Stupid Cupid facts for kids

Quick facts for kids "Stupid Cupid"
Cover for the Neil Sedaka version (Italy, 1959)
Single by Neil Sedaka
Released	1959 (Italy)
Genre	Brill Building
Length	2:16
Label	RCA Italiana
Songwriter(s)	Howard Greenfield, Neil Sedaka

"Stupid Cupid" is a song written by Howard Greenfield and Neil Sedaka which became a hit for Connie Francis in 1958.

Other versions

Patsy Cline sang the song on stage. The song is featured on her posthumous albums Live Volume 2 and Live at the Cimarron Ballroom.

Maureen Evans made her first known recording with a 1958 cover of "Stupid Cupid"/ "Carolina Moon" cut for the Embassy label which produced soundalike versions of current hits for Woolworths to sell at lower price than the original hit. Queen included "Stupid Cupid" in the rock 'n' roll medleys in their live shows during the 1970s, including the concert released on Live at the Rainbow '74.

"Stupid Cupid" has also been recorded by Wanda Jackson, by Jo Wyatt (of Minipops) whose 1982 version reached #1 in France and #45 in the Netherlands, and by Mandy Moore for The Princess Diaries soundtrack, and in the motion picture, for her character Lana Thomas sings. Danny Mann (de) recorded the German language rendering "Sexie Hexy" in 1958 while the Portuguese rendering: "Estúpido Cupido", recorded by Brazilian singer Celly Campelo (pt), was the #1 single in Brazil for the year 1959. Arja Koriseva featured a Finnish rendering of "Stupid Cupid": "Tuttu juttu", on her 1990 self-titled album.

In 2003, Jordan McCoy performed the song on American Juniors.

The song was included in the Korean musical drama What's Up!, released in 2011. Kim Ji-won's character Park Tae Yi performed the song as she told Lim Ju-hwan's character the story of how her parents met. The song recurs several times more throughout the remainder of the episodes.

The song is also a part of North America's version of Donkey Konga, released for the Nintendo GameCube in 2003-2004.