Love Hurts

{{Infobox song

| name = Love Hurts

| cover =

| alt =

| type =

| published = {{Start date|1960|8|30}} Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc.{{Cite book|last=Library of Congress. Copyright Office.|url=https://archive.org/details/catalogofcopyrig3145libr|title=Catalog of Copyright Entries 1960 Music July-Dec 3D Ser Vol 14 Pt 5|date=1960|publisher=U.S. Govt. Print. Off.|others=United States Copyright Office|language=English}}

| artist = the Everly Brothers

| album = A Date with the Everly Brothers

| released = October 1960

| recorded = July 1960

| studio =

| genre = Country

| length = 2:22

| label = Warner Bros. Nashville

| writer = Boudleaux Bryant

| producer =

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|J6YI26ZMm54|"Love Hurts (2007 Remaster)"}}|header=Audio video}}

}}

"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 most well known in two hit versions by UK artists: by Scottish hard rock band Nazareth in 1974 and by English singer-songwriter Jim Capaldi in 1975.

Original version by the Everly Brothers

The song was introduced in October 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. Due to a falling out with their manager and publisher Wesley Rose, they were prevented from issuing it as a single, though it had been meant for them. It was after the quarrel was settled in 1964 that they rerecorded it for the 1965 album Rock 'n' Soul.

Roy Orbison version

{{Infobox song

| name = Love Hurts

| cover = File:RoyOrbisonRunningScared.jpg

| alt =

| caption = US picture sleeve

| type = single

| artist = Roy Orbison

| album = Crying

| A-side = Running Scared

| released = March 1961

| recorded = February 27, 1961{{Cite AV media notes |title = Orbison 1955-1965 (7-CD Deluxe Box Set) |last = Weize |first = Richard |url = https://www.bear-family.com/orbison-roy-orbison-1955-1965-7-cd-deluxe-box-set.html |date = 2001 |access-date = October 11, 2021 |type = booklet |publisher = Bear Family Records|id = BCD16423}}

| studio = RCA Victor Studio B, Nashville

| genre = Pop

| length = {{Duration|m=2|s=26}}

| label = Monument

| writer = Boudleaux Bryant

| producer = Fred Foster

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title =

| next_year =

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|HWNFTo2WayE|"Love Hurts"}}|header=Audio video}}

}}

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.

class="wikitable"
align="left"\|Chart (1961) !align="left"\|Peak position
align="left"\|Australia \| style="text-align:center;"\|5

class="wikitable"

align="left"|Chart (1961)

!align="left"|Peak
position

align="left"|Australia

| style="text-align:center;"|5

Gram Parsons version

Gram Parsons performed the song in harmony with Emmylou Harris on his posthumously released 1974 album Grievous Angel. Harris has continued to perform the song throughout her career, including on her 1998 live album Spyboy.

Nazareth version

{{Infobox song

| name = Love Hurts

| cover = Nazareth Love Hurts.png

| alt =

| caption = Netherlands single sleeve

| type = single

| artist = Nazareth

| album = Hair of the Dog

| B-side = {{ubl|"Down" (non-U.S.)|"Hair of the Dog" (U.S.)}}

| released = November 8, 1974

| studio =

| genre = {{hlist|Blues rock|hard rock{{cite book|author=Phil Hardy|title=The Da Capo Companion to 20th-century Popular Music|year=1995|publisher=Da Capo Press|isbn=978-0-306-80640-7|page=123}}}}

| length = {{Duration|m=3|s=53}}
{{Duration|m=3|s=03}} (U.S. single)

| label = {{hlist|Mooncrest (UK)|Vertigo (Europe)|A&M (US/Canada)}}

| writer = Boudleaux Bryant

| producer = Manny Charlton

| prev_title = This Flight Tonight

| prev_year = 1973

| next_title = Shanghai'd in Shanghai

| next_year = 1974

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|1VGbnKGRxMc|"Love Hurts (Single Edit)"}}|header=Audio video}}

