Group members were Jerome Anthony “Little Anthony” Gourdine, Ernest Wright, Clarence Collins and Sammy Strain and the song was written by Teddy Randazzo, Bobby Weinstein, and Bobby Hart (born Robert Luke Harshman). When DCP Records head Don Costa asked for another hit for Little Anthony, Hart, Randazzo and Weinstein went to a conference room between sets and came up with “Hurt So Bad". Bobby Hart went on to tremendous songwriting success with Tommy Boyce, coming up with many hit songs for The Monkees. Hart considers “Hurt So Bad” his crowning achievement as a songwriter, although he knows that he’ll always be remembered for his hits with The Monkees.