"Don't Break the Heart" is a song by English singer-songwriter
Tom Grennan. It was released on 3 September 2021 as the third single from the special edition of his second studio album ''
Evering Road
''Evering Road'' is the second studio album by British singer-songwriter Tom Grennan, released on 12 March 2021 through Insanity Records. It was supported by the singles "This Is the Place" and " Little Bit of Love", while the deluxe edition incl ...
''. The song was written by Grennan, Ben Kohn,
Chris Loco, Pete Kelleher, Tom Barnes and Tom Mann, and produced by
TMS.
Background
On the inspiration behind the song, Grennan stated:
Content
Liv Rose of ''Gig Goer'' described "Don't Break the Heart" as "a euphoric track inspired by personal loss and grief. As gentle, acoustic guitars build to powerful percussion", featuring as "tackles complex human emotions in a remarkably uplifting way". The song is written in the key of
C♯ minor
C-sharp minor is a minor scale based on C, with the pitches C, D, E, F, G, A, and B. Its key signature consists of four sharps.
The C-sharp natural minor scale is:
:
Changes needed for the melodic and harmonic versions of the scale ...
, with a
tempo of 123 beats per minute.
Music video
An accompanying video was released on 29 September 2021, And it Was Released On 4 December 2021 On Radio.
Credits and personnel
Credits adapted from
Tidal.
* TMS –
producer
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Occupations
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*A stakeholder of economic production
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**Executive producer, contributes to a film's budget and usually does not ...
* Ben Kohn – composer, lyricist, programmer, synthesizer
* Chris Loco – composer, lyricist
* Pete Kelleher – composer, lyricist, keyboards
* Tom Barnes – composer, lyricist, drums
* Tom Grennan – composer, lyricist, associated performer, background vocal, drums
* Tom Mann – composer, lyricist
* Dan Bartlett – bass, drums, guitar, synthesizer
* Ollie Green – engineer, piano, recording engineer
* Vern Asbury – guitar
* Chris Gehringer –
mastering engineer
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* Dan D'Lion – misc producer
* Dan Grech –
mixing engineer
Charts
Certifications
References
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2021 songs
2021 singles
Tom Grennan songs
Songs written by Tom Grennan