"It Hurts to Be in Love" was originally intended to be sung by Howard Greenfield's long-running songwriting partner Neil Sedaka, but Sedaka's record label at the time, RCA Victor, refused to release Sedaka's new recording because he had not recorded it in their studios, as stipulated by his contract.

Sedaka attempted another recording of this song in RCA's studios, but the results were unsatisfactory. Greenfield and Helen Miller, the song's co-writers, offered it to Gene Pitney instead, and he took the existing musical track, replacing Sedaka's lead vocal track with Pitney's own.

Everything else was Sedaka's, including his arrangement and backing vocals, piano-playing, and usual female backup singers. Pitney ended up with a top ten hit on the Billboard Hot 100 for himself and his record label, Musicor, in 1964.

Thank you for listening to me cover of it.