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“It Hurts To Be In Love” by Gene Pitney

“It Hurts To Be In Love” by Gene Pitney finished No. 27 on the year-end Top 100 of 1964, the chart of the songs that did best over the whole year.

Year-end peakNo. 271964
Year-end charts11964
ArtistGene Pitney3 year-end hits
Decade1960ssee the decade’s Top 100

The No. 1 song of 1964 was “I Want To Hold Your Hand” by The Beatles. Gene Pitney had 3 different songs on the year-end charts (see them all).

Play “It Hurts To Be In Love”. Hear it on the Hey DJ 4U decks, then mix it with the rest of the 1964 chart.

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Around it on the 1964 chart

#SongArtistListen
24Rag DollThe Four Seasons▶♪
25Dawn (Go Away)The Four Seasons▶♪
26Bread And ButterNewbeats▶♪
27It Hurts To Be In LoveGene Pitney▶♪
28Dead Man's CurveJan and Dean▶♪
29Come A Little Bit CloserJay and The Americans▶♪
30A World Without LovePeter and Gordon▶♪

More hits by Gene Pitney

#SongArtistYear-endListen
1The Man Who Shot Liberty ValanceGene Pitney1962 #63▶♪
2Town Without PityGene Pitney1962 #97▶♪

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Source: Billboard’s year-end singles chart, as compiled on Wikipedia. Hey DJ 4U is an independent site, not affiliated with Billboard. Spotted an error? Tell us.