Today’s song is “You Always Hurt The One You Love” by the Mills Brothers. Starting off slow and steady, this jam picks up speed halfway through and has listeners movin’ and groovin’ by the end.

Fun Facts

• The Mills Brothers was a band consisting of four brothers, Donald, Herbert, Harry, and John, Jr., hailing from Piqua, Ohio.
• The boys grew up singing in church and often performed at their father’s barbershop.
• In 1930, the Mills Brothers became the first African-Americans to have a radio network show.
• “You Always Hurt The One You Love” was written by Allan Roberts and Doris Fisher and recorded by the Mills Brothers in 1944.
• Reaching the Billboard Best Seller Chart in 1944, the song peaked at #1 and remained on the chart for 20 weeks.
• The song has been covered by numerous artists since its first release, including Peggy Lee, Fats Domino, and Michael Bublé.
• “You Always Hurt The One You Love” enjoyed a resurgence in popularity when it was performed by Ryan Gosling in the 2010 romantic drama Blue Valentine.
• In addition to music, the Mills Brothers also made appearances in over a dozen films from 1932 to 1956.
• The group was inducted into the Vocal Hall of Fame in 1998.

Lyrics

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You always hurt the one you love

The one you shouldn’t hurt at all

You always take the sweetest rose

And crush it till the petals fall

You always break the kindest heart

With a hasty word you can’t recall, so

If I broke your heart last night

It’s because I love you most of all

You always hurt the one you love

The one you shouldn’t hurt at all

You always take the sweetest rose

And crush it till the petals fall

You always break the kindest heart

With a hasty word you can’t recall

So, if I broke your heart last night

It’s because I love you most of all

You always hurt the one you love

The one you shouldn’t hurt at all

You always take the sweetest rose

Crush it, till the petals fall

You always break the kindest heart

With a hasty word you can’t recall, so

If I broke your heart last night

It’s because I love you most of all