}}

Performed as a power ballad,{{cite magazine|magazine=Spin|title=Collective Soul|date=June 1995 |page=104|issn=0886-3032|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z1BJTsbRdMEC&dq=%22love+hurts&pg=PA104}} 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.Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1976 As part of the "Hot Tracks" EP it also reached No. 15 in the UK in 1977.{{cite book

| first= David

| last= Roberts

| year= 2006

| title= British Hit Singles & Albums

| edition= 19th

| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited

| location= London

| isbn= 1-904994-10-5

| page= 388}} Nazareth's version was an international hit, peaking at No. 1 in Canada, the Netherlands, Belgium, South Africa and Norway. 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.{{cite web|url=http://norwegiancharts.com/bestall.asp |title=BEST OF ALL TIME – SINGLES |publisher=Hung Medien |work=VG-lista |access-date=April 12, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141102064910/http://www.norwegiancharts.com//bestall.asp |archive-date=November 2, 2014 }}

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

The lyrics of the song were changed for Nazareth's 1975 album, 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".

= Charts and certifications =

== Weekly charts ==

scope="row"\|Argentina{{Cite web\|title=Cash Box - International Best Sellers\|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/70s/1977/CB-1977-02-19.pdf\|website=World Radio History\|publisher=Cash Box. 19 February 1977. p. 59.}} \|align="center"\|3
class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" !Chart (1975–1977) !Peak position
scope="row"\| Australian Singles (Kent Music Report){{cite book\|last=Kent\|first=David\|author-link=David Kent (historian)\|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992\|edition=illustrated\|publisher=Australian Chart Book\|location=St Ives, N.S.W.\|year=1993\|isbn=0-646-11917-6\|page=19}} \| align="center"\| 8
{{single chart\|Austria\|11\|artist=Nazareth\|song=Love Hurts\|rowheader=true\|access-date=February 16, 2021\|refname="cana"}}
{{single chart\|Flanders\|1\|artist=Nazareth\|song=Love Hurts\|rowheader=true\|access-date=February 16, 2021\|refname="canb"}}
{{single chart\|Wallonia\|28\|artist=Nazareth\|song=Love Hurts\|rowheader=true\|access-date=February 16, 2021\|refname="canc"}}
{{single chart\|Canadatopsingles\|1\|chartid=4088a\|rowheader=true\|access-date=February 16, 2021\|refname="cand"}}
{{single chart\|Germany\|30\|artist=Nazareth\|song=Love Hurts\|songid=6757\|rowheader=true\|access-date=November 8, 2020}}
{{single chart\|Dutch100\|1\|artist=Nazareth\|song=Love Hurts\|rowheader=true\|access-date=November 8, 2020}}
{{single chart\|New Zealand\|4\|artist=Nazareth\|song=Love Hurts\|rowheader=true\|access-date=February 16, 2021\|refname="nza"}}
{{single chart\|Norway\|1\|artist=Nazareth\|song=Love Hurts\|rowheader=true\|access-date=February 16, 2021\|refname="nzb"}}
scope="row"\|South Africa (Springbok Radio){{cite web\|title=SA Charts 1965–March 1989\|url=http://www.rock.co.za/files/springbok_top_20_(N).html\|access-date=September 5, 2018}} \|align="center"\|1
{{single chart\|Sweden\|6\|artist=Nazareth\|song=Love Hurts\|rowheader=true\|access-date=February 16, 2021\|refname="nzc"}}
{{single chart\|UK\|41\|date=19770918\|rowheader=true\|access-date=September 20, 2018\|refname="uk"}}
{{single chart\|Billboardhot100\|8\|artist=Nazareth\|rowheader=true\|access-date=February 16, 2021\|refname="hot100"}}

== Year-end charts ==

class="wikitable"
Chart (1975) !Rank
South African Singles Chart \| style="text-align:center;"\|3

class="wikitable"

Chart (1975)

!Rank

South African Singles Chart

| style="text-align:center;"|3

class="wikitable sortable"
Chart (1976) !Rank
Australia (Kent Music Report){{cite web\|url=https://imgur.com/a/QxANsEK\|title= National Top 100 Singles for 1976\|publisher= Kent Music Report \|issue= 131 \|via= Imgur \|date= December 27, 1976 \|access-date= January 15, 2022 }} \| style="text-align:center;"\|45
Belgian BRT Top 30 \| style="text-align:center;"\|10
Canadian RPM Top 200 Singles \| style="text-align:center;"\|14
Dutch Top 40 \| style="text-align:center;"\|3
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 \| style="text-align:center;"\|23

class="wikitable sortable"

