"Love Hurts" is the name of a song written and composed by Boudleaux Bryant, and first recorded by The Everly Brothers in July 1960. It was released that December on the album A Date With the Everly Brothers. A version of the song was recorded in 1964 by Mark Wynter, although it was not a commercial success.. 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".
Another musician to notably enter the UK Singles Chart with this song was Cher, who reached #43, the highest charting UK version of the song.
"Love Hurts" is the third Europe single from Incubus' sixth album, Light Grenades, and will possibly be the fourth U.S. single ("Oil And Water" was released as the third single in the U.S.). It was also announced on an Incubus fan site that Love Hurts is the second single in Portugal.blank">http://incubusportugal.blogspot.com/ The song has received moderate airplay in European countries so far.
There is an acoustic version of "Love Hurts" available for those who buy the _Anna-Molly single, or those who bought the Best Buy Light Grenades 3 track promo, which can be heard here:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hro5cfVjr8.
Deacon Blue's cover version of "Love Hurts" is the only single from their album Walking Back Home. It was apparently originally intended for public release, but the record company ultimately released it only for radio play.
