Sinéad O’Connor

Released: September 9, 2003

Songwriter: Boudleaux Bryant

Love hurts, love scars, love wounds and mars
Any heart not tough, not strong enough
To take a lot of pain, take a lot of pain
Love is like a cloud, holds a lot of rain
Love hurts, love hurts

I'm young, I know, but even so
I know a thing or two, I've learned from you
I've really learned a lot, really learned a lot
Love is like a stone, burns you when it hot
Love hurts oh, love hurts

Some fools think of happiness, blissfulness, togetherness
Some fools fool themselves I guess but they're not fooling me
I know it isn't true, I know it isn't true
Love is just a lie, made to make you blue
Love hurts oh, love hurts…

I know it isn't true, I know it isn't true
Love is just a lie, made to make you blue
Love hurts oh, love hurts oh, love hurts oh
Love hurts oh, love hurts...

Sinéad O'Connor (who goes by Shuhada' Sadaqat in her private life) is an Irish singer-songwriter who rose to fame in the late 80s with her album The Lion and the Cobra and achieved worldwide success with her cover of Prince’s “Nothing Compares to You” in 1990.

O'Connor was discovered in 1985 when Nigel Grainge of Ensign Records saw her band Ton Ton Macoute perform. Although he was not fond of the band’s music, he was impressed by O'Connor’s ‘amazing voice’. Grainge had O'Connor record four songs with Karl Wallinger (World Party) and signed her to his label. O'Connor’s first single was the song “Heroine” which she co-wrote with U2’s guitarist The Edge for the film Captive.

Her debut album The Lion and the Cobra was a sensation when it was released in 1987, reaching gold record status and earning a Best Female Rock Vocal Performance Grammy nomination. O'Connor’s debut single “Troy” charted in The Netherlands and Belgium, and “Mandinka”, released in late 1987, cracked the top 20 in the UK and top 30 in three other European countries, helping her album chart well in Europe. Spin Magazine described the album as a “remarkable, still-spine-tingling first record”.

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