Chart (1976)

!Rank

Australia (Kent Music Report){{cite web|url=https://imgur.com/a/QxANsEK|title= National Top 100 Singles for 1976|publisher= Kent Music Report |issue= 131 |via= Imgur |date= December 27, 1976 |access-date= January 15, 2022 }}

| style="text-align:center;"|45

Belgian BRT Top 30

| style="text-align:center;"|10

Canadian RPM Top 200 Singles

| style="text-align:center;"|14

Dutch Top 40

| style="text-align:center;"|3

U.S. Billboard Hot 100

| style="text-align:center;"|23

== All-time chart ==

class="wikitable"
Chart !Rank
Norway \| style="text-align:center;"\|1

class="wikitable"

Chart

!Rank

Norway

| style="text-align:center;"|1

== Certifications ==

{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Brazil|award=Gold|certref={{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Cash-Box-IDX/70s/1976/Cash-Box-1976-12-18-OCR-Page-0048.pdf#search=%22nazareth%20gold%22|access-date=December 20, 2020|title=Nazareth Success|magazine=Cash Box|date=December 18, 1976|page=48}}|relyear=1975}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|title=Love Hurts|type=single|award=Platinum|relyear=1976|artist=Nazareth|certyear=1976}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|title=Love Hurts|type=single|award=Gold|relyear=1976|artist=Nazareth|certyear=1976}}

= In media =

Nazareth's version was used in an advertisement for Esurance,{{cite web|url=http://www.ispot.tv/ad/wiU6/esurance-wont-last-long-song-by-nazareth|title=Esurance TV Commercial, 'The Pain Won't Last Long' Song By Nazareth|work=ispot.tv|access-date=April 3, 2018}} and also in a series of advertisements by Zurich.{{cite web|url=https://www.adsoftheworld.com/media/film/zurich_true_love_warmth|title=Zurich Film Advert By McCann: True Love, Warmth: Ads of the World|work=adsoftheworld.com|access-date=October 14, 2018}} The song was featured in Rob Zombie's remake of Halloween.{{Cite web |title=Rob Zombie's 'Halloween' soundtrack to include vintage recordings from KISS, Alice Cooper, Rush, Peter Frampton, Nazareth, Blue Oyster Cult, BTO, and More - Soundtrack.Net |url=https://www.soundtrack.net/news/article/?id=1051 |access-date=2024-08-04 |website=www.soundtrack.net}} A cover of the song by Canadian singer Nan Vernon was featured in the credits of its sequel, Halloween II.{{Cite web |date=2009-08-01 |title=Rob Zombie's 'Halloween II' Soundtrack Features New Recordings « news |website=PureGrainAudio.com |url=http://www.puregrainaudio.com/news/rob-zombies-halloween-ii-soundtrack-features-new-recordings |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090801164122/http://www.puregrainaudio.com/news/rob-zombies-halloween-ii-soundtrack-features-new-recordings |access-date=2024-08-04|archive-date=August 1, 2009 }}

Jim Capaldi version

{{Infobox song

| name = Love Hurts

| cover = Jim Capaldi Love Hurts.png

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Jim Capaldi

| album = Short Cut Draw Blood

| B-side = Sugar Honey

| released = {{Start date|1975|11}}

| recorded = 1975

| studio =

| genre = Pop

| length = {{Duration|m=3|s=29}}

| label = Island

| writer = Boudleaux Bryant

| producer = Steve Smith

| prev_title = It's All Up to You

| prev_year = 1974

| next_title = Goodbye Love

| next_year = 1976

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|UhGfSKosMIY|"Love Hurts"}}|header=Audio video}}

