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{{Short description|Song by Doris Fisher and Allan Roberts}}
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{{Infobox song
| name       = You Always Hurt the One You Love
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| type       = single
| artist     = [[Clarence "Frogman" Henry]]
| album      = You Always Hurt the One You Love
| B-side     = Little Suzy
| released   = May 1961
| recorded   = 1961
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| genre      = [[rhythm and blues|R&B]]
| length     = 2:25
| label      = [[Argo Records|Argo]]
| writer     = [[Allan Roberts (songwriter)|Allan Roberts]], [[Doris Fisher (singer)|Doris Fisher]]
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| prev_title = [[(I Don't Know Why) But I Do]]
| prev_year  = 1961
| next_title = [[Lonely Street (Clarence "Frogman" Henry song)|Lonely Street]]
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"'''You Always Hurt the One You Love'''" is a [[pop standard]] with lyrics by [[Allan Roberts (songwriter)|Allan Roberts]] and music by [[Doris Fisher (singer)|Doris Fisher]]. First recorded by [[the Mills Brothers]], whose recording reached the top of the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' charts in 1944, it was also a hit for [[Sammy Kaye]] (vocal by Billy Williams) in 1945.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Whitburn |first1=Joel |title=Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954 |date=1986 |publisher=Record Research Inc. |location=Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin |isbn=0-89820-083-0 |page=615}}</ref>
It has been performed by many other artists over the years,<ref>{{cite web |title=You Always Hurt the One You Love by Frankie Laine|url=https://secondhandsongs.com/performance/414209/versions#nav-entity |website=Secondhandsongs.com |access-date=January 30, 2021}}</ref> including [[Moon Mullican]] with [[Cliff Bruner]], [[Connie Francis]] (number 13 on the [[UK Singles Chart]] in 1959, where it had been released as a special "A" side to cater for huge demand for her product),<ref>Ron Roberts: ''Connie Francis Discography 1955–1975''.</ref> [[Fats Domino]], [[The Impressions]], [[Molly Nilsson]], [[George Maharis]], [[Frankie Laine]], [[Richard Chamberlain]] (as the [[A-side and B-side|B-side]] of his [[single (music)|single]] "Rome Will Never Leave You"), [[Peggy Lee]], [[Maureen Evans]], [[Michael Bublé]], [[Kay Starr]], [[Hank Thompson (music)|Hank Thompson]], [[Ringo Starr]] (in his 1970 album ''[[Sentimental Journey (Ringo Starr album)|Sentimental Journey]]''),<ref name=DbDH>{{cite book|last=Miles|first=Barry|title=The Beatles a Diary: An Intimate Day by Day History|year=1998|publisher=Omnibus Press|location=London|isbn=9780711963153}}</ref> and [[Clarence "Frogman" Henry]], whose version became a top 20 [[chart-topper|hit]] on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] in [[1961 in music|1961]]. It was also popular in a parody version by [[Spike Jones]]. The song was performed by actor [[Ryan Gosling]] and featured prominently in the 2010 film ''[[Blue Valentine (film)|Blue Valentine]]''.
==A partial list of singers who have recorded this song==
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* [[The Mills Brothers]], 1944, number 1
* [[Spike Jones]] (parody), 1945
* [[Eddy Arnold]], 1953
* [[Fontaine Sisters]] 1956
* [[Connie Francis]], 1958
* [[The Lennon Sisters]], 1958
* [[Kay Starr]], 1960
* [[Fats Domino]], 1960
* [[Pat Boone]], 1960
* [[Clarence "Frogman" Henry]], 1961, [[Argo Records]] (number 4 [[CHUM Chart|CAN]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://chumtribute.com/61-06-26-chart.jpg|format=JPG| title=CHUM Hit Parade - June 26, 1961|website=Chumtribute.com}}</ref>
* [[Ada Lee]], 1961
* [[Brenda Lee]], 1962
* [[Al Martino]], 1963
* [[Paul Anka]], 1963
* [[Hank Thompson (musician)|Hank Thompson]], 1964
* [[Richard Chamberlain]], 1964
* [[The Impressions]], 1964
* [[The Ink Spots]], 1964
* [[George Maharis]], 1965
* [[Peggy Lee]], 1965
* [[Ringo Starr]], 1970
* [[Frankie Laine]], 1968
* [[Ray Price (musician)|Ray Price]], 1985
* [[Willie Nelson]], 1993
* [[Michael Bublé]], 2002
* [[Ryan Gosling]], 2010
* [[Eric Clapton]], 2018
==The Mills Brothers' version==
The [[sound recording and reproduction|recording]] by [[The Mills Brothers]] was released by [[Decca Records]] as catalog number 18599. It first reached the ''[[Billboard magazine|Billboard]]'' Best Seller chart on June 22, 1944, and lasted 20 weeks on the chart, peaking at number one. The Mills Brothers version also reached number five on the [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|Harlem Hit Parade]].<ref>{{cite book |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=402}}</ref>
The flip side, "[[Till Then (1944 song)|Till Then]]", also charted in the top 10, making the record a two-sided hit.
It was heard twice in the ''[[Angel (1999 TV series)|Angel]]'' episode "[[Rm w/a Vu]]" in two scenes: one where Maude haunts Cordelia and another in a flashback scene in [[Los Angeles]], where Dennis is entombed in the wall of his apartment by the former, his mother, in 1946.
==Spike Jones version==
[[Spike Jones]]' parody of the song is essentially the straight song with most of the parody being in the way the song is presented, in three parts:
#A slow, deliberate rendering of the first half of the song, with vocal by Carl Grayson, in a style imitating [[The Ink Spots]].
#A spoken rendering of the second half of the song, by Red Ingle, with elaborations ("honey child, honey doll, honey lamb, honey pie") in a style reminiscent of The Ink Spots's bass singer Orville "Hoppy" Jones.
#A frantically paced reiteration of the full song, in "Dixieland" style, with vocal again by Carl Grayson, accompanied by shotguns and other typical Jonesian sound effects.<ref name=pc1b>{{Pop Chronicles 40s|1|B |url=https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1633222/m1/#track/3 }}</ref>
Harry Mills of the Mills Brothers reported not being bothered by the parody, since they were under the same management as Jones and were good friends.<ref name=pc1b/>
Some artists have covered ''this'' version of the song (albeit fewer than have recorded the original standard). Those artists include:
*[[Stanford Fleet Street Singers]] on their album ''50-Minute Fun Break'' (1992)<ref>{{cite web|title=1993 Contemporary A Cappella Recording Award Winners|url=http://www.casa.org/cara1993w|website=The Contemporary A Cappella Society|access-date=2019-10-27}}</ref>
==References==
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[[Category:1944 songs]]
[[Category:1944 singles]]
[[Category:1961 singles]]
[[Category:Clarence "Frogman" Henry songs]]
[[Category:Richard Chamberlain songs]]
[[Category:Number-one singles in the United States]]
[[Category:Songs written by Doris Fisher (songwriter)]]
[[Category:Songs written by Allan Roberts (songwriter)]]
[[Category:Argo Records singles]]