Hurting Each Other

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“Hurting Each Other”
“Hurting Each Other” cover
Single by The Carpenters
from the album A Song for You
B-side "Maybe It's You"
Released December 23, 1971
Format 7" single
Recorded Autumn 1971
Genre Pop
Length 02:48
Label A&M Records
1322
Writer(s) Gary Geld; Peter Udell
Producer Jack Daugherty
Certification RIAA Certified Gold Single
The Carpenters singles chronology
"Bless the Beasts and Children" (1971) "Hurting Each Other" (1971) "It's Going to Take Some Time"/"Flat Baroque" (1972)
A Song for You track listing
Side one
  1. "A Song for You"
  2. "Top of the World"
  3. "Hurting Each Other"
  4. "It's Going to Take Some Time"
  5. "Goodbye to Love"
  6. "Intermission"
Side two
  1. "Bless the Beasts and Children"
  2. "Flat Baroque"
  3. "Piano Picker"
  4. "I Won't Last a Day Without You"
  5. "Crystal Lullaby"
  6. "Road Ode"
  7. "A Song for You (Reprise)"
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"Hurting Each Other" is a song popularized by the Carpenters in 1972.[citation needed] It was originally written by Gary Geld and Peter Udell in 1965,[citation needed] and was recorded multiple times by artists from Ruby and the Romantics to Rosemary Clooney.[1]

[edit] Previous versions

One early version of the song was recorded by Jimmy Clanton and released in 1965 as a single on Mala Records.[2] According to Richard Carpenter, this version of "Hurting Each Other" had a very different feel from the Carpenters' product.[3]

Chad Allan & The Expressions, who later became The Guess Who, also recorded the song in 1965 on their Canadian LP, "Hey Ho (What Yo Do To Me)."[citation needed]

A version of "Hurting Each Other" also appeared on The Walker Brothers' second album, Portrait, which was released in 1966. However, the song was apparently not released as a single.

[edit] Carpenters' version

The Carpenters apparently recorded "Hurting Each Other" in the very end of 1971 or early winter of 1972.[citation needed] Some footage of Richard and Karen performing the backup vocals can be seen on "Jerry Dunphy Visits the Carpenters," when news anchor Jerry Dunphy went to Karen and Richard Carpenter's house and interviewed them and their parents about their life.[citation needed]

The Carpenters performed "Hurting Each Other" on many live concerts, including a shortened version from the "Live in Osaka" concert in 1974.[citation needed] It immediately faded into "Yesterday Once More", and on the other side of the record was an oldies medley.[citation needed]

Chart Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 2
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary 1
Record World 1
Canadian Singles Chart 2
Oricon (Japanese) Singles Chart 56
UK Singles Chart -

[edit] References

  1. ^ Search result, ACE title search, Performers of "Hurting Each Other". American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP). Retrieved on 2008-05-22.
  2. ^ 45 Discography For Mala Records. Discographies of 50's and 60's record labels. Global Dog Productions. Retrieved on 2008-05-22.
  3. ^ Song Synopsis Insert in "Carpenters: Gold 35th Anniversary Edition"
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Ticket to Ride (1969) · Close to You (1970) · Carpenters (1971) · A Song for You (1972) · Now & Then (1973) · The Singles: 1969-1973 (1973) · Horizon (1975) · A Kind of Hush (1976) · Live at the Palladium (1976) · Passage (1977) · The Singles: 1974-1978 (1978) · Made in America (1981) · Voice of the Heart (1983) · Lovelines (1989) · As Time Goes By (2004)
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