It Hurts Me
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| "It Hurts Me" | ||||
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1964 U.S. RCA Victor 45 picture sleeve, 47-8307 | ||||
| Single by Elvis Presley | ||||
| A-side | "Kissin' Cousins" | |||
| Released | February 10, 1964 | |||
| Recorded | January 12, 1964 | |||
| Length | 2:27 | |||
| Label | RCA Victor | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Joy Byers Charlie Daniels Bob Johnston | |||
| Producer(s) | Elvis Presley (attributed to Chet Atkins)[1] | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Billboard | Favorable[2] |
"It Hurts Me" is a 1964 Top 40 song recorded by Elvis Presley on RCA Victor. Credited to Joy Byers and Charles E. Daniels, "It Hurts Me" is a ballad that was recorded by Elvis Presley on January 12, 1964.[3] It was first released as a single by Elvis in February 1964.
This non-movie song was the B-side of the Elvis Presley movie single, "Kissin' Cousins", released February 10, 1964. The A-side reached number 12 in the U.S. singles charts, while "It Hurts Me" reached number 29 but never became well-known or attained "the classic stature promised by the song and the performance."[3] The session that produced this recording marked the beginning of a 28-month period during which Presley recorded no other non-movie songs.[3] Elvis recorded a new version on June 20, 1968, and used this song during the montage medley sequence of his 1968 NBC Comeback Special. The recording appeared on the 1968 RCA Victor compilation Elvis' Gold Records Volume 4.
The song is featured on the 2001 BMG/RCA compilation The 50 Greatest Love Songs. The song is featured in the 2004 jukebox musical All Shook Up. There is a notable Spanish version in the Latin genre by Marco Tulio Sanchez, Marco T, known as "the voice of rock and roll in Colombia". Johnny Hallyday, Ronnie McDowell, Tom Green, Ricky Norton, Teddy Rune, Kevin Löhr, Jerry Jackson, and Steven Pitman have also recorded the song.[4]