Motown soul singer Brenda Holloway, written by Ed Cobb and featured on Holloway's album of the same name.[1]
Background
Though Brenda Holloway was against recording the song again (she recorded it a couple of years before signing with Motown), she reluctantly recorded the song Script error: No such module "Unsubst". and the label released it in the summer of 1964. "Every Little Bit Hurts" was a big hit peaking at No. 13 on the Billboard Hot 100,[2][3] and became one of Holloway's trademark singles.
Covers
- The Spencer Davis Group version from their 1965 album Their First LP reached No. 41 on the UK singles chart in early 1965.[4] and No. 9 in Canada in 1967.[5]
- In 1968, Small Faces recorded the song and included on The BBC Sessions LP.
- Released in October 1976, it was covered by Graeme "Shirley" Strachan (lead singer of Skyhooks) as his debut solo release and peaked at No. 3 on the Australian Kent Music Report Singles Charts.[6]
- British band The Clash recorded a cover of the song in 1980 for Sandinista!, but the track didn't make it onto the album. It was instead released in 1991 on the box set Clash on Broadway.
Chart history
- Brenda Holloway
| Chart (1964) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100[7] | 13 |
| U.S. Cash Box Top 100[8] | 18 |
- Spencer Davis Group
| Chart (1965–67) | Peak position |
|---|
- Graeme "Shirley" Strachan
Weekly charts
| Chart (1976-77) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia (Kent Music Report)[6] | 3 |
Year-end charts
| Chart (1976) | Position |
|---|---|
| Australia (Kent Music Report)[9] | 37 |
| Chart (1977) | Position |
| Australia (Kent Music Report)[10] | 74 |
Alicia Keys version
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"Every Little Bit Hurts" was included by American recording artist Alicia Keys on her live album, Unplugged (2005). It was released as the album's second and last single in 2006. It failed to enter the US and international charts.
Critical reception
Sal Cinquemani from Slant Magazine felt that Keys treated the song "like [a] vocal audition[...] and not the blank canvas[...] of an interpretive artist".[11]
Music video
Directed by Justin Francis, the video premiered on January 17, 2006 on BET's 106 & Park.
Track listing
- US promotional CD single[12]
- "Every Little Bit Hurts" (Radio Edit) – 3:58
- "Every Little Bit Hurts" (Call Out Hook) – 0:10
- "Every Little Bit Hurts" (Radio Edit) (MP3 format) – 3:58
References
External links
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- ↑ The Complete Motown Singles Vol 4: 1964 [CD liner notes]. New York: Hip-O Select/Motown/Universal Records.
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications), page 289.
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