Don't Break My Heart Again

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2014}}

{{Use British English|date=February 2014}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Don't Break My Heart Again

| cover = Dont_Break_My_Heart.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Whitesnake

| album = Come an' Get It

| B-side = Child of Babylon

| released = 20 March 1981 {{cite web |title=Record Business: New Singles |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Business-UK/1981/Record-Business-1981-03-16.pdf |website=worldradiohistory.com |publisher=Record Business |access-date=15 April 2025 |pages=23 |date=16 March 1981}}

| recorded = 1980

| studio =

| venue =

| genre =

• Hard rock
• blues rock
• heavy metal{{cite book|first=Bob |last=Stanley|title=Yeah Yeah Yeah: The Story of Modern Pop|chapter= Some Kind of Monster: Metal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9emZAAAAQBAJ&pg=PT7|date=13 September 2013|publisher=Faber & Faber|isbn=978-0-571-28198-5|page=570}}

| length = 4:04

| label = Liberty

| writer = David Coverdale

| producer =

| prev_title = Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City - Live

| prev_year = 1980

| next_title = Would I Lie to You

| next_year = 1981

}}

"Don't Break My Heart Again" is a song by the English rock band Whitesnake from their 1981 studio album Come an' Get It. Written by vocalist David Coverdale, the song was inspired by the breakdown of his first marriage.{{cite web | url= http://www.rockunited.com/coverdale.htm | title = The Snake Bites Again! - A Bailey Brothers interview with David Coverdale! | website = Rock United | access-date =1 March 2021 }} The guitar solo performed by Bernie Marsden was recorded on the first take. Despite numerous attempts to top it, Marsden eventually conceded and agreed to use the first take.{{Cite book|last=Popoff|first=Martin|title=Sail Away: Whitesnake's Fantastic Voyage|publisher=Soundcheck Books LLP|year=2015|isbn=0-9575-7008-2|page=79}} Guitarist Doug Aldrich (who played with the band from 2003 to 2014) later named "Don't Break My Heart Again" one of his favourite Whitesnake songs.{{cite AV media |people=Parsons, Jim (director) |date=2006 |title=Live... in the Still of the Night |medium=documentary |language= |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7Nzi9SK-RA |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/C7Nzi9SK-RA |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|access-date=1 March 2021 |publisher=AFM Records }}{{cbignore}}