It's A Heartache by Rhonda_Kaye

Rhonda_Kaye - It's A Heartache

Rhonda_Kaye

Jul 14, 2025 09:27am

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia <ul><li>"It's a Heartache"<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:BonnieTyler_IAH_single.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/cb/BonnieTyler_IAH_single.jpg/250px-BonnieTyler_IAH_single.jpg" height="250" width="250"></a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_(music)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Single</a> by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_Tyler" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Bonnie Tyler</a>from the album <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_Force" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Natural Force</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-side_and_B-side" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">B-side</a></li></ul> "'It's a Heartache'" is a song recorded by Welsh singer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_Tyler" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Bonnie Tyler</a>. Written by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronnie_Scott_(songwriter)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Ronnie Scott</a> and Steve Wolfe, and co-produced with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Mackay_(producer)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">David Mackay</a>, the single was released in November 1977 by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RCA_Records" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">RCA Records</a>. The song topped the charts in Australia, Canada, and numerous European countries, and reached No. 3 in the US and No. 4 in the UK. Worldwide, "It's a Heartache" sold around six million copies.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_a_Heartache#cite_note-people-5" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[5]</a>In the United States, Tyler's version was released in 1978 around the same time as versions of it were released by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juice_Newton" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Juice Newton</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronnie_Spector" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Ronnie Spector</a>. "It's a Heartache" was recorded at The Factory Sound in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrey" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Surrey</a>, England, in 1977. Producer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Mackay_(producer)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">David Mackay</a> finished the construction of his <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recording_studio" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">recording studio</a> in mid-1977, and this song was cut during the very first session.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_a_Heartache#cite_note-Brigg_2019_15-6" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[6]</a>"It's a Heartache" was one of the first recordings Tyler made following a surgical procedure to remove <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nodule_(medicine)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">nodules</a> from her <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vocal_cords" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">vocal folds</a>. The procedure left Tyler with an "unusually husky voice", which <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AllMusic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">AllMusic</a> journalist Marcy Donelson described as "an effective instrument".<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_a_Heartache#cite_note-7" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[7]</a>