Stupid Cupid 1959 Connie Francis

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"Stupid Cupid" is a song written by Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield that became a hit for Connie Francis in 1958.
After almost three years of failure, Francis recalls: "I knew I had to come up with a hit on the third record. It was crucial. I listened to every publisher's song in New York, but nothing was hitting me." Eventually Howard Greenfield and Neil Sedaka visit Francis at her home to pitch their songs, but she and close friend Bobby Darin argued that the slow, dense ballads they were offering didn't appeal to the teenager market. Francis asked if they had something faster and bouncier. Greenfield asked Sedaka to play "Stupid Cupid", an uptempo number intended for the Shepherd Sisters. Sedaka objected that Francis, a "classy lady," would be insulted to be pitched such a puerile song; but Greenfield dismissed Sedaka's objection, saying, "What have we got to lose, she hates everything we wrote, doesn't she? Play it already!" After hearing only a few lines Francis recalls: "I started jumping up and down and I said, 'That's it! You guys got my next record!"
The uncredited bass guitar work, with its complex and energetic riff, has been remembered for decades and is considered one of the best recorded bass guitar sessions in early rock and roll. 'Stupid Cupid' reached number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart that August, marking a strong comeback for Francis.

Neil Sedaka, one of the song's co-writers, recorded his own version in 1959, and it saw a single release in Italy on the RCA Italiana label.