Un-Break My Heart
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"Un-Break My Heart" is a song by American recording artist Toni Braxton
from her second studio album, Secrets (1996). Written by Diane Warren
and produced by David Foster
, the ballad
was released as the album's second single
. In 2008, the song ranked at number ten on The Billboard Hot 100 All-Time Top Songs and number three on the Top Billboard Hot 100 R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.
The song reached number one in five countries: (Sweden, Switzerland, Austria, Belgium
and the United States) in addition to Europe. In the United States, it achieved the number one position on the Billboard Hot 100
, Hot Dance Club Songs and Adult Contemporary charts. (The former achievement earned it the distinction of being the 1,000th individual single to top the Billboard charts since the magazine began keeping track of record sales in 1940.) The song was certified platinum in seven countries and gold in three others. Released in late 1996, it spent eleven consecutive weeks atop the Hot 100. However, since four of those were in December 1996, it finished fourth in the 1997 Billboard Year-End
chart, while also finishing fourth in the 1990s decade chart.
The song was an official song of the 2006 FIFA World Cup
and earned Braxton the 1997 Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
.
chart. It stayed at number one for eleven weeks in a row during late 1996 and early 1997, becoming Braxton's biggest hit to date. It also rose to number two on the Billboard
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
. Background vocals were performed by R&B singers Shanice Wilson
and Chante Moore
. In the United Kingdom, the single was held off the number-one spot by the charity band Dunblane
's "Knockin' on Heaven's Door
"/"Throw These Guns Away", who were raising money in the light of the Dunblane massacre
. After falling before peaking again at number two it was held off by the Spice Girls
' "2 Become 1
". In total "Un-Break My Heart" spent 12 weeks inside the UK top ten.
was directed by Billie Woodruff and featured Braxton mourning the death of her lover, played by model Tyson Beckford
.
es were created; one of which was Hex Hector's
and Soul Solution's
Club Mix, which reached number one on the Hot Dance Club Play in the first quarter of 1997. The remix by Frankie Knuckles
was also very popular in clubs in the UK and was also the version played on BBC Radio 1
and various A-Lists at the time.
. Alexander O'Neal
covered the song on his 2008 album, Alex Loves. Il Divo
(with whom Braxton would later record the duet "The Time of Our Lives
") also covered
this version in 2004 for their self-titled debut album Il Divo
. Filipino singer Nina
also recorded her own version of the song for her 2008 album Nina Sings the Hits of Diane Warren
.
The song was recorded by Braxton in Spanish
as "Regresa a Mi" (translating into "Come Back to Me"). "Regresa a Mi" was first released as an additional track to the 1996 single release of "Un-Break My Heart". Mexican singer Yuridia
, known for her Spanish-language versions of famous English-language ballads, also included a version of the song on her album Habla El Corazón.
In 1997, saxophonist Marion Meadows
covered the song for his album Pleasure.
Several cover versions exist in different languages.A cover version in Ukrainian was also recorded in 1996 by Ani Lorak
. A cover version in Russian
was also recorded in 1998 by pop singer Alla Gorbacheva, called "Сердце не плачь" (transliteration: "Serdtse ne plach"; translation: "Heart, Don't Cry"). A Hungarian
version was recorded by Viktória Pintácsi, called "Széttört egy szív" ("A Heart Has Been Broken"). French singer Mireille Mathieu
included a French
version called "Reste avec moi" ("Stay with Me") as one of two new songs in her 1998 compilation album Son grand numéro.
Alternative rock band Weezer
recorded a cover of the song during the sessions for their 2005 album Make Believe, but the track did not make the album. The same version was later released on their 2010 album Death To False Metal
. In the same year, British melodic rock band Serpentine included a version of the song on their album 'A Touch Of Heaven'.
Semino Rossi
released his album Augenblicke in 2011 which includes the song "Regresa a Mi".
in 1997
. She also won Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
in the same year for the song "You're Makin' Me High
".
