"Hurt Me Bad (In a Real Good Way)" is a song written by Deborah Allen and Rafe Van Hoy, and recorded by American country music artist Patty Loveless.

It was released in September 1991 as the first single from her album Up Against My Heart.

According to Loveless: "Hurt Me Bad ... actually Tony Brown was playing some stuff for me when we were looking for some songs for the fifth album for MCA.

He played this one and he was telling me about Deborah Allen being a writer on it and her husband.

We did it in New Orleans... spent three days there... just had a big ole' time shooting it there in the French Quarter" The song charted for 20 weeks on the Billboard Hot Country Singles and Tracks chart, reaching #3 during the week of November 23, 1991.