"When Lovers Become Strangers" is the third US
single release from American singer/actress
Cher's 20th album, ''
Love Hurts
"Love Hurts" is a song written and composed by the American songwriter Boudleaux Bryant. First recorded by the Everly Brothers in July 1960, the song is most well known from the 1974 international hit version by Scottish hard rock band Nazare ...
'' (1991), released in US and Canada only in late May 1992.
Critical reception
Larry Flick from ''
Billboard'' wrote, "Third shot from Cher's fine ''
Love Hurts
"Love Hurts" is a song written and composed by the American songwriter Boudleaux Bryant. First recorded by the Everly Brothers in July 1960, the song is most well known from the 1974 international hit version by Scottish hard rock band Nazare ...
'' album is a mournful pop
ballad
A ballad is a form of verse, often a narrative set to music. Ballads derive from the medieval French ''chanson balladée'' or ''ballade'', which were originally "dance songs". Ballads were particularly characteristic of the popular poetry and ...
, fueled with a memorable hook and a restrained vocal. Soft, easygoing arrangement will fit equally well within
AC and top 40 formats." A reviewer from ''
Cashbox'' called it a "rock ballad", adding that it "features a more AOR production and seems like more the direction she wants to go."
Track listing
*US promotional CD single
#"When Lovers Become Strangers" (Edit) – 4:15
#"When Lovers Become Strangers" (LP Version) – 4:46
Charts
References
External links
Official Cher site*
{{Cher songs part 1
1992 singles
Cher songs
Songs written by Diane Warren
1991 songs
Geffen Records singles