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It Hurts to Be in Love

Gene Pitney

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LIST YEAR

1964

Annual listening list: initial release cycle, with recent carryovers; not an original-release-date field. Release chronology remains partly unverified.

Genre

Pop

Theme

Love songs

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RELEASE DATE & LIST YEAR

Reported release: 1964

Reported release: 1964Date needs verification

Reported in supplied material; independent release-date verification remains open.

The large badge identifies this listening list, not a newly issued recording. Later reissues and renewed chart popularity do not replace an original release date. How years are assigned.

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Reported dates in 1964.html. Not independently established; neighboring dates can reflect album/single or regional differences.

BEHIND THE SONG

Inspiration and background

Supplied note - not independently verified

This note came with the supplied collection and has not been independently verified.

Written by Howard Greenfield and Helen Miller, originally intended for Neil Sedaka.

Evidence scope: Source-provided note, not an established account of the songwriter's intent

Sources for this information

Owner-supplied 1964.html, song-list position 44
Supplied annotation reproduced with attribution; underlying historical claims have NOT been independently verified.

Other appearances and versions

catalog version unspecified

Original release date and exact pressing/version are not independently established.

An annual chart year and an original release date are different. Similar titles may be covers or different masters; no audio fingerprint has been performed.

Sources and scope

Source-backed annual association (secondary source; not a complete discographic review)

Editorial artist-repertoire classification

Billboard year-end 1964 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary transcription reviewed 2026-10-11: title, artist and annual chart association; not original release date or complete recording metadata.

ALL 66 ANNUAL COLLECTIONS

1960-2025. Each year contains 150 selections.

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