Love Hurts - wikipedia Love Hurts This article is about the song written by Boudleaux Bryant. For other uses, see Love Hurts ( disambiguation ). `` Love Hurts '' Song by The Everly Brothers from the album A Date with The Everly Brothers Released 1961 Recorded July 1960 Genre Country Length 2 : 22 Label Warner Bros. Songwriter ( s ) Boudleaux Bryant This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( January 2018 ) `` 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 also well known from a 1975 international hit version by the Scottish hard rock band Nazareth and in the UK by a top five hit in 1975 by the English singer Jim Capaldi. Contents 1 Appearances 2 Roy Orbison version 3 Jim Capaldi version 4 Nazareth version 4.1 Media 4.2 Charts and certifications 4.2. 1 Weekly charts 4.2. 2 Year - end charts 4.2. 3 All - time chart 4.2. 4 Certifications 5 Cher version 5.1 Live performances 6 References 7 External links Appearances The song was introduced in December 1960 as an album track on A Date with The Everly Brothers, but was never released as a single ( A-side or B - side ) by the Everlys. The first hit version of the song was by Roy Orbison, who earned Australian radio play, hitting the Top Five of that country 's singles charts in 1961. A recording by Emmylou Harris and Gram Parsons was included on Parsons ' posthumously released Grievous Angel album. After Parsons ' 1973 death, Harris made the song a staple of her repertoire, and has included it in her concert set lists from the 1970s to the present. Harris has since re-recorded the song twice. The most successful recording of the song was by hard rock band Nazareth, who took the song to the U.S. Top 10 in 1975 and hit number one in Norway and the Netherlands. In the UK the most successful version of the song was by former Traffic member Jim Capaldi, who took it to number four in the charts in November 1975 during an 11 - week run. The song was also covered by Cher in 1975 for her album Stars. Cher re-recorded the song in 1991 for her album of the same name. Rod Stewart recorded the song in 2006 for his album Still the Same... Great Rock Classics of Our Time which was No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart. Roy Orbison version `` Love Hurts '' Single by Roy Orbison A-side `` Running Scared '' Released 1961 Format 7 - inch single Recorded 1961 Genre Pop Length 2 : 26 Label Monument Songwriter ( s ) B. Bryant Roy Orbison covered `` Love Hurts '' in 1961 and issued it as the B - side to `` Running Scared ''. While `` Running Scared '' was an international hit, the B - side only picked up significant airplay in Australia. Consequently, chart figures for Australia show `` Running Scared '' / `` Love Hurts '' as a double A-Side, both sides peaking at No. 5. This makes Orbison 's recording of `` Love Hurts '' the first version to be a hit. Chart ( 1961 ) Peak position Australia 5 Jim Capaldi version `` Love Hurts '' Single by Jim Capaldi from the album Short Cut Draw Blood B - side `` Sugar Honey '' Released 1975 ( 1975 ) Format 7 - inch single Recorded Genre Pop Length 3 : 29 Label Island Songwriter ( s ) Boudleaux Bryant Producer ( s ) Steve Smith Jim Capaldi singles chronology `` It 's All Up to You '' ( 1974 ) `` Love Hurts '' ( 1975 ) `` Goodbye Love '' ( 1976 ) `` It 's All Up to You '' ( 1974 ) `` Love Hurts '' ( 1975 ) `` Goodbye Love '' ( 1976 ) Jim Capaldi reached number 4 in the UK charts with his interpretation of `` Love Hurts '' in November 1975, which was to prove his highest charting UK single. Described by Rolling Stone as having `` a sense of pain very different from Roy Orbison 's. '' the single also charted in the US, Germany, and Sweden. Chart ( 1975 ) Peak position Germany 42 Sweden 16 UK U.S. 97 Nazareth version `` Love Hurts '' Single by Nazareth from the album Hair of the Dog B - side `` Down '' ( non-U.S. ) `` Hair of the Dog '' ( U.S. ) Released 1974 ( 1974 ) Format 7 - inch single Recorded Genre Blues rock hard rock Length 3 : 53 3 : 03 ( U.S. single ) Label Vertigo Songwriter ( s ) Boudleaux Bryant Producer ( s ) Manny Charlton Nazareth singles chronology `` This Flight Tonight '' ( 1973 ) `` Love Hurts '' ( 1974 ) `` Shanghai 'd in Shanghai '' ( 1974 ) `` This Flight Tonight '' ( 1973 ) `` Love Hurts '' ( 1974 ) `` Shanghai 'd in Shanghai '' ( 1974 ) Performed as a power ballad, the Nazareth version was the most popular version of the song and the only rendition of `` Love Hurts '' to become a hit single in the United States, reaching No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 in early 1976. Billboard ranked it as the No. 23 song for 1976. As part of the `` Hot Tracks ( EP ) '' it also reached No. 15 in the UK in 1977. Nazareth 's version was an international hit, peaking at No. 1 in Canada, the Netherlands, Belgium, South Africa and Norway, and remains the best - known recording of the song. The Nazareth single was so successful in Norway that it charted for 61 weeks on the Norwegian charts ( VG - lista Top 10 ), including 14 weeks at No. 1, making it the top single of all time in that country. A later recording by Nazareth, featuring the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, peaked at No. 89 in