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the romanian military is undergoing a three @@ stage restructuring as of 2007 the first short @@ term stage was completed ( reorganisation of the command system implementation of the voluntary military service ) the year 2015 marks the end of the second stage ( operational integration in nato and eu ) while 2025 is the date when the long @@ term stage is to be completed ( full technical integration in nato and eu ) the stages aim at modernising the structure of the armed forces reducing the personnel as well as acquiring newer and improved technology that is compatible with nato standards
romania abolished compulsory military service on october 23 2006 this came about due to a 2003 constitutional amendment which allowed the parliament to make military service optional the romanian parliament voted to abolish conscription in october 2005 with the vote formalising one of many military modernisation and reform programmes that romania agreed to when it joined nato in march 2004

= = = structure = = =

in peacetime the commander of the land forces is the minister of defense while in wartime the president of romania becomes the supreme commander of the armed forces the main combat formations of romania are the 2nd infantry division getica and the 4th infantry division gemina until 2015 the romanian land forces fielded a third division namely the 1st division dacia before june 2008 the 1st and 4th divisions were known as the 1st territorial army corps and the 4th territorial army corps and in turn they used to be called the 1st army and 4th army prior to 2000 however due to their personnel having been reduced considerably in order to reach compatibility with nato standards they were renamed and reorganized as divisions in 2010 the joint hq command was renamed as 2nd infantry division getica and received units from the 1st and the 4th infantry divisions
the current chief of the romanian land forces staff is major general nicolae <unk> who succeeded major general mircea savu on 7 january 2014 the land forces official day is celebrated each year on 23 april

= = equipment = =

the romanian land forces have completely overhauled their equipment in the past few years replacing it with a more modern one the tr @@ <unk> <unk> main battle tank and the mli @@ <unk> <unk> infantry fighting vehicle are the most modern native made equipment of the romanian land forces also 43 ex @@ german gepard anti @@ aircraft systems were commissioned in late @@ 2004
the land forces ordered about 100 us army humvees the first eight were delivered to the military police in december 2006 31 piranha iii armoured vehicles ( lav iii variant ) and 60 <unk> <unk> high mobility vehicles were also ordered in 2007 for deployment in iraq and afghanistan
equipment summary

= = special forces = =

the evolution of the special forces within the romanian land forces led to the establishment of the 1st special operations regiment on 1 august 2009 headquartered at târgu mureş it later became the 6th special operations brigade on 25 october 2011 composed of a special operations battalion two paratrooper battalions and a logistic battalion
the most famous and well trained unit is the 1st special operations battalion <unk> which was legally created in late 2005 after several batches of graduates had already been selected members of the special forces battalion have benefitted from courses abroad such as the us army special forces ( green berets ) course the united states marine corps force recon course as well as other courses the special forces battalion became fully operational during 2007 after a company had already been commissioned in early @@ 2006
the current romanian reconnaissance battalions ( the 313th the 317th and the 528th ) are also considered special forces units and were formed in the 1960s during the communist regime after the revolution the units suffered from a lack of funds which resulted in the temporary disbandment of the 313th battalion however their equipment was completely overhauled in the past few years and the combat readiness and capabilities have regained full strength
dir rapid intervention squad of the romanian ministry of defense is an elite special operations unit currently belonging to the romanian military police it is a special unit inside the military formed of highly skilled individuals a very large percentage of its members being champions in martial arts kickboxing athletic disciplines and so on dir was until december 2003 top secret

= = international missions = =

the following troops are deployed abroad
45 personnel in bosnia and herzegovina ( 23 in sarajevo and 22 in banja luka ) as part of <unk> since 2000 ( to be withdrawn )
150 personnel in peć kosovo as part of kfor
1 battalion in zabul ( 479 personnel ) 1 guard detachment in kandahar ( 193 personnel ) a reconnaissance squad in <unk> sharif ( 6 personnel ) afghanistan as part of isaf additionally a special forces squad ( 39 personnel ) and a training detachment ( 47 personnel ) are deployed there

