"A Broken Heart Can Mend" is a song written by

Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis James Samuel "Jimmy Jam" Harris III (born June 6, 1959) and Terry Steven Lewis (born November 24, 1956) are an American R&B/ pop songwriting and record production team. Their productions have received commercial success since the 1980s with var ...

and recorded by American recording artist

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. It is the third single from O'Neal's self-titled debut studio album, ''

'' (1985). Following the moderately successful chart performances of the ''Alexander O'Neal'' singles "

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", and "

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", "A Broken Heart Can Mend" was released as the album's third single.

Release

's third hit single reached No. 53 in the UK Singles Chart and No. 62 on the ''

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chart in the US.

Track listing

* 12-inch single (TA 6244) # "A Broken Heart Can Mend" — 3:40 # "

" — 10:34 # "Are You the One" — 3:41 * 7-inch single (ZS4 05646) # "A Broken Heart Can Mend" — 3:23 # "Do You Wanna Like I Do" — 4:48

Chart performance

References

External links

* 1985 singles 1985 songs Alexander O'Neal songs Songs written by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis Song recordings produced by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis Tabu Records singles Contemporary R&B ballads 1980s ballads {{1980s-R&B-song-stub