Breaking Up Is Hard to Do (song)

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"Breaking Up Is Hard to Do"
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 in 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" 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
• Renee Olstead
• Ilona Knopfler
• Sylvie Vartan
• Eydie Gorme
• A duet with Neil Sedaka and Norwegian singer Sissel Kyrkjebø
• Svenne & Lotta
• Nick Carter
• Lucy Hale
• Zoogz Rift

[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.
• An episode of Family Guy entitled "Breaking Out Is Hard to Do is a parody of the song's title.
• 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.

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