"Hurting Kind" is a rock

Rock music

Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...

 song performed by English rock singer Robert Plant

Robert Plant

Robert Anthony Plant, CBE is an English singer and songwriter best known as the vocalist and lyricist of the iconic rock band Led Zeppelin. He has also had a successful solo career...

, from his 1990 album Manic Nirvana

Manic Nirvana

Manic Nirvana is the fifth solo album by former Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant, released in 1990. Although the lead single "Big Love" was only a modest success, its follow-up single "Hurting Kind" turned out to be a major hit, reaching #1 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart for six consecutive...

. It was released as a single and reached number 45 on the UK singles chart,
number 46 on the Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

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Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

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 and number 1 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart. It was Plant's fifth number 1 rock song.

The song was written by Plant and band-mates Chris Blackwell

Chris Blackwell

Christopher Percy Gordon "Chris" Blackwell is a British record producer and businessman, who was the founder of Island Records, acknowledged as the most successful and groundbreaking independent record company in history. Blackwell has been a music industry mogul for over fifty years...

 (drums and guitar), Doug Boyle

Doug Boyle

Doug Boyle is a guitarist and composer, best known for his work with Robert Plant, Nigel Kennedy and later incarnations of Caravan.-Biography:...

 (guitar), Phil Johnstone

Phil Johnstone

Phil Johnstone is a songwriter, keyboardist, guitarist and record producer, best known for his work with singer Robert Plant. His songwriting credits include Plant's number-one Mainstream Rock hits "Heaven Knows", "Tall Cool One" and "Hurting Kind ".- Details :Johnstone first worked with Plant on...

 (keyboards) and Charlie Jones

Charlie Jones (musician)

Charlie Jones is a British bassist, songwriter and record producer. He has toured and recorded with Robert Plant, Page and Plant, The Strange Sensation, Goldfrapp and many others. He was married to Robert Plant's daughter Carmen Plant, they divorced in 2010....

(bass guitar).