= = training = =

after the romanian revolution many firing ranges and training areas were closed and abandoned due to lack of funds currently the military schools and training units of the romanian land forces are directly subordinated to the central headquarters there are 3 military high schools ( câmpulung <unk> alba iulia and <unk> ) one military academy ( sibiu ) one officers school ( <unk> ) 3 training schools ( sibiu <unk> buzău ) and 9 training battalions
in the past few years lots of training exercises took place in romania with other balkan or allied countries most of these exercises took place at babadag which is one of the largest and most modern training firing ranges and military facilities in europe with a total surface area of 270 square kilometres it was announced on december 6 2006 that 1 @@ 500 us troops stationed at mihail kogălniceanu which in time will form joint task force east will be using babadag as a training base

= = ranks and insignia = =

the romanian land forces distinguishes four career paths officers ( <unk> ) warrant officers ( <unk> <unk> ) nco 's ( <unk> ) and enlisted men ( <unk> şi <unk> <unk> ) the marshal rank can be given only in wartime by the president of romania in fact romania had only three marshals coming from the <unk> rank in its history ion antonescu alexandru averescu and constantin prezan kings ferdinand i carol ii and mihai i also held the rank of marshal of romania king carol i held simultaneous ranks as russian marshal and german field @@ marshal


= not quite hollywood the wild untold story of ozploitation =

not quite hollywood the wild untold story of ozploitation is a 2008 australian documentary film about the australian new wave of 1970s and ' 80s low @@ budget cinema the film was written and directed by mark hartley who interviewed over eighty australian american and british actors directors screenwriters and producers including quentin tarantino brian trenchard @@ smith jamie lee curtis dennis hopper george lazenby george miller barry humphries stacy keach and john seale
hartley spent several years writing a detailed research document which served to some degree as a script for the film about the new wave era of australian cinema it focused on the commonly overlooked ozploitation films mainly filled with sex horror and violence which critics and film historians considered vulgar and offensive often excluded from australia 's official film history hartley approached quentin tarantino a longtime ozploitation fan who had dedicated his 2003 film kill bill to the exploitation genre and tarantino agreed to help get the project off the ground hartley then spent an additional five years interviewing subjects and editing the combined 250 hours of interviews and original stock footage into a 100 @@ minute film
not quite hollywood which premiered at the 2008 melbourne international film festival did not perform well at the box office upon its australia @@ wide release but garnered universally positive reviews from critics and a nomination for best documentary at the 2008 australian film institute awards

= = synopsis = =

not quite hollywood documents the revival of australian cinema during the australian new wave of the 1970s and ' 80s through b @@ movies including alvin purple barry mckenzie holds his own dead @@ end drive in long weekend mad max the man from hong kong patrick razorback road games stork and turkey shoot from 1971 through to the late 1980s australian directors began to take advantage of the newly introduced r @@ rating which allowed more on @@ screen nudity sex and violence for audiences restricted to age 18 and over ozploitation writer @@ director mark hartley 's own portmanteau of australian exploitation was a subgenre of the new wave which accounted for the critically panned gross @@ out comedies sex romps action and road movies teen films westerns thrillers and horror films of the era commonly overlooked in australia 's official film history the film addresses three main categories of ozploitation films sex horror and action

= = interviewees = =

the actors directors screenwriters and producers interviewed for the film were

= = production = =

as a child mark hartley discovered many of the ozploitation b @@ movies from the 1970s and ' 80s while watching late @@ night television but was disappointed when they were completely overlooked in books he read detailing australian cinema after becoming an accomplished music video director his interest in this era of australian filmmaking grew and he spent years researching a potential documentary film he was close to giving up on the project when he sent a 100 @@ page draft of the script to american film director quentin tarantino not expecting to receive a reply tarantino was a longtime fan of ozploitation films and had even dedicated his film kill bill to brian trenchard @@ smith 's work he replied the day after telling hartley that he would do whatever he could to get the film made hartley traveled to los angeles california to meet with tarantino who agreed to sit for hours of interviews as one of the film 's most prominent interviewees hartley spent the following five years interviewing other actors directors screenwriters and producers collecting original stock footage and then cutting the 100 hours of interviews and 150 hours of film footage down into a 100 @@ minute film

