You'll Never Get to Heaven (If You Break My Heart)

"You'll Never Get to Heaven (If You Break My Heart)"
"You'll Never Get to Heaven (If You Break My Heart)"
	One of side-A labels of the US single
Single by The Stylistics
from the album Round 2
B-side	"If You Don't Watch Out"
Released	May 1973
Genre	Soul, pop
Length	3:38
Label	Avco 4618
Songwriter(s)	Burt Bacharach; Hal David
Producer(s)	Thom Bell
The Stylistics singles chronology
Music video
	The Stylistics - You'll Never Get to Heaven (If You Break My Heart) [Official Lyric Video] on YouTube

"You'll Never Get to Heaven (If You Break My Heart)"
"You'll Never Get to Heaven (If You Break My Heart)"
	Side A of the US single
Single by Dionne Warwick
from the album Make Way for Dionne Warwick
B-side	"A House is Not a Home"
Released	August 1964
Genre	Soul, pop
Length	2:58
Label	Scepter 1282
Songwriter(s)	Burt Bacharach; Hal David
Producer(s)	Burt Bacharach; Hal David
Dionne Warwick singles chronology
Music video
	You'll Never Get to Heaven (If You Break My Heart) on YouTube

"You'll Never Get to Heaven (If You Break My Heart)" is a song composed by Burt Bacharach, with lyrics by Hal David. It was originally recorded by Dionne Warwick in 1964, who charted at number 34 in the US Billboard Hot 100 with her version. It was covered by the Stylistics in 1973, who reached number 23 in the US with their cover.

Dionne Warwick version

Dionne Warwick recorded "You'll Never Get to Heaven (If You Break My Heart)" in 1964, and released it as the second single release from her third studio album. The song was an international hit, reaching number 34 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number 28 on the Cash Box Top 100. It did better elsewhere, peaking at number 20 in the UK and at number 15 in Canada. The B-side, "A House Is Not a Home", was also a chart hit, reaching number 71 on Billboard, number 50 on Cash Box and number 37 in Canada.

Chart performance

Chart (1964)	Peak position
Australia	32
Canada RPM Top Singles^[1]	15
UK^[2]	20
US Billboard Hot 100	34
US Billboard R&B^[3]	10
US Cash Box Top 100^[4]	28

The Stylistics version

The Stylistics covered the song "You'll Never Get to Heaven (If You Break My Heart)" in 1973. It was the third and final single from their second album. Their version was yet more successful in the US, peaking at number 23 on Billboard and number 16 on Cash Box. It was also an Adult Contemporary hit, reaching number four.

Chart performance

Chart (1973)	Peak position
Australia	83
Canada RPM Top Singles	35
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary^[5]	38
US Billboard Hot 100^[6]	23
US Billboard Adult Contemporary	4
US Billboard R&B	8
US Cash Box Top 100^[7]	16

Extended play version

Chart (1976)	Peak position
UK	24

Other versions

Madagascar pop group Les Surfs, recorded the song in French as "Tu n'iras par au ciel" in the 1960s.
Cal Tjader included a version of the song on his 1968 album, "Sounds Out Burt Bacharach".
Cilla Black recorded and released the song in 1969.^[8]
Esquires Now recorded a reggae version on "Born to Win" in 1973.
It was also recorded by Aretha Franklin on her 1974 album With Everything I Feel in Me .
Rahsaan Roland Kirk released a live version on Bright Moments (Rahsaan Roland Kirk album) (1974).
A cover version by Daniel Johnston is included on 1983's "More Songs of Pain".
5446 recorded a disco version in the UK in 1991 from their Taxi Singles 2 LP.

References

^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1964-10-12. Retrieved 2018-02-19.
^ UK Official Charts, 5 August 1964
^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 609.
^ Cash Box Top 100 Singles, September 26, 1964
^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1973-07-14. Retrieved 2018-12-23.
^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2002
^ "Cash Box Top 100 7/07/73".
^ "Tracks on Surround Yourself with Cilla - Cilla Black (May 23, 1969)". SecondHandSongs.com. 1969-05-23. Retrieved 2016-09-27.

External links

[1] "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1964-10-12. Retrieved 2018-02-19.

[2] UK Official Charts, 5 August 1964

[3] Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 609.

[4] Cash Box Top 100 Singles, September 26, 1964

[5] "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1973-07-14. Retrieved 2018-12-23.

[6] Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2002

[7] "Cash Box Top 100 7/07/73".

[8] "Tracks on Surround Yourself with Cilla - Cilla Black (May 23, 1969)". SecondHandSongs.com. 1969-05-23. Retrieved 2016-09-27.

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v t e 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) The Magic of Believing (1968) Promises, Promises (1968) Soulful (1969) I'll Never Fall in Love Again (1970) Very Dionne (1970) Dionne (1972) Just Being Myself (1973) Then Came You (1975) Track of the Cat (1975) Love at First Sight (1977) 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) Dionne Warwick Sings Cole Porter (1990) Friends Can Be Lovers (1993) Aquarela do Brasil (1994) My Favorite Time of the Year (2004) My Friends & Me (2006) Why We Sing (2008) Only Trust Your Heart (2011) Now (2012) She's Back (2019) Dionne Warwick & the Voices of Christmas (2019)
Live albums	Dionne Warwick in Paris (1966) Hot! Live and Otherwise (1981) Christmas in Vienna II (1993)
Compilations	Greatest Hits: 1979–1990 (1989) The Love Collection (2008)
Singles	"Don'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 Don'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" "Odds and Ends" "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling" "I'll Never Fall in Love Again" "Make It Easy on Yourself" "I'm Your Puppet" "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" "Now We're Starting Over Again" "Heartbreaker" "All the Love in the World" "How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye" "Run to Me" "That's What Friends Are For" "Whisper in the Dark" "Love Power" "Reservations for Two" "Take Good Care of You and Me" "I Don't Need Another Love" "It's All Over" "Where My Lips Have Been" "What the World Needs Now Is Love" "The Good Life"
Other songs	"(They Long to Be) Close to You" "Do You Believe in Love at First Sight" "Solid Gold" "Never Gonna Let You Go"
Tours	Soul Divas Tour
Related articles	DionneDionne

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Studio albums	The Stylistics Round 2 Rockin' Roll Baby Let's Put It All Together
Compilation albums	The Best of the Stylistics The Best of the Stylistics Volume II
Singles	"Stop, Look, Listen (To Your Heart)" "You Are Everything" "Betcha by Golly, Wow" "People Make the World Go Round" "I'm Stone in Love with You" "Break Up to Make Up" "You'll Never Get to Heaven (If You Break My Heart)" "Rockin' Roll Baby" "You Make Me Feel Brand New" "Can't Give You Anything (But My Love)" "Can't Help Falling in Love" "Only You (And You Alone)" "Satin Doll" "Shame and Scandal in the Family" "Always on My Mind"
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