}}

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.[http://www.theofficialcharts.com/artist/_/jim%20capaldi/ Jim Capaldi in the UK charts] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120912114305/http://www.theofficialcharts.com/artist/_/jim%20capaldi/ |date=September 12, 2012 }}, The Official Charts. Retrieved August 11, 2011. Described by Rolling Stone as having "a sense of pain very different from Roy Orbison's",Marsh, Dave (March 11, 1976). {{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/jimcapaldi/albums/album/116873/review/5943052/short_cut_draw_blood |title=Album review |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=August 12, 2011 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090430135807/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/jimcapaldi/albums/album/116873/review/5943052/short_cut_draw_blood |archive-date=April 30, 2009 }} the single also charted in the US,[http://www.allmusic.com/artist/jim-capaldi-p3832/charts-awards Jim Capaldi in the Billboard charts], Allmusic. Retrieved August 11, 2011. Germany,{{cite web |url=http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Jim+Capaldi/3979/single |title=Chartverfolgung / Jim Capaldi / Single |work=Music Line | publisher=Media Control Charts |location=Germany |language=de |access-date=September 28, 2011}} and Sweden.[http://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Jim+Capaldi&titel=Love+Hurts&cat=s "Love Hurts" in the Swedish charts], swedishcharts.com. Retrieved August 12, 2011.

=Weekly charts=

class="wikitable sortable"
align="left"\|Chart (1975–76) !align="left"\|Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report){{cite book\|first= David \|last= Kent \|author-link= David Kent (historian) \|title= Australian Chart Book 1970-1992 \|publisher= Australian Chart Book \|location= St Ives, N.S.W. \|year= 1993 \|isbn= 0-646-11917-6}} \| style="text-align:center;"\|6
Canada RPM Top Singles{{cite web\|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.4096a&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.4096a.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.4096a\|title=Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada \|website=Collectionscanada.gc.ca \|date=April 3, 1976 \|access-date=March 31, 2019 \|last1=Canada \|first1=Library Archives }} \| style="text-align:center;"\|15
align="left"\|Germany \| style="text-align:center;"\|42
{{single chart\|Ireland2\|8\|song=Love Hurts\|access-date=November 1, 2018}}
South Africa (Springbok){{cite web\|title=SA Charts 1965–March 1989\|url=http://www.rock.co.za/files/springbok_top_20_(C).html\|access-date=September 5, 2018}} \|align="center"\|13
align="left"\|Sweden \| style="text-align:center;"\|16
align="left"\|UK \| style="text-align:center;"\|4
align="left"\|US \| style="text-align:center;"\|97

class="wikitable sortable"

align="left"|Chart (1975–76)

!align="left"|Peak
position

Australia (Kent Music Report){{cite book|first= David |last= Kent |author-link= David Kent (historian) |title= Australian Chart Book 1970-1992 |publisher= Australian Chart Book |location= St Ives, N.S.W. |year= 1993 |isbn= 0-646-11917-6}}

| style="text-align:center;"|6

Canada RPM Top Singles{{cite web|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.4096a&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.4096a.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.4096a|title=Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada |website=Collectionscanada.gc.ca |date=April 3, 1976 |access-date=March 31, 2019 |last1=Canada |first1=Library Archives }}

| style="text-align:center;"|15

align="left"|Germany

| style="text-align:center;"|42

{{single chart|Ireland2|8|song=Love Hurts|access-date=November 1, 2018}}

South Africa (Springbok){{cite web|title=SA Charts 1965–March 1989|url=http://www.rock.co.za/files/springbok_top_20_(C).html|access-date=September 5, 2018}}

|align="center"|13

align="left"|Sweden

| style="text-align:center;"|16

align="left"|UK

| style="text-align:center;"|4

align="left"|US

| style="text-align:center;"|97

=Year-end charts=

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" ! Chart (1976) ! Position
scope="row"\| Australia (Kent Music Report) \| 31
scope="row"\|Canada RPM{{cite web\|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.5173b.pdf\| title=RPM Top 200 of 1976 - January 8, 1977}} \| 137

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

! Chart (1976)

! Position

scope="row"| Australia (Kent Music Report)

| 31

scope="row"|Canada RPM{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.5173b.pdf| title=RPM Top 200 of 1976 - January 8, 1977}}

| 137

Cher version

{{Infobox song

| name = Love Hurts

| cover = Cher Love Hurts single.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Cher

| album = Love Hurts

| B-side = One Small Step

| released = {{start date|1991|11|25}}{{cite magazine|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=21|date=November 23, 1991}}

| recorded =

| studio =

| length = 4:07

| label = Geffen

| writer = Boudleaux Bryant

| producer = Richie Zito

| prev_title = Save Up All Your Tears

| prev_year = 1991

| next_title = Could've Been You

| next_year = 1992

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|xpERAJ0Swxg|"Love Hurts"}}|header=Audio video}}

}}

American singer 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.