In a 2006 poll for the United Kingdom's Channel Five's program "Britain's Favourite Break-up Songs", "Un-Break My Heart" was voted twenty-seventh.
The song also appeared as one of the official songs for the 2006 FIFA World Cup
in Germany on the Voices from the FIFA World Cup
album.
U.S. CD maxi single
U.S. promo CD single
U.S. and European 12" single
European CD single
European CD maxi single and UK CD single
European CD maxi single – The Mixes
Australian CD maxi single
Toni Braxton
Toni Michelle Braxton is an American R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. Braxton has won six Grammy Awards, seven American Music Awards, and five Billboard Music Awards and has sold over 60 million records worldwide...
from her second studio album, Secrets (1996). Written by Diane Warren
Diane Warren
Diane Eve Warren , is a US songwriter. Her songs have received six Academy Award nominations, five Golden Globe nominations, including one win and seven Grammy Award nominations, including one win. She was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2001...
and produced by David Foster
David Foster
David Walter Foster, OC, OBC , is a Canadian musician, record producer, composer, singer, songwriter, and arranger, noted for discovering singers such as Michael Bublé, Josh Groban, and Charice Pempengco; and for producing some of the most successful artists in the world, such as Céline Dion, Toni...
, the ballad
Ballad
A ballad is a form of verse, often a narrative set to music. Ballads were particularly characteristic of British and Irish popular poetry and song from the later medieval period until the 19th century and used extensively across Europe and later the Americas, Australia and North Africa. Many...
was released as the album's second single
Single (music)
In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...
. In 2008, the song ranked at number ten on The Billboard Hot 100 All-Time Top Songs and number three on the Top Billboard Hot 100 R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.
The song reached number one in five countries: (Sweden, Switzerland, Austria, Belgium
Ultratop 40 number-one hits of 1997
This is a list of songs that topped the Belgian Wallonia Ultratop 40 in 1997....
and the United States) in addition to Europe. In the United States, it achieved the number one position on the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
, Hot Dance Club Songs and Adult Contemporary charts. (The former achievement earned it the distinction of being the 1,000th individual single to top the Billboard charts since the magazine began keeping track of record sales in 1940.) The song was certified platinum in seven countries and gold in three others. Released in late 1996, it spent eleven consecutive weeks atop the Hot 100. However, since four of those were in December 1996, it finished fourth in the 1997 Billboard Year-End
Billboard Year-End
Billboard Year-End charts are a cumulative measure of a single or album's performance in the United States, based upon the Billboard magazine charts during any given chart year. Billboard's "chart year" runs from the first week of December to the final week in November...
chart, while also finishing fourth in the 1990s decade chart.
The song was an official song of the 2006 FIFA World Cup
2006 FIFA World Cup
The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which won the right to host the event in July 2000. Teams representing 198 national football associations from all six...
and earned Braxton the 1997 Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
The Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance is the latest in a series of awards recognizing superior vocal performance by a female in the pop category, the first of which was presented in 1959. The award goes to the artist...
.
Song information
The song became Braxton's second consecutive number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
chart. It stayed at number one for eleven weeks in a row during late 1996 and early 1997, becoming Braxton's biggest hit to date. It also rose to number two on the Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,...
. Background vocals were performed by R&B singers Shanice Wilson
Shanice
Shanice Lorraine Wilson-Knox , better known as Shanice, is a Grammy-nominated American R&B/soul singer-songwriter. She scored two Top 5 Billboard hit single's "I Love Your Smile" in 1991, and "Saving Forever for You" in 1993. In 1999, Shanice scored another top hit song, "When I Close My Eyes"...
and Chante Moore
Chanté Moore
Chanté Moore is an American R&B and jazz singer.-Biography:Born to a gospel minister, she grew up singing in the church and was heavily influenced by the music of George Duke and Lee Ritenour. While in high school, she decided to make a career of singing...
