Heartbreaker (4:17)

“Heartbreaker” is a 1982 single released by American pop and soul singer Dionne Warwick. The song was written by The Bee Gees’ Barry, Maurice and Robin Gibb, with Barry Gibb’s backing vocal being heard on the chorus.

The song reached the top of charts around the world and stands as one of Warwick’s biggest career hits. It made the Top 10 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart in January 1983, and was also a #1 Adult Contemporary hit. In the UK Singles Chart, the track reached #2 for two weeks in November 1982.

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. It turned out to be Dionne’s most successful solo hit of the 1980s. The Bee Gees recorded a version, with Barry Gibb on lead vocals, which was featured on the album, Their Greatest Hits: The Record, as well as their Love Songs album.