"It's Over" is an American song composed by Roy Orbison and Bill Dees and sung by Orbison.
Released as a 45rpm single by Monument Records in 1964, "It's Over" typifies the operatic rock ballad. The single entered the United States Cashbox chart on April 11, 1964, peaking at No.10 (on May 23, 1964), although the song reached No. 9 on the Billboard pop music charts. Meanwhile, after entering the United Kingdom Singles Chart on April 30, 1964, "It's Over" reached No. 1 on June 25, 1964 (making it Orbison's second UK No. 1 single ). "It's Over" spent 2 weeks at No.1 on the United Kingdom Singles Chart, out of a total of 18 weeks spent on that chart.
The song also appears on Orbison's 1964 album More of Roy Orbison's Greatest Hits and his 1989 posthumous album A Black & White Night Live from the 1988 HBO television special.
"It's Over" was also recorded by both Bonnie Tyler with the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra on her 2003 album, Heart Strings, and Billy Mackenzie on the British Electric Foundation 1982 album Music of Quality and Distinction Volume One and was sung by Michael Caine in the 1998 film Little Voice.
The song was covered by Don Byron on his 2000 album A Fine Line: Arias and Lieder.
| Preceded by "You're My World" by Cilla Black |
UK number one single "It's Over" by Roy Orbison June 25, 1964 (2 weeks) |
Succeeded by "House of the Rising Sun" by The Animals |