Love Really Hurts Without You

Now when I came to this California town I came here to make the big time And I tried so hard but got no reward And it seemed like I was wasting my time I was kicking around this lonesome town Trying to pick myself up instead of going down But something sure changed when I met you I was looking bright and blue California girl, California girl Well, it seemed like I was wasting my time But now I know you, girl, and I love you, girl And it seems like California's all mine I've been knocking on doors, trying to sell my songs I've been getting refused everywhere I've gone But something sure changed when I met you California now is looking bright and blue California girl, California girl But I don't know how to say what's in my mind California is all mine.

Now, Billy Ocean's Love Really Hurts Without You is basically 1976's version of musical recycling, except they call it inspiration, and nobody had TikTok to complain about it.

Ocean was a massive Motown fan, so he borrowed that classic formula, upbeat music, devastating heartbreak, and an intro that sounds suspiciously like the Four Tops' Sugar Pie Honey Bunch.

And it worked.

Then he became Billy Ocean, and eventually became the guy who gave us Caribbean Queen.

Apparently, Heartbreak was just his first business model.

Here's Billy Ocean, Love Really Hurts Without You.

Final on Chrome.

OK, so our next request for John and Paulette, then Love Really Hurts, and this one is by Billy Ocean.

Love Really Hurts Without You.

MUSIC

PLAYS around town like a fool and you think that it's groovy Love really hurts without you.

Love really hurts without you.

And it's breaking my heart.

Love really hurts without you Love really hurts for a thrill And it's breaking my heart But what can I do without you? Hope

I can dream