"You Always Hurt the One You Love" is a pop standard, written by Allan Roberts and Doris Fisher. It has been performed by many artists over the years, such as The Mills Brothers, Connie Francis (#13 on the UK Singles Chart in 1959), Fats Domino, The Impressions, Frankie Laine, Richard Chamberlain (as the b-side of his single "Rome Will Never Leave You"), Peggy Lee, Maureen Evans, Michael Bublé, Kay Starr, Hank Thompson, Ringo Starr (in his 1970 album ), and Clarence "Frogman" Henry, whose version became a top twenty hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1961. It was also popular in a parody version by Spike Jones.

The recording by The Mills Brothers was released by Decca Records as catalog number 18599. It first reached the Billboard magazine Best Seller chart on June 22, 1944 and lasted 20 weeks on the chart, peaking at #1. The Mills Brothers version also reached number five on the Harlem Hit Parade.

The flip side, "Till Then," also charted in the top 10, making the record a two-sided hit.

The Jones parody of the song is essentially the straight song with most of the parody being in the way the song is presented, in three parts: