It Hurts to Be in Love and Eleven More Hit Songs

It Hurts to Be in Love and Eleven More Hit Songs
It Hurts to Be in Love and Eleven More Hit Songs
Studio album by Gene Pitney
Released	1964
Genre	Pop
Label	Musicor (United States); Stateside (United Kingdom)
Gene Pitney chronology

Professional ratings
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allmusic.com	^[1]
Record Mirror	^[2]

It Hurts to Be in Love and Eleven More Hit Songs is American singer Gene Pitney's ninth album, released on the Musicor label in the United States in 1964. The album was released as I'm Gonna Be Strong on the Stateside label in the United Kingdom.^{[citation needed]}

The album marked a turning point in Pitney's career with his popularity waning in his home country while rising in Britain. The title track, "It Hurts to Be in Love", and "I'm Gonna Be Strong" were Pitney's last top 10 hits in the United States. The latter single as well as "That Girl Belongs to Yesterday", an early Jagger/Richards composition, were also top 10 hits in the United Kingdom.

The album reached #42 on the US album charts and stayed on the Billboard charts for 17 weeks.^[3]

Track listing

"I'm Gonna Be Strong" (Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil) – 2:12
"Walk" (Helen Miller, Howard Greenfield) – 2:21
"I Love You More Today" (Van McCoy) – 2:18
"Who Needs It" (Len Beadle, Robin Conrad) – 2:08
"Follow the Sun" (Peter Udell, Gary Geld) – 2:28
"Lips Are Redder On You" (Joe Meek) – 2:20
"It Hurts to Be in Love" (Miller, Greenfield) – 2:34
"The Last Two People On Earth" (Bob Brass, Al Kooper, Irwin Levine) – 2:52
"That Girl Belongs to Yesterday" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) – 2:51
"E Se Domani" (Carlo Alberto Rossi, Giorgio Calabrese) – 2:48
"Hawaii" (Brass, Kooper, Levine) – 2:08
"I'm Gonna Find Myself a Girl" (Ray Adams, Valerie Avon, Elaine Adams) – 2:39

Singles

Year	Titles	Chart position
Year	Titles	Billboard^[4]
1964	"It Hurts to Be in Love" b/w "Hawaii"	7
1964	"I'm Gonna Be Strong" b/w "E Se Domani"	9
1964	"That Girl Belongs to Yesterday" b/w "Who Needs It"	47

References

^ It Hurts to Be in Love and Eleven More Hit Songs at AllMusic
^ Jones, Peter; Jopling, Norman (27 February 1965). "Gene Pitney" (PDF). Record Mirror. No. 207. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
^ "Billboard 200 12-26-1964". Retrieved April 8, 2017.
^ "Billboard - Gene Pitney Chart History". Billboard.com.

[allmusic-1] It Hurts to Be in Love and Eleven More Hit Songs at AllMusic

[2] Jones, Peter; Jopling, Norman (27 February 1965). "Gene Pitney" (PDF). Record Mirror. No. 207. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 17 August 2022.

[3] "Billboard 200 12-26-1964". Retrieved April 8, 2017.

[4] "Billboard - Gene Pitney Chart History". Billboard.com.

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Studio albums	The Many Sides of Gene Pitney Only Love Can Break a Heart Gene Pitney Sings Just for You Blue Gene Gene Pitney Meets the Fair Young Ladies of Folkland Gene Italiano It Hurts to Be in Love and Eleven More Hit Songs I Must Be Seeing Things
Compilations	Gene Pitney Sings World Wide Winners Gene Pitney's Big Sixteen Gene Pitney's Big Sixteen, Volume Two
Collaborations	George Jones & Gene Pitney – For the First Time! Two Great Stars George Jones & Gene Pitney – Recorded in Nashville, Tennessee! It's Country Time Again!
Singles	"(I Wanna) Love My Life Away" "Town Without Pity" "(The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance" "Only Love Can Break a Heart" "Half Heaven – Half Heartache" "Mecca" "Twenty Four Hours from Tulsa" "It Hurts to Be in Love" "I'm Gonna Be Strong" "Louisiana Man" "Looking Through the Eyes of Love" "Baby Ain't That Fine" "Just One Smile" "Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart" "It's Over" "It's Over"