Every Little Bit Hurts
| "Every Little Bit Hurts" | ||||
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| Single by Brenda Holloway | ||||
| from the album Every Little Bit Hurts | ||||
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7" single Vinyl single | |||
| Recorded | 1964; Los Angeles | |||
| Genre | Soul | |||
| Length | 3:17 | |||
| Label | Tamla | |||
| Writer(s) | Ed Cobb | |||
| Producer(s) | Hal Davis, Marc Gordon | |||
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"Every Little Bit Hurts" was originally a 1964 hit single for Motown soul singer Brenda Holloway, written by Ed Cobb.[1]
Though she was against recording the song again (she recorded it a couple of years before signing with Motown), she reluctantly recorded the song and the label released it in the summer of the year. Becoming a big hit peaking at No. 13 on the Billboard Hot 100,[2][3] the song would become one of Holloway's trademark singles and would spark remakes by acts like Small Faces and the Spencer Davis Group (with lead vocals by Steve Winwood).
Covers
The Spencer Davis Group recorded a version for their first UK album released in 1965, Their First LP (Fontana TL 5242).
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.[4]
Alicia Keys version
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| Single by Alicia Keys | |||||||
| from the album Unplugged | |||||||
| Released | January 2006 | ||||||
| Format | Digital download, CD single | ||||||
| Recorded |
July 4, 2005; Brooklyn Academy of Music | ||||||
| Genre | R&B | ||||||
| Length | 4:01 | ||||||
| Label | J | ||||||
| Producer(s) | Alex Coletti | ||||||
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"Every Little Bit Hurts" is a cover version by American recording artist Alicia Keys from 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.
Critical reception
Sal Cinquemani from Slant Magazine felt that Keys treated the song "like [a] vocal audition[...] and not the blank canvas[...] of an interpretive artist".[5]
Music video
Directed by Justin Francis, the video premiered on January 17, 2006 on BET's 106 & Park.
Track listing
- US promo CD single
- "Every Little Bit Hurts" (radio edit) – 3:58
- "Every Little Bit Hurts" (call out hook) – 0:10
References
- ↑ The Complete Motown Singles Vol 4: 1964 [CD liner notes]. New York: Hip-O Select/Motown/Universal Records.
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications), page 289.
- ↑ Every Little Bit Hurts at AllMusic
- ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book Ltd. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ↑ Cinquemani, Sal (2005-10-13). "Alicia Keys: Unplugged". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 2015-10-24.
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