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"Love's Been a Little Bit Hard on Me" is a song written by Gary Burr and recorded by the American country-pop singer Juice Newton for her seventh studio album Quiet Lies (1982). The recording garnered Newton a Grammy nomination for Best Female Vocalist in the Pop category.
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| "Love's Been a Little Bit Hard on Me" | ||||
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| Single by Juice Newton | ||||
| from the album Quiet Lies | ||||
| B-side | "Ever True" | |||
| Released | May 22, 1982 | |||
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| Length | 3:14 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Gary Burr | |||
| Producer(s) | Richard Landis | |||
| Juice Newton singles chronology | ||||
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The music video for this song comically plays off the emotional hurt of love by showing Juice Newton being physically injured by her lover in a series of accidents. The final shot is of Newton singing in the hospital in a full-body cast with her broken leg in the air. The video was awarded Video of the Year by the American Video Association in 1982.
- Philip Aaberg – keyboards
- Michael Boddicker – synthesizer
- George Doering – guitar
- Steve Forman – percussion
- Andrew Gold – electric guitar and solo, backing vocals
- Chris Montan – backing vocals
- Juice Newton – guitar (uncredited on LP), lead vocals
- Rick Shlosser – drums
- Harry Stinson – backing vocals
- Neil Stubenhaus – bass
- Fred Tackett – acoustic guitar
- Otha Young – electric guitar, backing vocals
Newton's version is in A major, and uses primarily A, D, and E chords with an occasional F♯ minor. But in the introduction, outro, and interludes between verses, a rarely heard (in popular music) pedal point is used in the bass and rhythm guitars, under changing chords in the upper instruments (A, D, E, A). Also of interest is the use of a descending parallel pattern of the chords D, C♯ minor, B minor, and A in the bridge, which is also atypical of popular music from that era. The second bridge also includes a moment of a capella singing, similar to another Newton favorite, "Queen of Hearts".
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"Love's Been a Little Bit Hard on Me" was released as the album's first single in May 1982 and reached No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 that summer.[1] It also charted at No. 4 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart and No. 30 on the Billboard Country chart. It also performed well in Canada, reaching No. 3 on the Adult Contemporary chart and No. 14 on the RPM Top 100 singles chart.
Weekly charts
| Chart (1982) | Peak position |
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| US Billboard Hot 100[2] | 7 |
| US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[3] | 30 |
| US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[4] | 4 |
| Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 24 |
| Canadian RPM Top Singles | 14 |
| Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks | 3 |
Year-end charts
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