Nothing Ever Hurt Me (Half as Bad as Losing You) (song)

"Nothing Ever Hurt Me (Half as Bad as Losing You)"
"Nothing Ever Hurt Me (Half as Bad as Losing You)"
Single by George Jones
from the album Nothing Ever Hurt Me (Half as Bad as Losing You)
B-side	"Wine (You've Used Me Long Enough)"
Released	1973
Recorded	1973
Genre	Country
Length	2:19
Label	Epic
Songwriter(s)	Bobby Braddock
Producer(s)	Billy Sherrill
George Jones singles chronology

"Nothing Ever Hurt Me (Half as Bad as Losing You)" is a novelty song written by Bobby Braddock and recorded by American country singer George Jones. The song was recorded at a blistering speed and contains tongue twisting lyrics about a country boy for whom nothing ever goes right. The song would reach #7 on the charts.^[1] In the liner notes to the 1982 Jones compilation Anniversary – 10 Years of Hits, producer Billy Sherrill writes that Jones rarely performed the song live because he could never remember all the words. Jones would record several more Braddock compositions, including "He Stopped Loving Her Today."

References

^ "George Jones Chart History". Billboard.

[1] "George Jones Chart History". Billboard.

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v t e George Jones singles
Albums Singles Discography with Tammy Wynette Awards
1950s	"No Money in This Deal" "Play It Cool, Man" "You All Goodnight" "Why Baby Why" "What Am I Worth" "I'm Ragged But I'm Right" "Rock It" "You Gotta Be My Baby" "Just One More" "Don't Stop the Music" "Too Much Water" "Tall, Tall Trees" "Seasons of My Heart" "Too Much Water" "Treasure of Love" "White Lightning" "Who Shot Sam" "Big Harlan Taylor"
1960s	"Accidentally on Purpose" "Out of Control" "The Window Up Above" "Family Bible" "Tender Years" "Aching, Breaking Heart" "She Thinks I Still Care" "Open Pit Mine" "A Girl I Used to Know" "Your Heart Turned Left (And I Was on the Right)" "I'll Share My World with You "The Race Is On" "Love Bug" "Take Me" "I'm a People" "Walk Through This World with Me" "I Can't Get There from Here" "If My Heart Had Windows" "Say It's Not You" "Small Time Laboring Man" "As Long as I Live" "Milwaukee, Here I Come" (with Brenda Carter) "When the Grass Grows Over Me" "I'll Share My World with You" "If Not for You" "She's Mine"
1970s	"Where Grass Won't Grow" "Tell Me My Lying Eyes Are Wrong" "A Good Year for the Roses" "Sometimes You Just Can't Win" "Right Won't Touch a Hand" "I'll Follow You (Up to Our Cloud)" "We Can Make It" "Loving You Could Never Be Better" "A Picture of Me (Without You)" "What My Woman Can't Do" "Nothing Ever Hurt Me (Half as Bad as Losing You)" "Once You've Had the Best" "The Grand Tour" "The Door" "These Days (I Barely Get By)" "Memories of Us" "The Battle" "You Always Look Your Best (Here in My Arms)" "Her Name Is" "Old King Kong" "If I Could Put Them All Together (I'd Have You)" "Bartender's Blues" "I'll Just Take It Out in Love" "Someday My Day Will Come"
1980s	"He Stopped Loving Her Today" "I'm Not Ready Yet" "If Drinkin' Don't Kill Me (Her Memory Will)" "Still Doin' Time" "Same Ole Me" "Shine On (Shine All Your Sweet Love on Me)" "I Always Get Lucky with You" "Tennessee Whiskey" "You've Still Got a Place in My Heart" "She's My Rock" "Hallelujah, I Love You So" (with Brenda Lee) "Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes" (with Lacy J. Dalton) "The One I Loved Back Then (The Corvette Song)" "Somebody Wants Me Out of the Way" "Wine Colored Roses" "The Right Left Hand" "I Turn to You" "The Bird" "I'm a Survivor" "The Old Man No One Loves" "If I Could Bottle This Up" (with Shelby Lynne) "I'm a One Woman Man" "The King Is Gone (So Are You)" "Writing on the Wall" "Radio Lover"
1990s	"You Couldn't Get the Picture" "I Don't Need Your Rockin' Chair" "Honky Tonk Song" "Choices"
As a collaborative artist	"Yearning" (with Jeanette Hicks) "Did I Ever Tell You" (with Margie Singleton) "Waltz of the Angels" (with Margie Singleton) "We Must Have Been Out of Our Minds" (with Melba Montgomery) "Let's Invite Them Over" (with Melba Montgomery) "Please Be My Love" (with Melba Montgomery) "What's in Our Heart" (with Melba Montgomery) "Things Have Gone to Pieces" (with Gene Pitney) "I've Got Five Dollars and It's Saturday Night" (with Gene Pitney) "Blue Moon of Kentucky" (with Melba Montgomery) "That's All It Took (with Gene Pitney) "Maybellene" (with Johnny Paycheck) "You Can Have Her" (with Johnny Paycheck) "When You're Ugly Like Us (You Just Naturally Got to Be Cool)" (with Johnny Paycheck) "You Better Move On" (with Johnny Paycheck) "Yesterday's Wine" (with Merle Haggard) "C.C. Waterback" (with Merle Haggard)
As a featured artist	"We Didn't See a Thing" (Ray Charles with Chet Atkins and George Jones) "A Few Ole Country Boys" (Randy Travis featuring George Jones) "You Don't Seem to Miss Me" (Patty Loveless with George Jones) "A Country Boy Can Survive (Y2K version)" (Chad Brock featuring George Jones and Hank Williams, Jr.) "Country Boy" (Aaron Lewis featuring Charlie Daniels and George Jones)
Promotional singles	"Wrong Number"
Other charted songs	"Money to Burn" "Big Fool of the Year" "I Saw Me" "What's in Our Heart" (with Melba Montgomery) "My Tears Are Overdue" "I Just Don't Give a Damn" "He Stopped Loving Her Today"