= = release = =

not quite hollywood had its worldwide premiere at the melbourne international film festival on 28 july 2008 and was screened at the australian centre for the moving image its australia @@ wide release was a month later on 28 august 2008 and it had its overseas premiere at the toronto film festival on 7 september 2008 where distribution rights were secured for the united kingdom canada france russia germany and benelux the film was also screened at the austin sitges warsaw helsinki and stockholm international film festivals in 2008 and featured at the london film festival on 25 october 2008
the film did not perform well at the box office upon its australian release taking in a gross of a $ 108 @@ 330 on its first weekend but only $ 31 @@ 995 on its second weekend at a screen average of $ 681 on 47 screens

= = reception = =

overall not quite hollywood received positive reviews from critics review aggregate rotten tomatoes reports that 94 of critics have given the film a positive review certified fresh based on 63 reviews with an average score of 7 @@ 4 out of 10 margaret pomeranz and david stratton of at the movies gave the film four and three and a half out of five stars respectively pomeranz commended hartley for the depth of his research and for creating a wildly entertaining film experience and claimed that for those of us who remember the films not quite hollywood is a blast sandra hall writing for the sydney morning herald gave the film three and a half out of five stars believing that hartley 's own film is much livelier than most of those he is out to celebrate jake wilson of the age similarly gave the film three and a half stars but called the film basically a feature @@ length advertisement for its subject saying that it moves far too rapidly to permit sustained analysis the courier @@ mail 's des <unk> who gave the film four and a half out of five stars disagreed saying that brisk editing means the history is lively and fun and claimed in homage to the castle copies of hartley 's film should go straight to pool rooms all over australia when it becomes available on dvd luke <unk> of empire magazine australasia gave not quite hollywood five out of five stars calling the film fast thrilling and often ribald while leigh paatsch wrote for the herald sun that there is not a single instant where boredom can possibly intrude dubbing the film an incredibly energetic and merrily messed @@ up celebration of australian b @@ movies
english director edgar wright named not quite hollywood his fourth favourite film of 2008 and called it the best documentary ever

= = = awards and nominations = = =


= = films referenced = =

a list of film referenced within not quite hollywood separated by genre

= = box office = =

not quite hollywood the wild untold story of ozploitation grossed $ 186 @@ 986 at the box office in australia


= why does it hurt so bad =

why does it hurt so bad is a song recorded by american singer whitney houston for the 1995 film waiting to exhale it was released on july 7 1996 by arista records as the seventh and final single from the accompanying soundtrack the song was written and produced solely by babyface musically it is an r & b ballad and the lyrics chronicle a lovelorn lament
the song garnered positive reviews from critics who commended houston 's vocal effort it charted in the united states on the billboard hot 100 peaking at number twenty @@ six it also reached a peak position of number twenty @@ two in the hot r & b / hip @@ hop songs chart and number six on the adult contemporary chart in canada the song reached a peak of number forty @@ five on the rpm singles chart although there is no official music video for the song a performance of the song at the 1996 mtv movie awards was taped and is used as a promotional clip the song was later included as a medley in her my love is your love world tour ( 1999 ) along with a few other songs

= = background = =

houston starred in the 1995 romance film waiting to exhale directed by forest whittaker although houston did not intend to contribute to the film 's soundtrack when whittaker hired babyface to score the soundtrack she opted in babyface houston and some other african @@ american female singers recorded songs for the album the song was one of the final additions to the soundtrack why does it hurt so bad was originally written by babyface for houston two years prior to the release of waiting to exhale but houston refused to record it at that time i wasn 't really in the mood for singing about why it hurts so bad said houston two years later according to chris willman of entertainment weekly the emotions of the movie merged with the real @@ life circumstances of houston 's troubled marriage to bobby brown now i 'm ready to sing not only the joys of things but the pains of things also houston explained

= = composition = =

why does it hurt so bad is an r & b ballad the song was written and produced by kenneth brian edmonds popularly known as babyface according to the sheet music book for the greatest hits at sheetmusicpluscom the song is written in the key of b ♭ major and moves at a tempo of 69 beats per minute it is set in time signature of common time and features a basic chord progression of b / e em c ♯ m g ♯ 7 houston 's vocals span from the note of am7 to the note of d5 according to stephen holden of new york times the song is a lovelorn lament with a realistic twist he noted that through the verses the singer congratulates herself for breaking up with an abusive boyfriend and admits that she is still in love

