Written by: Doris Fisher, Allan Roberts
Recorded: 25 February; 6 March 1970
Producer: George Martin
Engineers: Phil McDonald, Geoff Emerick
Released: 27 March 1970 (UK), 24 April 1970 (US)
Available on:
Sentimental Journey
Personnel
Ringo Starr: vocals
The George Martin Orchestra: instrumentation
‘You Always Hurt The One You Love’ is the tenth song on Sentimental Journey, Ringo Starr’s debut solo album.
The music was written by Doris Fisher, with lyrics by Allan Roberts. It was first recorded in 1944 by The Mills Brothers, whose version topped the Billboard charts that year.
‘You Always Hurt The One You Love’ soon became a jazz standard, and was recorded by artists including Connie Francis, Fats Domino, Frankie Laine, Peggy Lee, Michael Bublé, Clarence ‘Frogman’ Henry, Willie Nelson, and Eric Clapton.
In the studio
Starr’s version of ‘You Always Hurt The One You Love’ was recorded on 25 February 1970. The session took place at De Lane Lea’s studio in Soho, London, from 2-5.30pm, with a mixing session following from 5.30-7.30pm.
The recording was arranged by Johnny Dankworth, who also conducted a 20-piece orchestra on the recording.
Work on the song concluded at Abbey Road on 6 March 1970, the final recording session for Sentimental Journey. Saxophone, played by Dankworth, plus piano and drums were overdubbed onto the song, during the 10am-midday session.
Lyrics
You always hurt the one you love
The one you shouldn’t hurt at all
You always take the sweetest rose
And crush it until the petals fall
You always break the kindest heart
With a hasty word you can’t recall
So if I broke your heart last night
It’s because I love you most of all
You always break the kindest heart
With a hasty word you can’t recall
So if I broke your heart last night
It’s because I love you most of all
It’s because I love you most of all
