"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 synthesizer 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 for two weeks in November 1982. 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. The Bee Gees recorded a version, with Barry Gibb on lead vocals on the album Their Greatest Hits: The Record as well as their Love Songs Album.

References

• http://www.columbia.edu/~brennan/beegees/82.html Gibb songs: 1982

External links

• "The Dionne Warwick Channel" -YouTube site containing over 100 Dionne Warwick tunes with rare photos and information on each tune, including Heartbreaker