= = reception = =

the song garnered mainly positive reviews from critics craig lytle of allmusic noted that houston 's voice sailed through the song christopher john farley of time commented houston particularly held her own with a masterly balance of pop zip and soulful melancholy steve knopper of newsday wrote it 's lower @@ key and the singer who also stars in the film doesn 't feel compelled to perform constant vocal feats a writer for boston herald noted that the song was understated similarly larry flick of billboard commented that the song should have been released as the follow @@ up to exhale ( shoop shoop ) paired with babyface houston is positively luminous on [ this ] heartbreak ballad performing with a perfect blend of theatrical melodrama and guttural soul he added deborah wilker of south florida sun @@ sentinel was mixed in her review commenting that the song was a predictably histrionic follow @@ up to exhale ( shoop shoop ) but nick krewen of the spectator was even less enthusiastic writing [ ] the two guaranteed [ whitney houston ] hits ' exhale ( shoop shoop ) ' and ' why does it hurt so bad ' don 't really offer anything new similarly cary darling of rome news @@ tribune gave a negative review she noted that [ the ] ballad ' why does it hurt so bad ' is [ more ] standard whitney @@ fare
released as the seventh and final single from the waiting to exhale original soundtrack album the song debuted at number 60 on the billboard hot 100 on the issue dated august 3 1996 on the same issue the song debuted at number 34 on the hot r & b / hip @@ hop singles chart the song later reached a peak of number 26 on the hot 100 and 22 on the r & b / hip @@ hop singles chart it also reached number six on the adult contemporary chart while reaching a peak of 39 on the adult pop songs chart in canada the song debuted at number 98 on the rpm singles chart on the july 22 1996 issue later on the september 15 1996 issue it reached a peak of number 45

= = music video and live performances = =

the song was not promoted through an official music video although houston appeared at the 1996 mtv movie awards held at walt disney studios burbank and performed why does it hurt so bad the performance was directed and taped by bruce gowers and was later used as a promotional clip to accompany the song the performance features houston sitting on a chair wearing a white outfit and singing the song

the romanian military is undergoing a three @@ stage restructuring as of 2007 the first short @@ term stage was completed ( reorganisation of the command system implementation of the voluntary military service ) the year 2015 marks the end of the second stage ( operational integration in nato and eu ) while 2025 is the date when the long @@ term stage is to be completed ( full technical integration in nato and eu ) the stages aim at modernising the structure of the armed forces reducing the personnel as well as acquiring newer and improved technology that is compatible with nato standards

romania abolished compulsory military service on october 23 2006 this came about due to a 2003 constitutional amendment which allowed the parliament to make military service optional the romanian parliament voted to abolish conscription in october 2005 with the vote formalising one of many military modernisation and reform programmes that romania agreed to when it joined nato in march 2004

= = = structure = = =

in peacetime the commander of the land forces is the minister of defense while in wartime the president of romania becomes the supreme commander of the armed forces the main combat formations of romania are the 2nd infantry division getica and the 4th infantry division gemina until 2015 the romanian land forces fielded a third division namely the 1st division dacia before june 2008 the 1st and 4th divisions were known as the 1st territorial army corps and the 4th territorial army corps and in turn they used to be called the 1st army and 4th army prior to 2000 however due to their personnel having been reduced considerably in order to reach compatibility with nato standards they were renamed and reorganized as divisions in 2010 the joint hq command was renamed as 2nd infantry division getica and received units from the 1st and the 4th infantry divisions

the current chief of the romanian land forces staff is major general nicolae <unk> who succeeded major general mircea savu on 7 january 2014 the land forces official day is celebrated each year on 23 april

