Every Little Bit Hurts
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| "Every Little Bit Hurts" | ||||
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| Single by Brenda Holloway | ||||
| from the album Every Little Bit Hurts | ||||
| B-side | "Land of a Thousand Boys" | |||
| Released | March 26, 1964 | |||
| Genre | Pop-soul[1] | |||
| Length | 3:17 | |||
| Label | Tamla | |||
| Songwriter | Ed Cobb | |||
| Producers | Hal Davis, Marc Gordon | |||
| Brenda Holloway singles chronology | ||||
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| "Every Little Bit Hurts" | ||||
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| Single by Spencer Davis Group | ||||
| from the album Their First LP | ||||
| B-side | "It Hurts Me So" | |||
| Released | 5 February 1965 | |||
| Genre | Pop, rock | |||
| Label | Fontana Records | |||
| Songwriter | Ed Cobb | |||
| Producer | Chris Blackwell | |||
| Spencer Davis Group singles chronology | ||||
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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.[2]
Though Brenda Holloway was against recording the song again (she had recorded it in 1962 for Del-Fi before signing with Motown), she reluctantly recorded the song[3] and the label released it in the summer of 1964 on Tamla. "Every Little Bit Hurts" was a big hit peaking at No. 13 on the Billboard Hot 100,[4][5] and became one of Holloway's trademark singles.
Covers
- Aretha Franklin recorded the song on her 1964 album Runnin' Out of Fools
- The Spencer Davis Group version from their 1965 album Their First LP reached No. 41 on the UK singles chart in early 1965.[6] and No. 9 in Canada in 1967.[7]
- 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.[8]
- 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
- Etta James released the song on her collection How Strong is a Woman --- The Island Sessions in 1993.
- Petula Clark
- Gladys Knight & The Pips
- Cilla Black
- The Tremeloes
- Bobby Rydell[9]
Chart history
- Brenda Holloway
| Chart (1964) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot 100[10] | 13 |
| U.S. Cash Box Top 100[11] | 18 |
- Spencer Davis Group
| Chart (1965–67) | Peak position |
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| Canada Top Singles (RPM)[7] | 9 |
| Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)[12] | 2 |
| UK Singles (OCC)[6] | 41 |
- Graeme "Shirley" Strachan
Weekly charts
| Chart (1976–77) | Peak position |
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| Australia (Kent Music Report)[8] | 3 |
Year-end charts
| Chart (1976) | Position |
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| Australia (Kent Music Report)[13] | 37 |
| Chart (1977) | Position |
| Australia (Kent Music Report)[14] | 74 |
