Half Heaven – Half Heartache

"Half Heaven – Half Heartache"
Single by Gene Pitney
from the album Only Love Can Break a Heart
B-side "Tower-Tall"
Released 1962
Format Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM
Genre Pop
Length 2:45
Label Musicor
Songwriter(s) Aaron Schroeder, Wally Gold & George Goehring
Gene Pitney singles chronology
"Only Love Can Break a Heart"
(1962)		 "Half Heaven – Half Heartache"
(1962)		 "Mecca"
(1963)

"Only Love Can Break a Heart"
(1962)		 "Half Heaven – Half Heartache"
(1962)		 "Mecca"
(1963)

"Half Heaven – Half Heartache" is a song released by Gene Pitney in 1962. The song spent 12 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 12,[1] while reaching No. 4 on Canada's CHUM Hit Parade,[2] and No. 5 on Billboard's Middle-Road Singles chart.[3][4]

In 2000, Jane Olivor released a version of the song on her album Love Decides, featuring Gene Pitney singing harmony.[5]

Chart performance

Chart (1963) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100 12
Canada - CHUM Hit Parade 4
US Billboard - Middle-Road Singles 5
Australia - Music Maker[6] 6

References

  1. ↑ Gene Pitney - Chart History - The Hot 100, Billboard.com. Accessed June 17, 2016
  2. ↑ CHUM Hit Parade – Week of February 18, 1963 at the Wayback Machine (archived November 7, 2006). Chart No. 310. CHUM. Accessed June 17, 2016.
  3. ↑ Gene Pitney - Chart History - Adult Contemporary, Billboard.com. Accessed June 17, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Middle-Road Singles", Billboard, January 12, 1963. p. 35. Accessed June 17, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Love Decides - Jane Olivor". AllMusic. Retrieved June 17, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Hits of the World", Billboard, February 23, 1963. p. 22. Accessed June 17, 2016.


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