Germany. The lyrics of the song remained unchanged on all versions up until Nazareth 's 1975 recording, where the original line `` love is like a stove / it burns you when it 's hot '' was changed to `` love is like a flame / it burns you when it 's hot ''. Cher covered this version for her 1991 album of the same name. Media The song was used in an advertisement for Esurance. A cover was sung by Nan Vernon for the film Halloween II. Charts and certifications Weekly charts Chart ( 1975 ) Peak position Australia 8 Austria ( Ö3 Austria Top 40 ) 11 Belgium ( Ultratop 50 Flanders ) Canada Denmark Euro Hit 50 Germany ( Official German Charts ) 30 Netherlands ( Single Top 100 ) New Zealand ( Recorded Music NZ ) Norway ( VG - lista ) South Africa Sweden ( Sverigetopplistan ) 6 UK Singles ( Official Charts Company ) 41 US Billboard Hot 100 8 Year - end charts Chart ( 1975 ) Rank South African Singles Chart Chart ( 1976 ) Rank Australian Kent Music Report 45 Belgian BRT Top 30 10 Canadian RPM Top Singles 14 Dutch Top 40 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 23 All - time chart Chart Rank Norway Certifications Region Certification Certified units / Sales Canada ( Music Canada ) Platinum 150,000 United States ( RIAA ) Gold 500,000 shipments figures based on certification alone Cher version `` Love Hurts '' Single by Cher from the album Love Hurts B - side `` One Small Step '' Released 1991 Recorded 1991 Genre Pop rock Length 4 : 07 Label Geffen Songwriter ( s ) Boudleaux Bryant Producer ( s ) Richie Zito Cher singles chronology `` Save Up All Your Tears '' ( 1991 ) `` Love Hurts '' ( 1991 ) `` Could 've Been You '' ( 1992 ) `` Save Up All Your Tears '' ( 1991 ) `` Love Hurts '' ( 1991 ) `` Could 've Been You '' ( 1992 ) Audio sample file help Cher also recorded the song in 1975 but did not have a hit with it at the time. She recorded a second version in 1991 for the album of the same name. The single became a minor hit in the UK in December 1991. Chart ( 1991 ) Peak position Denmark ( Tracklisten ) 8 UK Singles ( Official Charts Company ) 43 Live performances Cher performed the song on the following concert tours : Heart of Stone Tour ( performed towards the end of the tour in Australia only, before her studio recording ) Love Hurts Tour The Farewell Tour ( sung on the fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth legs of the tour. The song was replaced by `` The Way of Love '' on the final show of the tour ) Cher at the Colosseum ( sung on the first night, then re-added during the third leg in place of `` The Way of Love '' ) References Jump up ^ Jim Capaldi in the UK charts Archived 2012 - 09 - 12 at Archive.is, The Official Charts. Retrieved August 11, 2011. Jump up ^ Marsh, Dave ( 11 March 1976 ). `` Album review ''. Archived from the original on April 30, 2009. Retrieved 2011 - 08 - 12. CS1 maint : BOT : original - url status unknown ( link ), Rolling Stone. Jump up ^ Jim Capaldi in the Billboard charts, Allmusic. Retrieved August 11, 2011. Jump up ^ `` Chartverfolgung / Jim Capaldi / Single ''. Music Line ( in German ). Germany : Media Control Charts. Retrieved 28 September 2011. Jump up ^ `` Love Hurts '' in the Swedish charts, swedishcharts.com. Retrieved August 12, 2011. Jump up ^ Phil Hardy ( 1995 ). The Da Capo Companion to 20th - century Popular Music. Da Capo Press. p. 123. ISBN 978 - 0 - 306 - 80640 - 7. Jump up ^ SPIN Media LLC ( June 1995 ). SPIN. SPIN Media LLC. pp. 104 --. ISSN 0886 - 3032. Jump up ^ Billboard Year - End Hot 100 singles of 1976 Jump up ^ Roberts, David ( 2006 ). British Hit Singles & Albums ( 19th ed. ). London : Guinness World Records Limited. p. 388. ISBN 1 - 904994 - 10 - 5. ^ Jump up to : `` BEST OF ALL TIME -- SINGLES ''. VG - lista. Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 2 November 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2012. Jump up ^ `` Esurance TV Commercial, ' The Pain Wo n't Last Long ' Song By Nazareth ''. ispot.tv. Retrieved April 3, 2018. Jump up ^ `` Austriancharts.at -- Nazareth -- LOVE HURTS '' ( in German ). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Jump up ^ `` Ultratop.be -- Nazareth -- LOVE HURTS '' ( in Dutch ). Ultratop 50. Jump up ^ `` NAZARETH - LOVE HURTS ( SONG ) ''. Jump up ^ `` Dutchcharts.nl -- Nazareth -- LOVE HURTS '' ( in Dutch ). Single Top 100. Jump up ^ `` Charts.org.nz -- Nazareth -- LOVE HURTS ''. Top 40 Singles. Jump up ^ `` Norwegiancharts.com -- Nazareth -- LOVE HURTS ''. VG - lista. Jump up ^ `` Swedishcharts.com -- Nazareth -- LOVE HURTS ''. Singles Top 100. Jump up ^ `` Official Singles Chart Top 100 ''. Official Charts Company. Jump up ^ `` Nazareth Chart History ( Hot 100 ) ''. Billboard. Jump up ^ `` Canadian single certifications -- Love Hurts ''. Music Canada. Jump up ^ `` American single certifications -- Love Hurts ''. Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH Jump up ^ `` Danishcharts.com -- Cher -- Walking in Memphis ''. Tracklisten. Retrieved October 29, 2015. Jump up ^ `` Cher : Artist Chart History ''. Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 28, 2015. 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Question: when did the song love hurts come out
Answer: December 1960