 "Hurting Each Other", a cover of an obscure Ruby & the Romantics tune, was the first single issued from "A Song for You" in early 1972, and reached number two, becoming the Carpenters' sixth straight gold single.A cover of Carole King's "It's Going to Take Some Time" followed and peaked at number 12, and was followed by the number seven hit "Goodbye to Love", which was refused airplay on some easy listening radio stations because of a fuzz guitar solo by Tony Peluso.The song had a significant impact on the power ballad songs which followed.