. In the United Kingdom, the single was held off the number-one spot by the charity band Dunblane
Dunblane
Dunblane is a small cathedral city and former burgh north of Stirling in the Stirling council area of Scotland. The town is situated off the A9 road, on the way north to Perth. Its main landmark is Dunblane Cathedral and the Allan Water runs through the town centre, with the Cathedral and the High...
's "Knockin' on Heaven's Door
Knockin' on Heaven's Door
"Knockin' on Heaven's Door" is a song written and performed by Bob Dylan for the soundtrack of the 1973 film Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid. It reached #12 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.-Story line and song structure:...
"/"Throw These Guns Away", who were raising money in the light of the Dunblane massacre
Dunblane massacre
The Dunblane massacre was a multiple murder-suicide which occurred at Dunblane Primary School in the Scottish town of Dunblane on 13 March 1996. Sixteen children and one adult were killed by Thomas Hamilton before he committed suicide.-Timeline of events:...
. After falling before peaking again at number two it was held off by the Spice Girls
Spice Girls
The Spice Girls were a British pop girl group formed in 1994. The group consisted of Victoria Beckham , Melanie Brown, Emma Bunton, Melanie Chisholm and Geri Halliwell. They were signed to Virgin Records and released their debut single, "Wannabe" in 1996, which hit number-one in more than 30...
' "2 Become 1
2 Become 1
"2 Become 1" is a song by the British pop group Spice Girls. Written by the group members, Matt Rowe and Richard Stannard during the group's first professional songwriting session, it was produced by Rowe and Stannard for the group's debut album Spice, released in November 1996...
". In total "Un-Break My Heart" spent 12 weeks inside the UK top ten.
Music video
The music videoMusic video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
was directed by Billie Woodruff and featured Braxton mourning the death of her lover, played by model Tyson Beckford
Tyson Beckford
Tyson Craig Beckford is an American male model and actor, best known as a Ralph Lauren model. He was also the host of both seasons of the Bravo program Make Me a Supermodel.-Biography:...
.
Remix
Several remixRemix
A remix is an alternative version of a recorded song, made from an original version. This term is also used for any alterations of media other than song ....
es were created; one of which was Hex Hector's
Hex Hector
Hex Hector , is an American dance remixer. He won a Grammy in 2001 for "Best Remixer".-Biography:Hector was born in in Manhattan, New York, of a Puerto Rican mother and Cuban father, and was raised in the Washington Heights neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan...
and Soul Solution's
Soul Solution
Soul Solution is a dance/electronica/house production duo from New York City.As artists they made six trips to the Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart .Five times under the Soul Solution name:* "Love, Peace & Happiness"...
Club Mix, which reached number one on the Hot Dance Club Play in the first quarter of 1997. The remix by Frankie Knuckles
Frankie Knuckles
Frankie Knuckles is an American DJ, record producer and remix artist. He played an important role in developing house music as a Chicago DJ in the 1980s and he helped to popularize house music in the 1990s, with his work as a producer and remixer...
was also very popular in clubs in the UK and was also the version played on BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7:00pm including electronic dance, hip hop, rock...
and various A-Lists at the time.
Covers
Other artists have covered the song, including Johnny MathisJohnny Mathis
John Royce "Johnny" Mathis is an American singer of popular music. Starting his career with singles of standards, he became highly popular as an album artist, with several dozen of his albums achieving gold or platinum status, and 73 making the Billboard charts...
. Alexander O'Neal
Alexander O'Neal
Alexander O'Neal is an American R&B singer. He is best-known for the songs "If You Were Here Tonight" and "Fake", and the duets with Cherrelle, "Saturday Love" and "Never Knew Love Like This".-Biography:...
covered the song on his 2008 album, Alex Loves. Il Divo
Il Divo
Il Divo is a multinational operatic pop vocal group created by music manager, executive, and reality TV star Simon Cowell. Formed in the United Kingdom, they are also signed to Cowell's record label, Syco Music...
