"Every Little Bit Hurts" was originally a 1964 hit single for Motown soul singer Brenda Holloway, written by Ed Cobb.^[1]

Though she was against recording the song again (she recorded it a couple of years before signing with Motown), she reluctantly recorded the song ^{[citation needed]} and the label released it in the summer of the year. "Every Little Bit Hurts" was a big hit peaking at No. 13 on the Billboard Hot 100,^[2][3] and became one of Holloway's trademark singles.

• The Spencer Davis Group version reached No. 41 in the UK in early 1965.^[4] and No. 9 in Canada in 1967.^[5]
• In 1968, Small Faces recorded the song and included on "The BBC Sessions" LP.
• Released in October 1976, it was covered by Graeme "Shirley" Strachan (lead singer of Skyhooks) as his debut solo release and peaked at No. 3 on the Australian Kent Music Report Singles Charts.^[6]
• British band The Clash recorded a cover of the song in 1980 for Sandinista!, but the track didn't make it onto the album. It was instead released in 1991 on the box set Clash on Broadway.

Brenda Holloway

Spencer Davis Group

Graeme "Shirley" Strachan

"Every Little Bit Hurts" was included by American recording artist Alicia Keys on her live album, Unplugged (2005). It was released as the album's second and last single in 2006. It failed to enter the US and international charts.