Heartbreaker ( Dionne Warwick song ) - wikipedia Heartbreaker ( Dionne Warwick song ) This article may require copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone, or spelling. You can assist by editing it. ( October 2018 ) `` Heartbreaker '' Single by Dionne Warwick from the album Heartbreaker B - side `` I Ca n't See Anything ( But You ) '' ( Barry Gibb, Albhy Galuten, Maurice Gibb ) Released September 1982 Recorded 1982, Middle Ear, Miami Beach ; Media Sound, New York Genre Pop, R&B, soul, disco, adult contemporary Length 4 : 16 Label Arista Songwriter ( s ) Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb Producer ( s ) Gibb - Galuten - Richardson Dionne Warwick singles chronology `` For You '' ( 1982 ) `` Heartbreaker '' ( 1982 ) `` Take the Short Way Home '' ( 1983 ) `` For You '' ( 1982 ) `` Heartbreaker '' ( 1982 ) `` Take the Short Way Home '' ( 1983 ) `` Heartbreaker '' is a 1982 single released by American pop and soul singer Dionne Warwick. The song was written by Bee Gees ' Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb, with Barry Gibb 's backing vocal being heard on the chorus. It was released from her fourth Arista label studio album of the same name in 1982. Contents 1 Background 2 Outcome 3 Chart performance 3.1 Weekly charts 3.2 Year - end charts 4 See also 5 Cover versions 5.1 Bee Gees version 5.2 Barry Gibb version 5.3 Other versions 6 References 7 External links Background 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. Maurice Gibb, who was a co-writer of this song commented, `` I cried my eyes out after we wrote it. I drove home and thought, ' We should be doing this one ', and when she did it, it was brilliant. We sang on it, and it still became like a duet between the Bee Gees and Dionne Warwick ''. Outcome 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 US Billboard Hot 100 chart in January 1983. The track was also Dionne 's eighth # 1 Adult Contemporary hit. and even reached # 14 on the Soul chart. The recording sold an estimated 4,000,000 copies world - wide. It was ranked as Billboard magazine 's 80th biggest US hit of 1983. In the UK Singles Chart, the intense track reached # 2 - for two weeks - in November 1982. Chart performance Weekly charts Chart ( 1982 -- 83 ) Peak position Austria 10 Australia Canada 15 Denmark France 17 Germany 10 Ireland Italy 24 Netherlands 5 New Zealand Norway Poland Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom US Billboard Hot 100 10 US Billboard Hot Black Singles 14 US Billboard Adult Contemporary US Cash Box Top 100 15 Year - end charts Chart ( 1982 ) Rank Netherlands 66 UK 18 US Cash Box 94 Chart ( 1983 ) Rank Australia 18 US American Top 40 60 US Billboard Hot 100 80 See also List of number - one hits ( Sweden ) List of number - one adult contemporary singles of 1982 ( U.S. ) Cover versions `` Heartbreaker '' Song by Bee Gees from the album Their Greatest Hits : The Record Released Format 7 '' single, CD single Recorded 1994 at Middle Ear, Miami Beach, Florida Genre Pop, adult contemporary Length 4 : 25 Label Polydor ( UK ) Universal ( US ) Songwriter ( s ) Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb Producer ( s ) Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb `` Heartbreaker '' Song by Barry Gibb from the album The Heartbreaker Demos Released November 2006 Format Digital download Recorded February 1982 at Miami Beach, Florida Genre R&B Length 4 : 32 Songwriter ( s ) Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb Bee Gees version The Bee Gees ' own version was recorded during the sessions for Still Waters in 1994. It was originally planned for an album called Love Songs to be released in 1995. It was eventually released in 2001 on Their Greatest Hits : The Record. Barry Gibb version `` Heartbreaker '' was originally recorded by Barry Gibb for Dionne Warwick, for her album Heartbreaker released in 1982. This demo version was not released until 2006. This song blended the two Gibb brothers schools of songwriting : it has the clear verse and chorus structure favored by Robin and Maurice, yet also has the longer spun - out verses Barry now preferred, both well balanced, so that it has instant appeal but takes repeated listenings to fully appreciate. The melody is reminiscent of `` Living Eyes '', but the song has a much stronger forward motion. Maurice said later that he wished they had saved it for themselves. Personnel Barry Gibb -- vocals, guitar Albhy Galuten -- piano, synthesizer Uncredited -- drums Other versions In 2004, J - pop singer Junichi Inagaki released a Japanese - language cover version of `` Heartbreaker '' on his album Revival II. In 2005, the German reggae - pop band Blue Lagoon included a cover version of `` Heartbreaker '' on their album Clublagoon. Nick Lowe covered it on his 2018 EP Tokyo Bay. References Jump up ^ Hughes, Andrew. The Bee Gees - Tales of the Brothers Gibb. Retrieved 15 February 2015. Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2007 ). Top Adult Contemporary : 1961 -- 2006. Record Research. p. 254. Jump up ^ The Irish Charts, 7 November 1982 Jump up ^ NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, 2 January 1983 Jump up ^ LP3 List 35, 18 December 1982 Jump up ^ UK Official Charts, 23 October 1982 Jump up ^ `` Dionne Warwick Chart History ( Hot 100 ) ''. Billboard. Jump up ^ Billboard Adult Contemporary Music Chart, December 18, 1982 Jump up ^ https://www.top40.nl/bijzondere-lijsten/top-100-jaaroverzichten/1982 Jump up ^ Rees, Dafydd ; Lazell, Barry ; Jones, Alan ( 1983 ). `` The Top 100 UK Singles ''. Chart File Volume 2. London, England : Virgin Books. pp. 80 -- 81. ISBN 0 - 907080 - 73 - 1. Jump up ^ `` Archived copy ''. Archived from the original on 2016 - 03 - 04. Retrieved 2016 - 04 - 12. CS1 maint : Archived copy as title ( link ) Jump up ^ Steffen Hung. `` Forum - Top 100 End of Year AMR Charts - 1980s ( ARIA Charts : Special Occasion Charts ) ''. Australian-charts.com. Archived from the original on 2014 - 10 - 06. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 31. Jump up ^ `` American Top 40 Year - End Survey 1983 ''. Lionking.org. 2004 - 12 - 28. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 31. Jump up ^ http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1983.htm Jump up ^ `` Gibb Songs : 1994 ''. Columbia.edu. Retrieved 2012 - 09 - 02. Jump up ^ `` Gibb Songs : 1982 ''. Columbia.edu. Retrieved 2012 - 09 - 02. External links `` The Dionne Warwick Channel '' -- YouTube site containing over 100 Dionne Warwick tunes with rare photos and information on each tune, including `` Heartbreaker '' Gibbs Songs : 1982 Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Dionne Warwick Discography Studio albums Presenting Dionne Warwick ( 1963 ) Anyone Who Had a Heart ( 1964 ) Make Way for Dionne Warwick ( 1964 ) The Sensitive Sound of Dionne Warwick ( 1965 ) Here I Am ( 1965 ) Here Where There Is Love ( 1966 ) On Stage and in the Movies ( 1967 ) The Windows of the World ( 1967 ) Dionne Warwick in Valley of the Dolls ( 1968 ) Promises, Promises ( 1968 ) Soulful ( 1969 ) I 'll Never Fall in Love Again ( 1970 ) Very Dionne ( 1970 ) Dionne ( 1979 ) No Night So Long ( 1980 ) Friends in Love ( 1982 ) Heartbreaker ( 1982 ) How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye ( 1983 ) Finder of Lost Loves ( 1985 ) Friends ( 1985 ) Reservations for Two ( 1987 ) Friends Can Be Lovers ( 1993 ) My Friends & Me ( 2006 ) Live albums Dionne Warwick in Paris ( 1966 ) Hot ! Live and Otherwise ( 1981 ) Christmas in Vienna II ( 1993 ) Compilation albums The Love Collection ( 2008 ) Singles `` Do n't Make Me Over '' `` Wishin ' and Hopin ' '' `` Anyone Who Had a Heart '' `` Walk On By '' `` You 'll Never Get to Heaven ( If You Break My Heart ) '' `` A House Is Not a Home '' `` Reach Out for Me '' `` Who Can I Turn To ? '' `` Are You There ( With Another Girl ) '' `` Message to Michael '' `` I Just Do n't Know What to Do with Myself '' `` Alfie '' `` The Windows of the World '' `` I Say a Little Prayer '' `` ( Theme from ) Valley of the Dolls '' `` Do You Know the Way to San Jose '' `` ( There 's ) Always Something There to Remind Me '' `` This Girl 's in Love with You '' `` You 've Lost That Lovin ' Feeling '' `` I 'll Never Fall in Love Again '' `` Make It Easy on Yourself '' `` The Good Life '' `` Then Came You '' `` By the Time I Get to Phoenix `` Only Love Can Break a Heart '' `` I 'll Never Love This Way Again '' `` Déjà Vu '' `` After You '' `` No Night So Long '' `` Easy Love '' `` Heartbreaker '' `` All the Love in the World '' `` Run to Me '' `` That 's What Friends Are For '' `` Love Power '' `` It 's All Over '' `` What the World Needs Now Is Love '' Book Demis Roussos Discography Studio albums On the Greek Side of My Mind ( a.k.a. Fire and Ice ) Forever and Ever My Only Fascination Auf Wiedersehn Souvenirs Happy to Be... Die Nacht und der Wein The Roussos Phenomenon ( EP ) Kyrila -- Insel der Träume The Demis Roussos Magic Demis Roussos Man of the World Attitudes Reflection The Story of Demis Roussos Time Compilations Greatest Hits Golden Hits Life & Love Insel der Zärtlichkeit -- Demis Roussos und seine 20 Welterfolge The Phenomenon 1968 -- 1998 ( a.k.a. Forever and Ever -- 40 Greatest Hits ) Forever and Ever -- Definitive Collection Collected Singles `` We Shall Dance '' `` My Reason '' `` Goodbye, My Love, Goodbye '' `` Forever and Ever '' `` Velvet Mornings '' `` My Friend the Wind '' `` Schönes Mädchen aus Arcadia '' `` Someday Somewhere '' `` My Only Fascination '' `` Auf Wiedersehn '' `` With You '' `` Manuela '' `` Schön wie Mona Lisa ( Wenn ich ein Maler wär ' ) '' `` From Souvenirs to Souvenirs '' `` Perdoname '' `` Vagabund der Liebe '' `` Happy to Be on an Island in the Sun '' `` Die Bouzouki, die Nacht und der Wein '' `` Ca n't Say How Much I Love You '' `` When Forever Has Gone '' `` Because '' `` Kyrila '' `` Ainsi soit - il '' `` That Once in a Lifetime '' `` L.O.V.E. 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Question: who wrote the song heartbreaker sung by dionne warwick
Answer: Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb