Heartbreaker (Dionne Warwick song)
Heartbreaker is a single by the American pop and soul singer Dionne Warwick, which was published in 1982. The song was written by the Bee Gees, Barry, Maurice and Robin Gibb, Barry Gibb which is heard in the background vocals in the chorus. The song was produced by Barry Gibb, Karl Richardson and Albhy Galuten and mixed in the recording studios Middle Ear, Miami Beach and Media Sound, New York. It was a single from the album of the same name, had a length of 4:16 minutes and was released on Arista Records. On the B - side of the single is the song I Can not See Anything ( But You ), which was written by Barry Gibb, Albhy Galuten, and Maurice Gibb.
The song reached the top of the charts around the world and is one of the biggest hits in Warwick's career. He reached 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 song reached in November 1982 for two weeks at No. 2
Warwick was in the Billboard Book of Number One Adult Contemporary Hits by Wesley Hyatt, that she did not love the song, but recorded because they trusted the judgment of the Bee Gees, it will be a hit. It turned out that the song should be Warwick's most successful solo release of the 1980s. The Bee Gees took a version with Barry Gibb on vocals, which was released on the albums Their Greatest Hits, The Record and Love Songs.
In 2004, the J- pop singer Junichi Inagaki released a cover version of Heartbreaker in Japanese on his album Revival II In 2007, the German reggae - pop band Blue Lagoon was a cover version of " Heartbreaker" on her album Sentimental Fools, which was released as a single and reached number 57 in Switzerland.