Hurt So Good

"It Hurts So Good"
Single by Millie Jackson
from the album It Hurts So Good
A-side	It Hurts So Good
B-side	Love Doctor
Released	1973
Format	Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, Single
Genre	Funk, Soul
Length	3:07
Label	Spring Records
Songwriter(s)	Phillip Mitchell
Producer(s)	Brad Shapiro

"Hurt So Good"
Single by Jimmy Somerville
from the album Dare to Love
A-side	Hurt So Good
B-side	Love You Forever/Been So Long
Released	1995
Format	CD, Maxi single
Genre	House, Downtempo, Synthpop
Length	3:52
Label	London Records
Songwriter(s)	Phillip Mitchell
Producer(s)	Jimmy Somerville, Matt Rowe, Richard Stannard

"It Hurts So Good" is a song written by Phillip Mitchell, and first recorded in 1971 by Katie Love and the Four Shades of Black on the Muscle Shoals Sound label. That version was not a hit, and the song was later recorded more successfully by Millie Jackson, whose 1973 recording was featured in the blaxploitation action film Cleopatra Jones. Hit versions were also recorded by Susan Cadogan, and Jimmy Somerville, in both cases as "Hurt So Good".

Millie Jackson's recording charted at #24 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #3 on what was then called R&B Singles. It was used as the title track of her second album, It Hurts So Good.

Susan Cadogan released a reggae cover version of the song later that year called "Hurt So Good", which featured bassist Boris Gardiner and the Zap Pow horns. It was released to little effect in Jamaica on Lee Perry's new 'Perries' record label, but was released in the UK by Dennis Harris's DIP International label, and topped the UK Reggae Chart. Magnet Records picked up the single and it went on to reach the top 5 of the UK Singles Chart, with Cadogan flying to London to promote the single, including a television appearance on Top of the Pops.

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