Every Little Bit Hurts

Though she was against recording the song again (she recorded it a couple of years before signing with Motown), she reluctantly recorded the song and the label released it in the summer of the year. Becoming a big hit peaking at No. 13 on the Billboard Hot 100,^[2]^[3] the song would become one of Holloway's trademark singles and would spark remakes by acts like Small Faces and the Spencer Davis Group (with lead vocals by Steve Winwood).

Covers

Released in October 1976, it was covered by Graeme "Shirley" Strachan (lead singer of Skyhooks) as his debut solo release and peaked at No. 3 on the Australian Kent Music Report Singles Charts.^[4]

Alicia Keys version

"Every Little Bit Hurts"

Single by Alicia Keys

from the album Unplugged

Released

January 2006

Format

Digital download, CD single

Recorded

July 4, 2005;
Brooklyn Academy of Music

Genre

R&B

Length

4:01

Label

Writer(s)

Ed Cobb

Producer(s)

Alex Coletti

Alicia Keys singles chronology

"Don't Give Up (Africa)"
(2005)

"Every Little Bit Hurts"
(2006)

"Ghetto Story"
(2006)

Music video
"Every Little Bit Hurts" on YouTube

"Every Little Bit Hurts" is a cover version by American recording artist Alicia Keys from her live album, Unplugged (2005). It was released as the album's second and last single in 2006. It failed to enter the US and international charts.

Critical reception

Sal Cinquemani from Slant Magazine felt that Keys treated the song "like [a] vocal audition[...] and not the blank canvas[...] of an interpretive artist".^[5]

Music video

Directed by Justin Francis, the video premiered on January 17, 2006 on BET's 106 & Park.

Track listing

US promo CD single

"Every Little Bit Hurts" (radio edit) – 3:58
"Every Little Bit Hurts" (call out hook) – 0:10

References

↑ The Complete Motown Singles Vol 4: 1964 [CD liner notes]. New York: Hip-O Select/Motown/Universal Records.
↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications), page 289.
↑ Every Little Bit Hurts at AllMusic
↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book Ltd. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
↑ Cinquemani, Sal (2005-10-13). "Alicia Keys: Unplugged". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 2015-10-24.

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Alicia Keys songs

Songs in A Minor	"Fallin'" "A Woman's Worth" "How Come You Don't Call Me" "Girlfriend"

The Diary of Alicia Keys	"You Don't Know My Name" "If I Ain't Got You" "Diary" "Karma" "If I Was Your Woman / Walk on By "

Unplugged	"Unbreakable" "Every Little Bit Hurts" "Wild Horses" "Love It or Leave It Alone / Welcome To Jamrock"

As I Am	"No One" "Like You'll Never See Me Again" "Teenage Love Affair" "Superwoman"

The Element of Freedom	"Doesn't Mean Anything" "Try Sleeping with a Broken Heart" "Empire State of Mind (Part II) Broken Down" "Un-Thinkable (I'm Ready)" "Put It in a Love Song" "Wait Til You See My Smile" "We're Almost There"

Girl on Fire	"Not Even the King" "Girl on Fire" "Brand New Me" "New Day" "Fire We Make" "Tears Always Win"

Here	"In Common" "Blended Family (What You Do for Love)"

As featured artist	"All of the Lights" "Brotha Part II" "Empire State of Mind" "Fireworks" "Gangsta Lovin'" "Ghetto Story Chapter 2" "I Will Pray (Pregherò)" "International Party" "Looking for Paradise" "New Day" "Say It's So" "What's Going On"

Other songs	"28 Thousand Days" "America The Beautiful" "Another Way to Die" "Back to Life" "Die Without You" "Don't Give Up (Africa)" "Everybody Hurts" "If This World Were Mine" "It's On Again" "Little Drummer Girl" "My Boo" "People Get Ready" "Rapture" "Someday We'll All Be Free" "Speechless" "We Are Here" "We Gotta Pray"

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The Clash's singles discography

Singles (UK)	1977 White Riot Remote Control Complete Control 1978 Clash City Rockers (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais Tommy Gun 1979 English Civil War London Calling 1980 Bankrobber The Call Up 1981 Hitsville UK The Magnificent Seven This Is Radio Clash 1982 Know Your Rights Rock the Casbah Should I Stay or Should I Go / Straight To Hell 1985 This Is England 1988 London Calling (re-release) I Fought the Law 1990 Return to Brixton (remix of The Guns Of Brixton) 1991 Should I Stay or Should I Go (re-release) / Rush (Big Audio Dynamite II) Rock the Casbah (re-release) London Calling (second re-release) Train in Vain (Stand by Me) (re-release)

B-sides	1977 1977 Listen London's Burning (live) City of the Dead 1978 Jail Guitar Doors The Prisoner 1-2 Crush on You 1979 Pressure Drop Armagideon Time 1980 Rockers Galore Stop the World 1981 Radio One The Magnificent Dance Lightning Strikes (Not Once But Twice) One More Dub Radio Clash 1982 First Night Back in London Long Time Jerk 1985 Do It Now 1988 City of the Dead Brand New Cadillac / Rudie Can't Fail 1990 Return to Brixton 1991 Rush (dance mix; Big Audio Dynamite II) / Protex Blue Mustapha Dance / The Magnificent Dance Brand New Cadillac The Right Profile

Singles (US)	1979 I Fought the Law / (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais 1980 Train in Vain (Stand By Me) / London Calling 1981 Hitsville UK The Magnificent Seven This is Radio Clash 1982 Should I Stay or Should I Go Rock the Casbah

B-sides	1980 Clampdown The Card Cheat Lost in the Supermarket 1981 Police on My Back Stop the World The Cool Out Outside Broadcast / Radio Five 1982 Inoculated City Cool Confusion Mustapha Dance Long Time Jerk

Non-single songs	Career Opportunities Every Little Bit Hurts Garageland I'm So Bored with the USA Janie Jones Junco Partner The Man in Me Overpowered by Funk Spanish Bombs Washington Bullets

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