So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)

"So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)"
Single by The Everly Brothers
B-side "Lucille"
Released 1960
Format Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM
Genre Pop
Length 2:30
Label Warner Bros.
Writer(s) Don Everly[1]
The Everly Brothers singles chronology
"When Will I Be Loved"
(1960)		 "So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)"
(1960)		 "Like Strangers"
(1960)

"So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)" is a song written by Don Everly, which was released in 1960 by The Everly Brothers. The song spent 12 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 7,[2] while reaching No. 4 on the United Kingdom's Record Retailer and New Musical Express charts,[3][4] No. 7 on New Zealand's "Lever Hit Parade",[5] No. 15 in Flemish Belgium,[6] No. 16 on Billboard's Hot R&B Sides,[7] No. 18 on Canada's "CHUM Hit Parade",[8] and No. 19 in Australia.[9]

In 1968, The Hombres included a cover on their only album Let It Out (Let It All Hang Out). Jeff Lynne also recorded it on his album Long Wave in 2012.

In 1970, a cover of "So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)" was released by Hank Williams, Jr. and Lois Johnson, which reached No. 12 on the Billboard "Hot Country Singles" chart[10] and No. 10 on Canada's "Top 50 RPM Country" chart.[11]

Connie Smith released a cover of the song in 1976, which reached No. 31 on the Billboard "Hot Country Singles" chart.[12] A cover was released by Steve Wariner in 1978, which reached No. 76 on the Billboard "Hot Country Singles" chart.[13]

Emmylou Harris released a cover of the song in 1983, which reached No. 28 on the Billboard "Hot Country Singles" chart[14] and No. 14 on Canada's RPM "Country 50 Singles" chart.[15]

Chart performance

Chart (1960) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100[16] 7
UK - Record Retailer 4
UK - New Musical Express 4
New Zealand - Lever Hit Parade 7
Flemish Belgium 15
Billboard - Hot R&B Sides 16
Canada - CHUM Hit Parade 18
Australia 19

References

  1. ↑ So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad) - By: The Everly Brothers, MusicVF.com. Accessed August 9, 2015
  2. ↑ The Everly Brothers - Chart History - The Hot 100, Billboard.com. Accessed August 9, 2015
  3. ↑ Everly Brothers - Full Official Chart History, Official Charts Company. Accessed October 15, 2015
  4. ↑ "British Newsnotes", Billboard, October 17, 1960. p. 6
  5. ↑ "Lever Hit Parade" 03-Nov-1960, Flavour of New Zealand. Accessed August 9, 2015
  6. ↑ The Everly Brothers - So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad), Ultratop. Accessed August 9, 2015
  7. ↑ "The Billboard Hot R&B Sides", Billboard, October 24, 1960. p. 51
  8. ↑ CHUM Hit Parade – Week of October 3, 1960 at the Wayback Machine (archived November 7, 2006). Chart No. 179. CHUM. Accessed November 29, 2015.
  9. ↑ David Kent, Australian Top 20 Singles - Week Ending October 22, 1960
  10. ↑ "Hot Country Singles", Billboard, November 28, 1970. p. 46
  11. ↑ "Top 50 RPM Country", RPM, Volume 14, No. 18, December 19, 1970. Accessed August 9, 2015
  12. ↑ So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad) - By: Connie Smith, MusicVF.com. Accessed August 9, 2015
  13. ↑ So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad) - By: Steve Wariner, MusicVF.com. Accessed August 9, 2015
  14. ↑ So Sad to Watch Good Love Go Bad - By: Emmylou Harris, MusicVF.com. Accessed August 9, 2015
  15. ↑ "Country 50 Singles", RPM, Volume 38, No. 26, August 27, 1983. Accessed August 9, 2015
  16. ↑ "The Everly Brothers – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for The Everly Brothers.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/14/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.