"Make It Easy on Yourself" was released in June 1962 to reach #20 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 that August; the track's R&B chart peak was #18.The most successful pop version of "Make It Easy on Yourself" was the 1965 single by the Walker Brothers which reached #16 on the Hot 100 that December; this version had been a #1 hit in the UK in September 1965.