| "Half Heaven – Half Heartache" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Gene Pitney | ||||
| from the album Only Love Can Break a Heart | ||||
| B-side | "Tower-Tall" | |||
| Released | 1962 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 2:45 | |||
| Label | Musicor | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Aaron Schroeder, Wally Gold & George Goehring[1] | |||
| Gene Pitney singles chronology | ||||
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"Half Heaven – Half Heartache" is a song released by Gene Pitney in 1962. The song spent 12 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 12,[2] while reaching No. 4 on Canada's CHUM Hit Parade,[3] and No. 5 on Billboard's Middle-Road Singles chart.[4][5]
Chart performance
| Chart (1963) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard Hot 100 | 12 |
| Canada - CHUM Hit Parade | 4 |
| US Billboard - Middle-Road Singles | 5 |
| Australia - Music Maker[6] | 6 |
Cover versions
- In 1976, the horn-rock band Straight released a version of the song as a 7" 45-rpm single, with Back To The Music as the B-side.[7]
- In 2000, Jane Olivor released a version of the song on her album Love Decides, featuring Gene Pitney singing harmony.[8]
- In 2009, Rod MacDonald released a version of this song on his album After The War, featuring its composer, George Goehring playing piano.[9]
References
- ^ "secondhandsongs.com". secondhandsongs.com. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
- ^ Gene Pitney - Chart History - The Hot 100, Billboard.com. Accessed June 17, 2016
- ^ "CHUM Hit Parade – Week of February 18, 1963". Archived from the original on November 7, 2006. Retrieved 2016-06-18.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link). Chart No. 310. CHUM. Accessed June 17, 2016. - ^ Gene Pitney - Chart History - Adult Contemporary, Billboard.com. Accessed June 17, 2016.
- ^ "Middle-Road Singles", Billboard, January 12, 1963. p. 35. Accessed June 17, 2016.
- ^ "Hits of the World", Billboard, February 23, 1963. p. 22. Accessed June 17, 2016.
- ^ "Half Eaven, Half Heartache". Discogs. 1976.
- ^ "Love Decides - Jane Olivor". AllMusic. Retrieved June 17, 2016.
- ^ "After The War - Rod MacDonald". AllMusic. Retrieved May 7, 2018.
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