It Hurts Me Too

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"It Hurts Me Too" is a blues standard, most famously recorded by Elmore James, that has become a widely covered and influential song in the genre.

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It Hurts Me Too canonical 8
It Hurts Me So 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf song
countryOfOrigin United States
famousVersionBy Elmore James
Tampa Red
genre blues
hasCulturalImpact became a staple of modern blues setlists
helped popularize slide guitar in blues
hasInfluenceOn British blues movement
linked to: British blues boom

later blues musicians
hasInstrumentation bass
drums
electric guitar
slide guitar
vocals
hasLyricalPerspective first person
hasNotableLyric "It hurts me too"
"When things go wrong, so wrong with you"
hasSubgenre Chicago blues
hasTheme empathy
romantic pain
unrequited love
influencedGenre electric blues
rock music
isPartOf American blues tradition
isRecognizedAs classic blues song
influential blues recording
isStandardIn blues repertoire
isWidelyCovered true
language English
notablePerformer Elmore James
Eric Clapton
Muddy Waters
Tampa Red
The Rolling Stones
performanceContext blues jam sessions
live blues performances
recordedAs electric blues song
typicalForm twelve-bar blues
typicalTempo slow to medium

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Self Portrait hasPart It Hurts Me Too
Europe '72 containsTrack It Hurts Me Too
Elmore James notableWork It Hurts Me Too
From the Cradle hasTrack It Hurts Me Too
Blues to the Bone hasTrack It Hurts Me Too
Tampa Red notableWork It Hurts Me Too
Elmore Brooks notableWork It Hurts Me Too
Crusade track It Hurts Me Too
The Spencer Davis Group notableWork It Hurts Me So
linked to: It Hurts Me Too