Heartbreaker (Dionne Warwick song)

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“Heartbreaker”

Single by Dionne Warwick from the album Heartbreaker
B-side	"I Can't See Anybody (But You)" (Barry Gibb, Albhy Galuten, Maurice Gibb)
Released	September 1982
Recorded	1982, Middle Ear, Miami Beach; Media Sound, New York
Length	4:16
Writer(s)	Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb
Producer	Barry Gibb, Karl Richardson, Albhy Galuten

"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; their distinctive backing vocals being heard on the chorus. The unique brothers' sound can also be recognized in the syncopated rhythm of drums programming, the bright strings unisons and the powerful synthetizer brass sections.

The song peaked at #10 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart in January 1983, and was a #1 Adult Contemporary hit. In the UK, the track reached #2. The tune was also a smash hit around the world.

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 Warwick's most successful solo hit of the 1980s.