(with whom Braxton would later record the duet "The Time of Our Lives
The Time of Our Lives
"The Time of Our Lives" is a song recorded by multinational operatic pop quartet Il Divo and American R&B singer Toni Braxton to serve as the official theme song for the 2006 FIFA World Cup football tournament...
") also covered
Cover version
In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...
this version in 2004 for their self-titled debut album Il Divo
Il Divo (album)
Il Divo is the debut album of the operatic pop vocal group Il Divo. It was released on November 1, 2004 in the United Kingdom on Syco Music and on April 19, 2005 in the United States on Columbia Records....
. Filipino singer Nina
Nina Girado
Marifil Niña Girado , better known by her stage name Nina, is a Filipino pop/R&B singer, occasional songwriter, record producer, TV and radio personality. She made her recording debut in 2002 after signing a recording contract with Warner Music Philippines...
also recorded her own version of the song for her 2008 album Nina Sings the Hits of Diane Warren
Nina Sings the Hits of Diane Warren
Nina Sings the Hits of Diane Warren is the fourth studio album by Filipino singer Nina, released in the Philippines on July 25, 2008 by Warner Music. It is a cover album consisting of Nina's renditions of familiar love songs written by American songwriter Diane Warren...
.
The song was recorded by Braxton in Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
as "Regresa a Mi" (translating into "Come Back to Me"). "Regresa a Mi" was first released as an additional track to the 1996 single release of "Un-Break My Heart". Mexican singer Yuridia
Yuridia Gaxiola
Yuridia Francisca Gaxiola Flores is a popular Mexican singer who gained international fame by coming 2nd place in the hit reality show La Academia. In 2005, Yuridia released her debut album La Voz de un Ángel. It became the second best-selling album in 2006 and one of the fastest-selling albums of...
, known for her Spanish-language versions of famous English-language ballads, also included a version of the song on her album Habla El Corazón.
In 1997, saxophonist Marion Meadows
Marion Meadows
Marion Meadows is an American tenor saxophonist, soprano saxophonist, composer, and smooth jazz recording artist of Native American, African American and Caucasian descent. Meadows has released a total of 9 albums to date.-Upbringing:...
covered the song for his album Pleasure.
Several cover versions exist in different languages.A cover version in Ukrainian was also recorded in 1996 by Ani Lorak
Ani Lorak
Karolina Miroslavivna Kuiek, , popularly known as Ani Lorak , born 27 September 1978, Kitsman, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union, is a famous Ukrainian pop singer, songwriter, actress, entrepreneur, and former UN Goodwill Ambassador...
. A cover version in Russian
Russian language
Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...
was also recorded in 1998 by pop singer Alla Gorbacheva, called "Сердце не плачь" (transliteration: "Serdtse ne plach"; translation: "Heart, Don't Cry"). A Hungarian
Hungarian language
Hungarian is a Uralic language, part of the Ugric group. With some 14 million speakers, it is one of the most widely spoken non-Indo-European languages in Europe....
version was recorded by Viktória Pintácsi, called "Széttört egy szív" ("A Heart Has Been Broken"). French singer Mireille Mathieu
Mireille Mathieu
Mireille Mathieu is a French chanteuse, and pop singer. Hailed in the French press as the successor to Édith Piaf, she has achieved great commercial success, recording over 1200 songs in nine different languages, with more than 120 million records sold worldwide.-Childhood to early...
included a French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
version called "Reste avec moi" ("Stay with Me") as one of two new songs in her 1998 compilation album Son grand numéro.
Alternative rock band Weezer
Weezer
Weezer is an American alternative rock band. The band currently consists of Rivers Cuomo , Patrick Wilson , Brian Bell , and Scott Shriner . The band has changed lineups three times since its formation in 1992...
recorded a cover of the song during the sessions for their 2005 album Make Believe, but the track did not make the album. The same version was later released on their 2010 album Death To False Metal
Death to False Metal
Death to False Metal is the ninth studio album by alternative rock band Weezer, released on November 2, 2010 by Geffen. The album comprises several previously unreleased tracks from throughout Weezer's career, with vocalist and guitarist Rivers Cuomo stating "Together, [these songs] are the album...
