It's Over (Roy Orbison song)
"It's Over" is an American song composed by Roy Orbison and Bill Dees and sung by Orbison.[3] The single was produced by Fred Foster and engineered by Bill Porter.[3]
| "It's Over" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Roy Orbison | ||||
| B-side | "Indian Wedding" | |||
| Published | April 7, 1964 Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc.[1] | |||
| Released | April 1964 | |||
| Recorded | March 10, 1964[2] | |||
| Studio | Fred Foster Sound Studio, Nashville, Tennessee[2] | |||
| Length | 2:47 | |||
| Label | Monument 837 | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Roy Orbison, Bill Dees[3] | |||
| Producer(s) | Wesley Rose[3] | |||
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"It's Over" typifies the operatic rock ballad. 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.
Billboard said of the song that "the drama-ballad king scores again with pathos and chorus and strings that build, build, build."[4] Cash Box described it as "a throbbing, martial beat-like lover's lament that once again builds to a big finish" and praised the instrumental arrangement by Bill Justis.[5]
Chart performance Edit
The song was released as a 45rpm single by Monument Records in 1964, 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.[6]
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]).[3] "It's Over" spent 2 weeks at No.1 on the UK singles chart, out of a total of 18 weeks on that chart.[7] "It's Over" and the Supremes' "Baby Love" are the only American singles that topped the UK chart between 1963 and 1965.[8]
The song also spent ten weeks in the Irish Singles Chart, three of which were at No.1. It was one of six chart-toppers for Orbison in Ireland.
References Edit
- ^ Library of Congress. Copyright Office. (1964). Catalog of Copyright Entries 3D Ser Vol 18 Pt 5. United States Copyright Office. U.S. Govt. Print. Off.
- ^ a b Weize, Richard (2001). Orbison 1955–1965 (7-CD Deluxe Box Set) (booklet). Bear Family Records. BCD16423. Retrieved 2021-10-11.
- ^ a b c d e Rice, Jo (1982). The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits (1st ed.). Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 80. ISBN 0-85112-250-7.
- ^ "Singles Reviews" (PDF). Billboard. April 4, 1964. p. 26. Retrieved 2021-05-01.
- ^ "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. April 4, 1964. p. 14. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition. Record Research. p. 470.
- ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 164. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ Hogan, Ed. "Baby Love". Allmusic. Retrieved 2022-02-07.