"It Hurts to Be in Love" is a song written by Howard Greenfield and Helen Miller which was a Top Ten hit in 1964 for Gene Pitney. It was one in a long line of successful "Brill Building Sound" hits created by composers and arrangers working in New York City's Brill Building at 1619 Broadway.

The song has been covered by many other artists. In 1981, Dan Hartman recorded a version which peaked at No. 72 on the Billboard Hot 100.

This "It Hurts to Be in Love" is not to be confused with a similarly titled tune, co-written by Julius Dixson and Rudy Toombs, first recorded by Annie Laurie on De Luxe Records (1957), and subsequently recorded by Frankie Lymon and Trini Lopez, among others.

Here is my cover of it. Thanks for listening and for any comments.