1964Released
2:14

Did You Know?

Interesting facts and trivia about Tears On My Pillow. By Songfacts®.

The first and best-selling single for Little Anthony & the Imperials, "Tears On My Pillow" used the same backing tracks as the Penguins' "Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine)." This was done as an economy move as the record company barely had enough money for the session tape.

Little Anthony is a sobbing mess in this song, where he can't deal with a heartbreak: Tears on my pillow, pain in my heart Caused by you The song was written by Sylvester Bradford and Al Lewis; this team also wrote the Fats Domino song "I'm Ready."

Kylie Minogue covered this in 1990 for the soundtrack of the movie The Delinquents. Her version hit #1 in the UK.

Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of Tears On My Pillow.
CKey
MajorMode
3/4Time Signature
102BPM

Album

The album Tears On My Pillow is released on.

Released By

The record label that has released Tears On My Pillow.
CAPITOL CATALOG MKT (C92)
© 1964 Capitol Records, LLC
℗ 1964 Capitol Records, LLC

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