= = equipment = =

the romanian land forces have completely overhauled their equipment in the past few years replacing it with a more modern one the tr @@ <unk> <unk> main battle tank and the mli @@ <unk> <unk> infantry fighting vehicle are the most modern native made equipment of the romanian land forces also 43 ex @@ german gepard anti @@ aircraft systems were commissioned in late @@ 2004

the land forces ordered about 100 us army humvees the first eight were delivered to the military police in december 2006 31 piranha iii armoured vehicles ( lav iii variant ) and 60 <unk> <unk> high mobility vehicles were also ordered in 2007 for deployment in iraq and afghanistan

equipment summary

= = special forces = =

the evolution of the special forces within the romanian land forces led to the establishment of the 1st special operations regiment on 1 august 2009 headquartered at târgu mureş it later became the 6th special operations brigade on 25 october 2011 composed of a special operations battalion two paratrooper battalions and a logistic battalion

the most famous and well trained unit is the 1st special operations battalion <unk> which was legally created in late 2005 after several batches of graduates had already been selected members of the special forces battalion have benefitted from courses abroad such as the us army special forces ( green berets ) course the united states marine corps force recon course as well as other courses the special forces battalion became fully operational during 2007 after a company had already been commissioned in early @@ 2006

the current romanian reconnaissance battalions ( the 313th the 317th and the 528th ) are also considered special forces units and were formed in the 1960s during the communist regime after the revolution the units suffered from a lack of funds which resulted in the temporary disbandment of the 313th battalion however their equipment was completely overhauled in the past few years and the combat readiness and capabilities have regained full strength

dir rapid intervention squad of the romanian ministry of defense is an elite special operations unit currently belonging to the romanian military police it is a special unit inside the military formed of highly skilled individuals a very large percentage of its members being champions in martial arts kickboxing athletic disciplines and so on dir was until december 2003 top secret

= = international missions = =

the following troops are deployed abroad

45 personnel in bosnia and herzegovina ( 23 in sarajevo and 22 in banja luka ) as part of <unk> since 2000 ( to be withdrawn )

150 personnel in peć kosovo as part of kfor

1 battalion in zabul ( 479 personnel ) 1 guard detachment in kandahar ( 193 personnel ) a reconnaissance squad in <unk> sharif ( 6 personnel ) afghanistan as part of isaf additionally a special forces squad ( 39 personnel ) and a training detachment ( 47 personnel ) are deployed there

= = training = =

after the romanian revolution many firing ranges and training areas were closed and abandoned due to lack of funds currently the military schools and training units of the romanian land forces are directly subordinated to the central headquarters there are 3 military high schools ( câmpulung <unk> alba iulia and <unk> ) one military academy ( sibiu ) one officers school ( <unk> ) 3 training schools ( sibiu <unk> buzău ) and 9 training battalions

in the past few years lots of training exercises took place in romania with other balkan or allied countries most of these exercises took place at babadag which is one of the largest and most modern training firing ranges and military facilities in europe with a total surface area of 270 square kilometres it was announced on december 6 2006 that 1 @@ 500 us troops stationed at mihail kogălniceanu which in time will form joint task force east will be using babadag as a training base

= = ranks and insignia = =

the romanian land forces distinguishes four career paths officers ( <unk> ) warrant officers ( <unk> <unk> ) nco 's ( <unk> ) and enlisted men ( <unk> şi <unk> <unk> ) the marshal rank can be given only in wartime by the president of romania in fact romania had only three marshals coming from the <unk> rank in its history ion antonescu alexandru averescu and constantin prezan kings ferdinand i carol ii and mihai i also held the rank of marshal of romania king carol i held simultaneous ranks as russian marshal and german field @@ marshal

= not quite hollywood the wild untold story of ozploitation =

not quite hollywood the wild untold story of ozploitation is a 2008 australian documentary film about the australian new wave of 1970s and ' 80s low @@ budget cinema the film was written and directed by mark hartley who interviewed over eighty australian american and british actors directors screenwriters and producers including quentin tarantino brian trenchard @@ smith jamie lee curtis dennis hopper george lazenby george miller barry humphries stacy keach and john seale

hartley spent several years writing a detailed research document which served to some degree as a script for the film about the new wave era of australian cinema it focused on the commonly overlooked ozploitation films mainly filled with sex horror and violence which critics and film historians considered vulgar and offensive often excluded from australia 's official film history hartley approached quentin tarantino a longtime ozploitation fan who had dedicated his 2003 film kill bill to the exploitation genre and tarantino agreed to help get the project off the ground hartley then spent an additional five years interviewing subjects and editing the combined 250 hours of interviews and original stock footage into a 100 @@ minute film

not quite hollywood which premiered at the 2008 melbourne international film festival did not perform well at the box office upon its australia @@ wide release but garnered universally positive reviews from critics and a nomination for best documentary at the 2008 australian film institute awards

