"Every Little Bit Hurts" was originally a 1964 hit single for

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singer

Brenda Holloway Brenda Holloway (born June 26, 1946) is an American soul singer who was a recording artist for Motown Records during the 1960s. Her best-known recordings are the hits " Every Little Bit Hurts", " When I'm Gone", and " You've Made Me So Very H ...

, written by Ed Cobb and featured on Holloway's album of the same name.

Background

Though Brenda Holloway was against recording the song again (she recorded it a couple of years before signing with

), she reluctantly recorded the song and the label released it in the summer of 1964. "Every Little Bit Hurts" was a big hit peaking at No. 13 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, and became one of Holloway's trademark singles.

Covers

* The

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version from their 1965 album '' Their First LP'' reached No. 41 on the UK singles chart in early 1965. and No. 9 in Canada in 1967. *In 1968,

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recorded the song and included on ''The BBC Sessions'' LP. * Released in October 1976, it was covered by Graeme "Shirley" Strachan (lead singer of

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) as his debut solo release and peaked at No. 3 on the Australian

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Singles Charts. * British band

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recorded a cover of the song in 1980 for ''

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'', but the track didn't make it onto the album. It was instead released in 1991 on the box set '' Clash on Broadway''.

Chart history

;Brenda Holloway ;Spencer Davis Group ;Graeme "Shirley" Strachan

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Alicia Keys version

"Every Little Bit Hurts" was included by American recording artist

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on her live album, ''

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'' (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

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'' felt that Keys treated the song "like vocal audition ..and not the blank canvas ..of an interpretive artist".

Music video

Directed by Justin Francis, the video premiered on January 17, 2006 on

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''.

Track listing

*US promotional CD single # "Every Little Bit Hurts" (Radio Edit) – 3:58 # "Every Little Bit Hurts" (Call Out Hook) – 0:10 # "Every Little Bit Hurts" (Radio Edit) (MP3 format) – 3:58

References

External links

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