Barry Gibb's backing vocal is heard on the chorus. The song hit the top ten in over a dozen countries and stands as one of Warwick's biggest career hits, selling an estimated 4 million singles worldwide. In the U. The track was Warwick's eighth number one Adult Contemporary hit and reached number 14 on the Hot Black Singles chart. The song blended the Gibb brothers' two schools of songwriting: it has the clear verse and chorus structure favored by Robin and Maurice, yet also has the longer spun-out verses Barry now preferred, both well balanced.
The melody is reminiscent of " Living Eyes ", but the song has a much stronger forward motion. Maurice said later that he wished they had saved it for themselves. Warwick admitted in The Billboard Book of Number One Adult Contemporary Hits by Wesley Hyatt that she was not fond of "Heartbreaker" regarding the song's international popularity, she quipped, "I cried all the way to the bank" , but recorded it because she trusted the Bee Gees' judgment that it would be a hit.
I drove home and thought, 'We should be doing this one', and when she did it, it was brilliant. We sang on it, and it still became like a duet between the Bee Gees and Dionne Warwick". All tracks produced by Gibb-Galuten-Richardson. The Bee Gees' own version, with Barry Gibb on lead vocals, was recorded in It was originally planned for an album called Love Songs to be released in , but was eventually released in on Their Greatest Hits: The Record. Contents move to sidebar hide.
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Year-end charts [ edit ]. Bee Gees version [ edit ]. See also [ edit ]. References [ edit ]. Top Adult Contemporary: β Record Research. Retrieved Apple Music. Retrieved March 15, Omnibus Press. ISBN Retrieved 15 February Australian Chart Book β illustrated ed. St Ives, N.