= = synopsis = =

not quite hollywood documents the revival of australian cinema during the australian new wave of the 1970s and ' 80s through b @@ movies including alvin purple barry mckenzie holds his own dead @@ end drive in long weekend mad max the man from hong kong patrick razorback road games stork and turkey shoot from 1971 through to the late 1980s australian directors began to take advantage of the newly introduced r @@ rating which allowed more on @@ screen nudity sex and violence for audiences restricted to age 18 and over ozploitation writer @@ director mark hartley 's own portmanteau of australian exploitation was a subgenre of the new wave which accounted for the critically panned gross @@ out comedies sex romps action and road movies teen films westerns thrillers and horror films of the era commonly overlooked in australia 's official film history the film addresses three main categories of ozploitation films sex horror and action

= = interviewees = =

the actors directors screenwriters and producers interviewed for the film were

= = production = =

as a child mark hartley discovered many of the ozploitation b @@ movies from the 1970s and ' 80s while watching late @@ night television but was disappointed when they were completely overlooked in books he read detailing australian cinema after becoming an accomplished music video director his interest in this era of australian filmmaking grew and he spent years researching a potential documentary film he was close to giving up on the project when he sent a 100 @@ page draft of the script to american film director quentin tarantino not expecting to receive a reply tarantino was a longtime fan of ozploitation films and had even dedicated his film kill bill to brian trenchard @@ smith 's work he replied the day after telling hartley that he would do whatever he could to get the film made hartley traveled to los angeles california to meet with tarantino who agreed to sit for hours of interviews as one of the film 's most prominent interviewees hartley spent the following five years interviewing other actors directors screenwriters and producers collecting original stock footage and then cutting the 100 hours of interviews and 150 hours of film footage down into a 100 @@ minute film

= = release = =

not quite hollywood had its worldwide premiere at the melbourne international film festival on 28 july 2008 and was screened at the australian centre for the moving image its australia @@ wide release was a month later on 28 august 2008 and it had its overseas premiere at the toronto film festival on 7 september 2008 where distribution rights were secured for the united kingdom canada france russia germany and benelux the film was also screened at the austin sitges warsaw helsinki and stockholm international film festivals in 2008 and featured at the london film festival on 25 october 2008

the film did not perform well at the box office upon its australian release taking in a gross of a $ 108 @@ 330 on its first weekend but only $ 31 @@ 995 on its second weekend at a screen average of $ 681 on 47 screens

= = reception = =

overall not quite hollywood received positive reviews from critics review aggregate rotten tomatoes reports that 94 of critics have given the film a positive review certified fresh based on 63 reviews with an average score of 7 @@ 4 out of 10 margaret pomeranz and david stratton of at the movies gave the film four and three and a half out of five stars respectively pomeranz commended hartley for the depth of his research and for creating a wildly entertaining film experience and claimed that for those of us who remember the films not quite hollywood is a blast sandra hall writing for the sydney morning herald gave the film three and a half out of five stars believing that hartley 's own film is much livelier than most of those he is out to celebrate jake wilson of the age similarly gave the film three and a half stars but called the film basically a feature @@ length advertisement for its subject saying that it moves far too rapidly to permit sustained analysis the courier @@ mail 's des <unk> who gave the film four and a half out of five stars disagreed saying that brisk editing means the history is lively and fun and claimed in homage to the castle copies of hartley 's film should go straight to pool rooms all over australia when it becomes available on dvd luke <unk> of empire magazine australasia gave not quite hollywood five out of five stars calling the film fast thrilling and often ribald while leigh paatsch wrote for the herald sun that there is not a single instant where boredom can possibly intrude dubbing the film an incredibly energetic and merrily messed @@ up celebration of australian b @@ movies

english director edgar wright named not quite hollywood his fourth favourite film of 2008 and called it the best documentary ever

= = = awards and nominations = = =

= = films referenced = =

a list of film referenced within not quite hollywood separated by genre

= = box office = =

not quite hollywood the wild untold story of ozploitation grossed $ 186 @@ 986 at the box office in australia

