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"Half Heaven – Half Heartache"
Single by Gene Pitney
from the album Only Love Can Break a Heart
B-side"Tower-Tall"
Released1962
GenrePop
Length2:45
LabelMusicor
Songwriter(s)Aaron Schroeder, Wally Gold & George Goehring[1]
Gene Pitney singles chronology
"Only Love Can Break a Heart"
(1962) 		"Half Heaven – Half Heartache"
(1962) 		"Mecca"
(1963)

"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

  1. ^ "secondhandsongs.com". secondhandsongs.com. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
  2. ^ Gene Pitney - Chart History - The Hot 100, Billboard.com. Accessed June 17, 2016
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ Gene Pitney - Chart History - Adult Contemporary, Billboard.com. Accessed June 17, 2016.
  5. ^ "Middle-Road Singles", Billboard, January 12, 1963. p. 35. Accessed June 17, 2016.
  6. ^ "Hits of the World", Billboard, February 23, 1963. p. 22. Accessed June 17, 2016.
  7. ^ "Half Eaven, Half Heartache". Discogs. 1976.
  8. ^ "Love Decides - Jane Olivor". AllMusic. Retrieved June 17, 2016.
  9. ^ "After The War - Rod MacDonald". AllMusic. Retrieved May 7, 2018.


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