. In the same year, British melodic rock band Serpentine included a version of the song on their album 'A Touch Of Heaven'.
Semino Rossi
Semino Rossi
Semino Rossi is an Argentine-Italian schlager singer living with his south-tyrolian wife in Mils, Tyrol, Austria.-Discography:-External links:*...
released his album Augenblicke in 2011 which includes the song "Regresa a Mi".
Awards
Braxton won a Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal PerformanceGrammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
The Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance is the latest in a series of awards recognizing superior vocal performance by a female in the pop category, the first of which was presented in 1959. The award goes to the artist...
in 1997
Grammy Awards of 1997
The 39th Grammy Awards were held on February 26, 1997. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the previous year.- Award winners :*Record of the Year**Babyface & Eric Clapton for "Change the World"*Album of the Year...
. She also won Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
The Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance was an honor presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to female recording artists for quality R&B songs...
in the same year for the song "You're Makin' Me High
You're Makin' Me High
"You're Makin' Me High" is the lead single from Toni Braxton's second studio album, Secrets . A joint collaboration between the Grammy Award-winning producer Babyface and Bryce Wilson resulted in this mid-tempo song...
".
In a 2006 poll for the United Kingdom's Channel Five's program "Britain's Favourite Break-up Songs", "Un-Break My Heart" was voted twenty-seventh.
The song also appeared as one of the official songs for the 2006 FIFA World Cup
2006 FIFA World Cup
The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which won the right to host the event in July 2000. Teams representing 198 national football associations from all six...
in Germany on the Voices from the FIFA World Cup
Voices from the FIFA World Cup
Voices from the FIFA World Cup is a collection of songs released at the time of the 2006 FIFA World Cup.-Track listing :Disc 1# "The Time of Our Lives" - Il Divo and Toni Braxton...
album.
Track listings
U.S. CD single- "Un-Break My Heart" (Album Version) – 4:30
- "Un-Break My Heart" (Spanish Version) – 4:32
U.S. CD maxi single
- "Un-Break My Heart" (Album Version) – 4:30
- "Un-Break My Heart" (SoulSoul SolutionSoul Solution is a dance/electronica/house production duo from New York City.As artists they made six trips to the Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart .Five times under the Soul Solution name:* "Love, Peace & Happiness"...
-HexHex HectorHex Hector , is an American dance remixer. He won a Grammy in 2001 for "Best Remixer".-Biography:Hector was born in in Manhattan, New York, of a Puerto Rican mother and Cuban father, and was raised in the Washington Heights neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan...
Anthem Vocal) – 9:36 - "Un-Break My Heart" (Classic Radio Mix) – 4:26
- "Un-Break My Heart" (Album Instrumental) – 4:44
U.S. promo CD single
- "Un-Break My Heart (Diva Mix) – 4:14
- "Un-Break My Heart (Uptempo Mix) – 4:43
U.S. and European 12" single
- A1. "Un-Break My Heart" (Soul-Hex Anthem Vocal) – 9:38
- A2. "Un-Break My Heart" (Soul-Hex No Sleep Beats) – 3:56
- A3. "Un-Break My Heart" (Acappella) – 3:50
- B1. "Un-Break My Heart" (Frankie KnucklesFrankie KnucklesFrankie Knuckles is an American DJ, record producer and remix artist. He played an important role in developing house music as a Chicago DJ in the 1980s and he helped to popularize house music in the 1990s, with his work as a producer and remixer...