= why does it hurt so bad =

why does it hurt so bad is a song recorded by american singer whitney houston for the 1995 film waiting to exhale it was released on july 7 1996 by arista records as the seventh and final single from the accompanying soundtrack the song was written and produced solely by babyface musically it is an r & b ballad and the lyrics chronicle a lovelorn lament

the song garnered positive reviews from critics who commended houston 's vocal effort it charted in the united states on the billboard hot 100 peaking at number twenty @@ six it also reached a peak position of number twenty @@ two in the hot r & b / hip @@ hop songs chart and number six on the adult contemporary chart in canada the song reached a peak of number forty @@ five on the rpm singles chart although there is no official music video for the song a performance of the song at the 1996 mtv movie awards was taped and is used as a promotional clip the song was later included as a medley in her my love is your love world tour ( 1999 ) along with a few other songs

= = background = =

houston starred in the 1995 romance film waiting to exhale directed by forest whittaker although houston did not intend to contribute to the film 's soundtrack when whittaker hired babyface to score the soundtrack she opted in babyface houston and some other african @@ american female singers recorded songs for the album the song was one of the final additions to the soundtrack why does it hurt so bad was originally written by babyface for houston two years prior to the release of waiting to exhale but houston refused to record it at that time i wasn 't really in the mood for singing about why it hurts so bad said houston two years later according to chris willman of entertainment weekly the emotions of the movie merged with the real @@ life circumstances of houston 's troubled marriage to bobby brown now i 'm ready to sing not only the joys of things but the pains of things also houston explained

= = composition = =

why does it hurt so bad is an r & b ballad the song was written and produced by kenneth brian edmonds popularly known as babyface according to the sheet music book for the greatest hits at sheetmusicpluscom the song is written in the key of b ♭ major and moves at a tempo of 69 beats per minute it is set in time signature of common time and features a basic chord progression of b / e em c ♯ m g ♯ 7 houston 's vocals span from the note of am7 to the note of d5 according to stephen holden of new york times the song is a lovelorn lament with a realistic twist he noted that through the verses the singer congratulates herself for breaking up with an abusive boyfriend and admits that she is still in love

= = reception = =

the song garnered mainly positive reviews from critics craig lytle of allmusic noted that houston 's voice sailed through the song christopher john farley of time commented houston particularly held her own with a masterly balance of pop zip and soulful melancholy steve knopper of newsday wrote it 's lower @@ key and the singer who also stars in the film doesn 't feel compelled to perform constant vocal feats a writer for boston herald noted that the song was understated similarly larry flick of billboard commented that the song should have been released as the follow @@ up to exhale ( shoop shoop ) paired with babyface houston is positively luminous on [ this ] heartbreak ballad performing with a perfect blend of theatrical melodrama and guttural soul he added deborah wilker of south florida sun @@ sentinel was mixed in her review commenting that the song was a predictably histrionic follow @@ up to exhale ( shoop shoop ) but nick krewen of the spectator was even less enthusiastic writing [ ] the two guaranteed [ whitney houston ] hits ' exhale ( shoop shoop ) ' and ' why does it hurt so bad ' don 't really offer anything new similarly cary darling of rome news @@ tribune gave a negative review she noted that [ the ] ballad ' why does it hurt so bad ' is [ more ] standard whitney @@ fare

released as the seventh and final single from the waiting to exhale original soundtrack album the song debuted at number 60 on the billboard hot 100 on the issue dated august 3 1996 on the same issue the song debuted at number 34 on the hot r & b / hip @@ hop singles chart the song later reached a peak of number 26 on the hot 100 and 22 on the r & b / hip @@ hop singles chart it also reached number six on the adult contemporary chart while reaching a peak of 39 on the adult pop songs chart in canada the song debuted at number 98 on the rpm singles chart on the july 22 1996 issue later on the september 15 1996 issue it reached a peak of number 45

= = music video and live performances = =

the song was not promoted through an official music video although houston appeared at the 1996 mtv movie awards held at walt disney studios burbank and performed why does it hurt so bad the performance was directed and taped by bruce gowers and was later used as a promotional clip to accompany the song the performance features houston sitting on a chair wearing a white outfit and singing the song