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Released on Rhino, also Boys Don’t Cry (The Cure), You Are My Sunshine (Ray Charles) and Dance Into the Light (Phil Collins)
Written by Burt Bacharach, also Dangerous (David Guetta), Baby It’s You (Carpenters) and Somebody’s Been Lyin’ (Carpenters)
Part of Gene Pitney Anthology 1961-1968, also (The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance and Looking Through the Eyes of Love
Written by Hal David, also Me Against the World (2Pac), I Say a Little Prayer (Aretha Franklin) and A House Is Not a Home (Luther Vandross)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Burt Bacharach wrote 235 songs on fono
Hal David wrote 172 songs on fono
Burt Bacharach’s most frequent co-writer is Hal David (147 songs together)
Burt Bacharach first appears on fono in 1957, 29 years before this song
Credits
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- Written by
- Burt Bacharach and Hal David
- Released on
- Rhino
- Written by
- Burt Bacharach and Hal David
- Released on
- Rhino
Connected by credits
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Same writer: Burt Bacharach
Same writer: Hal David
Same label: Rhino
Same release: Gene Pitney Anthology 1961-1968
Same writer: Burt Bacharach
Same writer: Hal David
Same label: Rhino
Same release: Gene Pitney Anthology 1961-1968
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1MusicBrainz Only Love Can Break a Heart was written by Burt Bacharach
Only Love Can Break a Heart was written by Burt Bacharach
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2MusicBrainz Only Love Can Break a Heart was written by Hal David
Only Love Can Break a Heart was written by Hal David
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3MusicBrainz Only Love Can Break a Heart is part of the release Gene Pitney Anthology 1961-1968
Only Love Can Break a Heart is part of the release Gene Pitney Anthology 1961-1968
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4MusicBrainz Rhino is the label of the song Only Love Can Break a Heart
Rhino is the label of the song Only Love Can Break a Heart
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5MusicBrainz Only Love Can Break a Heart was released on 1986
Only Love Can Break a Heart was released on 1986
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026