- Franktidrama Club Mix) – 8:40 - B2. "Un-Break My Heart" (Frankie Knuckles - Classic Radio Mix) – 4:26
European CD single
- "Un-Break My Heart" (Album Version) – 4:30
- "You're Makin' Me HighYou're Makin' Me High"You're Makin' Me High" is the lead single from Toni Braxton's second studio album, Secrets . A joint collaboration between the Grammy Award-winning producer Babyface and Bryce Wilson resulted in this mid-tempo song...
" (Radio Edit) – 4:07
European CD maxi single and UK CD single
- "Un-Break My Heart" (Album Version) – 4:30
- "You're Makin' Me High" (Norfside Remix) – 4:19
- "How Many WaysHow Many Ways"How Many Ways" is a song by American contemporary R&B singer Toni Braxton from her self-titled debut album, Toni Braxton . The protagonist of the composition, co-written by Braxton herself, declares there are many ways in which she loves her man...
" (R. KellyR. KellyRobert Sylvester Kelly , better known by his stage name R. Kelly, is an American singer-songwriter and record producer. A native of Chicago, Kelly began performing during the late 1980s and debuted in 1992 with the group Public Announcement. In 1993, Kelly went solo with the album 12 Play...
Remix) – 5:46 - "Un-Break My Heart" (Spanish Version) – 4:32
European CD maxi single – The Mixes
- "Un-Break My Heart" (Album Version) – 4:30
- "Un-Break My Heart" (Frankie Knuckles Radio Mix) – 4:29
- "Un-Break My Heart" (Frankie Knuckles Franktidrama Mix) – 8:38
- "Un-Break My Heart" (Soul-Hex Anthem Vocal) – 9:36
- "Un-Break My Heart" (Soul-Hex No Sleep Beats) – 3:56
Australian CD maxi single
- "Un-Break My Heart" (Album Version) – 4:30
- "You're Makin' Me High" (Norfside Remix) – 4:19
- "How Many Ways" (R. Kelly Remix) – 5:46
- "Un-Break My Heart" (Classic Radio Mix) – 4:26
- "Un-Break My Heart" (Soul-Hex Sleep Beats) – 3:56
Official versions
- "Un-Break My Heart" (Album Version) – 4:30
- "Regress A Mi" (Un-Break My Heart) (Spanish Version) – 4:32
- "Un-Break My Heart" (A Capella) - 3:50
- "Un-Break My Heart" (Album Instrumental) - 4:44
- "Un-Break My Heart" (Classic Radio Mix) - 4:26
- "Un-Break My Heart" (Diva Mix) - 4:14
- "Un-Break My Heart" (Frankie Knuckles - Franktidrama Club Mix) – 8:40
- "Un-Break My Heart" (Frankie Knuckles - Classic Radio Mix) / (Classic Radio Mix) / (Frankie Knuckles Radio Mix) – 4:26
- "Un-Break My Heart" (Soul-Hex Anthem Vocal) - 9:36
- "Un-Break My Heart" (Soul-Hex Anthem Radio Edit) - 3:35
- "Un-Break My Heart" (Soul-Hex No Sleep Beats) - 3:56
- "Un-Break My Heart" (Uptempo Mix) - 4:42
Peak positions
| Chart (1996/1997) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Singles Chart ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June... |
6 |
| Austrian Singles Chart Ö3 Austria Top 40 Ö3 Austria Top 40 is the name of the official Austrian singles chart, as well as the radio show which presents it, aired Fridays on Hitradio Ö3. The show presents the Austrian singles, ringtones and downloads chart. It premiered on 26 November 1968 as Disc Parade and was presented by Ernst Grissemann... |
1 |
| Belgian Singles Chart Ultratop 50 Ultratop 50 singles, often just Ultratop 50, is the weekly chart of fifty best-selling singles in Flanders, Belgium, and is produced and published by the Ultratop organization. The chart has existed since March 31, 1995... (Flanders) |
2 |
| Belgian Singles Chart Ultratop 40 Ultratop 40 singles, often just Ultratop 40, is the weekly chart of best-selling singles in Wallonia and Brussels Capital Region, the french-speaking parts of Belgium. Its equivalent covering the Flanders region is Ultratop 50. Both charts are produced and published by the Ultratop organization... (Wallonia) |
1 |
| Canadian Singles Chart Canadian Singles Chart The Canadian Singles Chart is currently compiled by the U.S.-based music sales tracking company, Nielsen SoundScan . The chart is compiled every Wednesday, and is published by Jam! Canoe on Thursdays.... |
2 |
| Dutch Top 40 Dutch Top 40 The Dutch Top 40 is a weekly music chart, which started as the "Veronica Top 40", because the offshore radio station Radio Veronica was the first to introduce it. It remained "The Veronica Top 40" until 1974, when the station was forced to stop broadcasting... |
