"Tears on My Pillow" is a song by American singer

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, written by Ernie Smith and produced by Nash and

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, It was the sole number-one single in the

UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart (currently titled Official Singles Chart, with the upper section more commonly known as the Official UK Top 40) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-s ...

for Nash, spending a single week at the top of the chart in July 1975. Arranged in a

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style, the song features a spoken recitation in the middle. This song is not to be confused with the 1958 hit for

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. Both songs have the words "Tears on my Pillow/ Pain in my Heart". New Zealand act

The Parker Project The Parker Project was a New Zealand pop band, best known for their cover of the Johnny Nash song "Tears on My Pillow (Johnny Nash song), Tears on My Pillow", which went to number one on the NZ charts in 1991. The group recorded for Pagan Record ...

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this song in 1991, reaching No. 1 on the New Zealand chart in June of that year.

Charts

Year-end charts

The Parker Project version

References

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