Breaking Up Is Hard to Do (song)
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| “Breaking Up Is Hard to Do” | ||
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| Single by Neil Sedaka | ||
| Released | 1962 | |
"Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" redirects here. For the television sitcom The Parkers episode, see Breaking Up Is Hard to Do (TV episode).
"Breaking Up is Hard to Do" is a song recorded by Neil Sedaka and described by All Music Guide as "two minutes and sixteen seconds of pure pop magic".[1] It hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on August 11, 1962.
Originally an uptempo song, Sedaka re-recorded it as a ballad in 1975 and the new version peaked at number eight in February of the following year plus went to number one on the Adult Contemporary chart.
[edit] Cover versions
| “Breaking Up Is Hard to Do (American Idol Performance)” | |||||
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| Single by Garrett Haley | |||||
| Released | February 20, 2008 | ||||
| Format | iTunes download | ||||
| Recorded | Hollywood, CA USA 2008 |
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| Genre | Pop | ||||
| Length | 2:16 |
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| Label | 19 TV Limited/Fremantle Media North America, Inc. |
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"Breaking Up is Hard to Do" has been covered by numerous other artists over the years, including:
- The Four Seasons
- The Carpenters
- Carole King
- Gloria Estefan
- The Partridge Family/David Cassidy
- Freddy Fender
- Little Eva
- Tom Jones
- The Happenings
- Lucy Hale
- Renee Olstead
- Ilona Knopfler
- Sylvie Vartan
- Eydie Gorme
- A duet with Neil Sedaka and Norwegian singer Sissel Kyrkjebø
- Svenne & Lotta
- Nick Carter
- Zoogz Rift
- Ruben Studdard during top 5 night (60s/Neil Sedaka Night) of American Idol season 2 for which Studdard received standing ovations from Sedaka (as guest judge), and fellow judges Paula Abdul and Randy Jackson
- Garrett Haley
[edit] References in popular culture
- In 1984, the song was parodied by the American Comedy Network as "Breaking Up is Hard On You (aka Don't Take Ma Bell Away from Me)", in response to the forced breakup that year of AT&T. It reached number 70 on the Billboard charts.
- The episode for the third Season Finale of Voltron is entitled "Breaking up is Hard to Doom."
- YTMND frequently plays a loop of the song when the site is down for maintenance.
- A second season episode of Full House is titled "Breaking Up is Hard to Do (in 22 Minutes)". An episode from season seven has neighbor Kimmy Gibbler start to sing and play the song on the Tanner's organ.
- The song was referenced in an early 1980s Garfield comic strip in which Garfield, feeling blue, says, "Boy am I feeling down...down, down, down, down...comma comma down dooby doo down down..."
- The third season of Home Movies features an episode entitled "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do".
- In an episode of Beverly Hills 90210 Brenda, Donna and Kelly along with newcomer Emily Valentine sing this song as part of "Hello Day" at West Beverly Hills High School
| Preceded by "Roses Are Red (My Love)" by Bobby Vinton |
Billboard Hot 100 number one single August 11, 1962 |
Succeeded by "The Loco-Motion" by Little Eva |
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