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"It Only Hurts for a Little While" is a 1956 popular song with music by Fred Spielman and lyrics by Mack David.[1]

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"It Only Hurts for a Little While"
Single by The Ames Brothers
B-side	"If You Wanna See Mamie Tonight"
Released	March 1956 (1956-03)
Recorded	1956
Genre	Traditional pop
Length	2:34
Label	RCA Victor
Songwriter(s)	Fred Spielman, Mack David
Producer(s)	Hugo Winterhalter
The Ames Brothers singles chronology
"Forever Darling" (1956) "It Only Hurts for a Little While" (1956) "49 Shades Of Green" (1956)

The recording by The Ames Brothers was released by RCA Victor Records as catalog number 20-6481. It first reached the Billboard magazine charts on May 19, 1956. On the Disk Jockey chart, it peaked at #15; on the Best Seller chart, at #16; on the Juke Box chart, at #11; on the composite chart of the top 100 songs, it reached #15.[2]

Cover versions

• In 1978, Country Music singer Margo Smith released her version of the song b/w Look Out Mountain, and it went to number one on the Country charts that year and was her second and last number one.[3] It was released on her album Don't Break the Heart That Loves You that year.
• Anne Murray recorded a cover of the song for her album Croonin' (1993).[1]

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