After an unsuccessful first single, the group were signed to Laurie Records. Their breakthrough came when "I Wonder Why" made # 22 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and the group appeared for the first time on the Dick Clark TV show. They followed it with the ballads "No One Knows" (#19) and "Don't Pity Me" (#40).
This success won Dion and the Belmonts their first major tour in late 1958, with The Coasters, Buddy Holly and Bobby Darin, and this was followed up by the "Winter Dance Party" tour with Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper. On 2 February 1959, after playing at Clear Lake, Iowa, Dion decided that he could not afford the $36 cost of a flight to the next venue. The plane crashed, and Holly and the other stars were killed. However, the tour continued, with Jimmy Clanton and Bobby Vee being added to the bill.
In March 1959, Dion and the Belmonts’ next single, "A Teenager in Love", was released, making #5 in the Billboard Hot 100 and #28 in the UK Singles Chart, and this was followed by an album, Presenting Dion and the Belmonts. Their biggest hit, "Where or When", was released in November 1959, and reached #3 on the U.S. chart.
However, in early 1960, Dion checked in to hospital for heroin addiction, a problem he had had since his mid-teens. Further single releases for the group that year were less successful, there were musical and financial disputes between Dion and members of the Belmonts, and in October 1960 Dion decided to quit for a solo career. The Belmonts also continued to release records, but with less success.
Dion and the Belmonts reunited in 1966 for the unsuccessful album Together Again on ABC Records, and again in 1972 for a one-off show at Madison Square Garden, recorded and released as a live album.
I'm Through with Love
Dion & The Belmonts Lyrics
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I'll never fall again
Said "Adieu" to love
Don't ever call again
For I must have you
Or no one
And so I'm through with love
I'll keep my feelings there
I have stocked my heart
With icy frigid air
And I need to care for no one
And so I'm through with love
Why did you leave me
To think that you could cared?
You didn't need me
For you have your share
Of slaves around you
To hound you and swear
With deep emotion
Devotion to you
Goodbye to spring
And all it meant to me
It can never bring
The things that used to be
For I must have you or no one
And so I'm through with love
Why did you leave me
To think that you could cared?
You didn't need me
For you have your share
Of slaves around you
To hound you and swear
With deep emotion
Devotion to you
Goodbye to spring
And all it meant to me
It can never bring
The things that used to be
For I'm through with love, I'm through with love
But every time I fall in love
Something always happen to me
That's why I'm through with love
In this song, "I'm Through With Love," Dion & The Belmonts express a sense of resignation and finality towards love. The singer begins by declaring that they will never fall in love again and have said goodbye to love. They believe they must have a particular person or no one and so they have essentially shut down emotionally. They've locked their heart and filled it with frigid air so that they don't need to care for anyone else. The singer then asks why their lover left them to think they cared when they did not, noting that they had plenty of other people around them to devote themselves to. By saying goodbye to spring, the singer is metaphorically saying goodbye to new beginnings and growth, to the renewal of life that often comes with the season. They have closed themselves off completely from love because they have been hurt and disappointed so many times before.
One interpretation of the song is that the singer has become jaded and disillusioned with love due to a past relationship that ended poorly. They are bitter that their love was not reciprocated and are now unwilling to risk experiencing that hurt again. The line "But every time I fall in love, something always happens to me" suggests that the singer has repeatedly gone through the cycle of falling in love, getting hurt, and ultimately swearing off love altogether. The song expresses a sense of hopelessness and resignation, as if the singer believes that love is something that ultimately brings pain rather than joy.
Line by Line Meaning
I'm through with love
I am done with love and will no longer pursue it.
I'll never fall again
I will not allow myself to be vulnerable to love again.
Said "Adieu" to love
I have said goodbye to love.
Don't ever call again
Love is not welcome in my life anymore.
For I must have you
I cannot settle for anyone else but you.
Or no one
If I cannot have you, I do not want anyone else.
And so I'm through with love
This is why I have given up on love.
I've locked my heart
I have closed off my heart to avoid getting hurt.
I'll keep my feelings there
I will not allow myself to express my emotions or fall in love again.
I have stocked my heart
I have filled my heart with coldness and indifference.
With icy frigid air
There is a coldness in my heart that prevents me from feeling love again.
And I need to care for no one
I do not feel the need to care about anyone else.
Why did you leave me
I am wondering why you left me.
To think that you could cared?
Did you really care about me at all?
You didn't need me
You did not require me in your life.
For you have your share of slaves around you
You have many people that are eager to please you and do your bidding.
To hound you and swear
These people are desperate to show their loyalty and affection towards you.
With deep emotion
They are very passionate and devoted to you.
Devotion to you
Their love and loyalty belong to you.
Goodbye to spring
I am saying farewell to the things that represent love and new beginnings.
And all it meant to me
I am leaving behind everything related to love that meant so much to me before.
It can never bring
It is impossible for love to bring back what was lost.
The things that used to be
My past experiences with love that are no longer present in my life.
But every time I fall in love
In spite of my decision to stop loving, every time I fall in love
Something always happen to me
Something unexpected and unpleasant always happens.
That's why I'm through with love
This is the reason I have given up on finding love.
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: Joseph A. Livingston, Matt Malneck, Gus Kahn
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