Down With Boring

Join thousands of music lovers getting the best new tracks, exclusive interviews, and breaking news delivered straight to your inbox every week.

In print now

June 2026

Latest issue variants

Dork, June 2026 (Bleachers cover)

Bleachers

Dork, June 2026 (Myles Smith cover)

Myles Smith

Dork, June 2026 (Towa Bird cover)

Towa Bird

Advertise|Support|About Dork|Privacy Policy|Genres|Years|Sitemap|RSS|Cookie settings

© 2026 The Bunker Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved.

Hype-THE BEST NEW NAMES, FIRST

Upset-DORK'S HOME FOR ALL THINGS LOUD

Festival Guides-YOUR ESSENTIAL FESTIVAL COMPANION

Hype-THE BEST NEW NAMES, FIRST

Mixtape-DORK'S BEST NEW TRACKS

Play-DORK'S NEW MUSIC FRIDAY EDIT

Upset-DORK'S HOME FOR ALL THINGS LOUD

Playlist Covers

Playlist Directory

Before Doors-LIVE SESSIONS

Music Video Directory

Down With Boring-THE DORK PODCAST

Chart Attack-UK NUMBER ONES, DISSECTED

Dork Radio

Live

Live 24/7

Dork Radio

Hurting Interlude Lyrics — Sam Smith | Dork

Lyrics
Sam Smith
Hurting Interlude Lyrics

Lyrics

Hurting Interlude

From Gloria2023

Written by Jimmy Napes, Mikkel Storleer Eriksen, Sam Smith, Tor Erik Hermansen

Produced by Sam Smith

Lyrics

Hurting Interlude

Having to lie, I feel, is the saddest And the ugliest part of being a homosexual When you have your first bad love experience, for instance You can't go to your brother or your sister and say, "I am hurting"

Lyrics provided by LRCLIB

About this track

"Hurting Interlude" is a song by Sam Smith from the album Gloria, released in 2023. The song was written by Jimmy Napes, Mikkel Storleer Eriksen, Sam Smith, Tor Erik Hermansen. It was produced by Sam Smith.

Sam Smith profile →Gloria album →Track profile →

Track 3 of 27Capitol Records UK / EMI

Contributors

Miles Wheway— 14 credits as assistant recording engineer →
Natalia Milanesi— 15 credits as assistant recording engineer →
Chris Worsey— 216 credits as songwriter →
Tony Woollard— 125 credits as cello →
Vicky Matthews— 120 credits as cello →
Lucy Whalley— 27 credits as conductor →
Chris Laurence— 114 credits as double bass →

More from this album

Gloria

Love Me More

No God

Lose You

More Lyrics

by Sam Smith

Too Good at Goodbyes

Too Good at Goodbyes

Unholy

Lay Me Down

Artist

Album

Stacey Watton— 64 credits as double bass →

Gordon Davidson— 29 credits as engineer →

Randy Merrill— 2,951 credits as producer →

Steve Fitzmaurice— 388 credits as songwriter & producer →

Sam Smith— 317 credits as songwriter & producer →

Freddie Light— 34 credits as recording engineer →

George Oulton— 34 credits as recording engineer →

Lilli Vincenz— 1 credits as spoken word →

Simon Hale— 205 credits as songwriter →

Adrian Smith— 212 credits as songwriter →

Andy Parker— 125 credits as songwriter →

Jenny Lewisohn— 17 credits as viola →

John Metcalfe— 183 credits as songwriter & producer →

Reiad Chibah— 162 credits as viola →

Alison Dods— 128 credits as violin →

Charis Jenson— 64 credits as violin →

Charlie Brown (Violinist)— 49 credits as violin →

Everton Nelson— 392 credits as violin →

Ian Humphries— 185 credits as violin →

Louisa Fuller— 118 credits as violin →

Lucy Wilkins— 107 credits as violin →

Marianne Haynes— 180 credits as violin →

Natalia Bonner— 237 credits as violin →

Patrick Kiernan— 256 credits as violin →

Perry Montague-Mason— 170 credits as violin →

Richard George— 253 credits as violin →

Steve Morris— 70 credits as violin →

Warren Zielinski— 200 credits as violin →

Jimmy Napes— 400 credits as songwriter & producer →

Mikkel Storleer Eriksen— 817 credits as songwriter & producer →

Sam Smith— 317 credits as songwriter & producer →

Tor Erik Hermansen— 668 credits as songwriter →

Perfect

Perfect

Lyrics

Unholy

How To Cry

Six Shots

Gimme

Dorothy's Interlude

Dorothy's Interlude

I'm Not Here To Make Friends

I'm Not Here To Make Friends

Gloria

Who We Love

Lay Me Down

Sam Smith

Pray

Writing’s On The Wall

Writing’s On The Wall

How Do You Sleep?

How Do You Sleep?

Fire on Fire

Dancing with a Stranger

Dancing with a Stranger