Written by Daryl Hall, "Everytime You Go Away" originally appeared on Hall & Oates's 1980 studio album, Voices, but it wasn't released as a single and didn't make much of an impact. When British soul singer Young got ahold of the tune, though, it was a different story.
Interestingly enough, initially Young didn't even want to cover "Everytime You Go Away," which would end up being his only #1 hit.
"But when we compiled what we’d got, my manager suggested we lighten up a little," he continued. "So we went back to the cassettes of songs that we’d saved as 'likers' and what do you know? Both 'Everytime You Go Away' and 'I’m Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down' were on the same tape from the same publisher."
Daryl Hall was surprised by Paul Young's cover of 'Everytime You Go Away'
As Hall explained in an interview with Music Connection, Young's version of his song went beyond what he thought was possible for the tune.
"I was just doin' a kind of gospel/soul song; that was all I had in mind for it," Hall continued. "I was really surprised to hear the production they did because it kept the elements but commercialized it — made it sound like a pop record."
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