“‘It’s a Heartache'” is a song recorded by Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler. Written by Ronnie Scott and Steve Wolfe, and co-produced with David Mackay, the single was released in November 1977 by RCA Records. The song topped the charts in Australia, Canada, and numerous European countries, and reached No. 3 in the US and No. 4 in the UK. Worldwide, “It’s a Heartache” sold around six million copies.
In the United States, Tyler’s version was released in 1978 around the same time as versions of it were released by Juice Newton and Ronnie Spector.