2 |
| European Hot 100 Singles | 1 |
| Finnish Singles Chart | 5 |
| French Singles Chart Syndicat National de l'Edition Phonographique The Syndicat national de l'édition phonographique is the inter-professional organization which protects the interests of the French record industry... |
8 |
| German Singles Chart Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie... |
2 |
| Irish Singles Chart Irish Singles Chart The Irish Singles Chart is Ireland's music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the IRMA by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured... |
2 |
| New Zealand Singles Chart Recording Industry Association of New Zealand The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell music in New Zealand... |
18 |
| Norwegian Singles Chart VG-lista VG-listen is a Norwegian record chart. It is weekly presented in the newspaper VG and the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation program Topp 20. It is considered the primary Norwegian record chart, charting albums and singles from countries and continent around the world. The data is collected by... |
2 |
| Swedish Singles Chart Sverigetopplistan Sverigetopplistan, earlier known as Topplistan and Hitlistan and other names, is since October 2007 the Swedish national record chart, based on sales data from Swedish Recording Industry Association .... |
1 |
| Swiss Singles Chart Swiss Music Charts The Swiss Music Charts are Switzerland's main music sales charts. The charts are a record of the highest-selling singles and albums in various genres in Switzerland.The Swiss Charts include:* Singles Top 75... |
1 |
| UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
2 |
| US Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
1 |
| US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,... |
2 |
| US Billboard Adult Contemporary Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks The Adult Contemporary chart is a weekly chart published in Billboard magazine that lists the most popular songs on adult contemporary and "lite-pop" radio stations in the United States... |
1 |
| US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play | 1 |
Year-end charts
| Chart (1996) | Position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard Hot 100 | 81 |
| Chart (1997) | Position |
| US Billboard Hot 100 | 4 |
End-of-decade charts
| Chart (1990–1999) | Position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard Hot 100 | 4 |
Certifications
| Country | Certification Music recording sales certification Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,... (sales thresholds) |
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| Australia Australian Recording Industry Association The Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956... |
Platinum |
| Austria | Gold |
| France Syndicat National de l'Edition Phonographique The Syndicat national de l'édition phonographique is the inter-professional organization which protects the interests of the French record industry... |
Gold |
| Germany Bundesverband Musikindustrie The Bundesverband Musikindustrie or simply BVMI represents the music industry in Germany. The association represents the interests of nearly 350 labels and music industry related enterprises.... |
Platinum |
| Netherlands NVPI The NVPI is the Dutch tradeassociation of the entertainment industry... |
Platinum |
| Norway | 2× platinum |
| Sweden | Platinum |
| Switzerland | Gold |
| United Kingdom British Phonographic Industry The British Phonographic Industry is the British record industry's trade association.-Structure:Its membership comprises hundreds of music companies including all four "major" record companies , associate members such as manufacturers and distributors, and hundreds of independent music companies... |
Platinum |
| United States Recording Industry Association of America The Recording Industry Association of America is a trade organization that represents the recording industry distributors in the United States... |
Platinum |
Chart procession and succession
External links
- [ Allmusic review] for "Un-Break My Heart"