"Every Little Bit Hurts" was originally a 1964 hit single for Motown soul singer Brenda Holloway, written by Ed Cobb.[1]
"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 | |||
Recorded | 1964 | |||
Genre | Soul | |||
Length | 3:17 | |||
Label | Tamla | |||
Songwriter(s) | Ed Cobb | |||
Producer(s) | 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(s) | Ed Cobb | |||
Producer(s) | Chris Blackwell | |||
Spencer Davis Group singles chronology | ||||
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Though she was against recording the song again (she recorded it a couple of years before signing with Motown), she reluctantly recorded the song[citation needed] and the label released it in the summer of the year. "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.
Chart (1964) | Peak position |
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U.S. Billboard Hot 100[7] | 13 |
U.S. Cash Box Top 100[8] | 18 |
Chart (1965–67) | Peak position |
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Canada Top Singles (RPM)[5] | 9 |
Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)[9] | 2 |
UK Singles (OCC)[4] | 41 |
Chart (1976-77) | Peak position |
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Australia (Kent Music Report)[6] | 3 |
Chart (1976) | Position |
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Australia (Kent Music Report)[10] | 37 |
Chart (1977) | Position |
Australia (Kent Music Report)[11] | 74 |
"Every Little Bit Hurts" | ||||
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Single by Alicia Keys | ||||
from the album Unplugged | ||||
Released | January 17, 2006 | |||
Recorded | July 4, 2005 | |||
Studio | Brooklyn Academy of Music (New York, New York) | |||
Genre | Soul | |||
Length |
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Label | J | |||
Songwriter(s) | Ed Cobb | |||
Producer(s) | Alex Coletti | |||
Alicia Keys singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Every Little Bit Hurts" on YouTube |
"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.
Sal Cinquemani from Slant Magazine felt that Keys treated the song "like [a] vocal audition[...] and not the blank canvas[...] of an interpretive artist".[12]
Directed by Justin Francis, the video premiered on January 17, 2006 on BET's 106 & Park.
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Every Little Bit Hurts at Discogs (list of releases)