"It's Over" | ||||
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Single by Roy Orbison | ||||
B-side | "Indian Wedding" | |||
Released | April 1964 | |||
Length | 2:47 | |||
Label | Monument 837 | |||
Writer(s) | Roy Orbison, Bill Dees | |||
Producer(s) | Wesley Rose | |||
Roy Orbison singles chronology | ||||
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"It's Over" is an American song composed by Roy Orbison and Bill Dees and sung by Orbison.
Produced by Fred Foster and released as a 45rpm single by Monument Records in 1964, "It's Over" typifies the operatic rock ballad. The single entered the United States Cashbox chart on April 11, 1964, peaking at No.10 (on May 23, 1964), and reached No. 9 on the Billboard pop music chart. Meanwhile, after entering the United Kingdom singles chart on April 30, 1964, "It's Over" reached No. 1 on June 25, 1964 (making it Orbison's second UK No. 1 single [the first was "Only the Lonely" in 1960]). "It's Over" spent 2 weeks at No.1 on the UK singles chart, out of a total of 18 weeks on that chart.
The song also appears on Orbison's 1964 album More of Roy Orbison's Greatest Hits and his 1989 posthumous album A Black & White Night Live from the 1988 HBO television special.
In 1964, Hong Kong singer Rebecca Pan covered this song on her I Love You LP album, released by Diamond Records.
"It's Over" was recorded by Bonnie Tyler with the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra on her 2003 album Heart Strings and by Billy Mackenzie on the 1982 British Electric Foundation album "Music of Quality and Distinction Volume One". It was sung by Michael Caine in the 1998 film Little Voice.