Nothing Broken but My Heart

{{Infobox song

| name = Nothing Broken but My Heart

| cover = Nothing Broken But My Heart.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Celine Dion

| album = Celine Dion

| B-side = Unison

| released = {{Start date|df=yes|1992|8|3}}

| recorded =

| studio = Right Track Recording {{small|(New York City)}};
The Plant Recording Studios {{small|(Los Angeles)}}

| venue =

| genre = Pop

| length = 5:55

| label = {{hlist|Columbia|Epic}}

| writer = Diane Warren

| producer = Walter Afanasieff

| prev_title = If You Asked Me To

| prev_year = 1992

| next_title = Love Can Move Mountains

| next_year = 1992

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|80At3a_u8hk|"Nothing Broken but My Heart"}}}}

}}

"Nothing Broken but My Heart" is a song by Canadian singer Celine Dion, recorded for her second English-language album, Celine Dion (1992). It was released as the third single in Canada, United States and Japan in August 1992, and fourth in Australia in January 1993.{{cite web|url=http://i.imgur.com/cLxoC07.png|title=New Release Summary – Product Available from: 25/01/93 (from The ARIA Report Issue No. 155)|publisher=Imgur.com (original document published by ARIA)|access-date=20 July 2017}}{{cite book | author=Glatzer, Jenna| title=Céline Dion: For Keeps | url=https://archive.org/details/celinedionforkee0000glat| url-access=registration| publisher=Andrews McMeel Publishing| year=2005 | isbn=0-7407-5559-5}} Written by Diane Warren and produced by Walter Afanasieff, it topped the adult contemporary charts in both the United States and Canada. The song was the second Dion's single which reached number-one position on the US Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart. It peaked at number three in Canada and number 29 in the United States. In 1994, "Nothing Broken but My Heart" won an ASCAP Pop Award for most performed song in the United States.{{cite magazine|title=Billboard 21 May 1994|publisher=Prometheus Global Media LLC|magazine=Billboard|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_TAgEAAAAMBAJ|quote=ascap.|date=21 May 1994|access-date=15 February 2014}}

Critical reception

Larry Flick from Billboard declared the song as a "melodramatic power ballad", noting that its "booming production values and a tearful vocal will push all the right buttons".{{cite magazine|first=Larry|last=Flick|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/90s/1992/Billboard-1992-08-15.pdf|title=Single Reviews|magazine=Billboard|date=15 August 1992|access-date=12 February 2020|page=82|author-link=Larry Flick}} Randy Clark from Cashbox felt it is "full of Celine's brilliant power, and sounds like it might be another AC success."{{cite magazine|first=Randy|last=Clark|title= Music Reviews: Singles |magazine= Cashbox |date= 25 July 1992 |page= 5 |access-date= 1 November 2020 |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/90s/1992/CB-1992-07-25.pdf}} Rufer and Fell from the Gavin Report commented, "A Diane Warren song sung by Ms. Dion's velvet hammer voice. An unbeatable combination does it again".{{cite magazine|first1= Diane |last1= Rufer |first2= Ron |last2= Fell |title= A/C: Reviews |magazine= Gavin Report |date= 10 July 1992 |page= 22 |access-date= 17 October 2020 |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Gavin-Report/90/92/Gavin-1992-07-10.pdf}} In a retrospective review, Christopher Smith of Talk About Pop Music stated that it "throws everything possible in, some electric guitars, Celine’s soaring vocals and a beautiful, long fade out".{{cite web|author=Smith, Christopher|url=https://talkaboutpopmusic.com/2019/10/19/review-celine-dion-1992/|title=Review: 'Celine Dion' 1992|publisher=Talk About Pop Music|date=19 October 2019|access-date=7 April 2020}}

Music video

The accompanying music video for "Nothing Broken but My Heart" was made for the edited version, because the original track lasts almost six minutes. It was released in August 1992 and features actors practicing the Romeo and Juliet play. It was directed by Lyne Charlebois and filmed in Montreal. The video was later published on Dion’s official channel in August 2012 and has amassed over 5.7 million views.{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80At3a_u8hk | title=CÃ©line Dion - Nothing Broken but My Heart (Official Video) | website=YouTube | date=24 August 2012 }}

Live performances

Dion performed the song for the first time on 14 July 1992 during her appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Later, she performed this song at the MuchMusic Canadian Video Awards in September 1992. She also performed it during her Celine Dion in Concert tour in 1992 and 1993. {{cite web | url=https://groups.google.com/g/rec.music.info/c/PYrJovkZAvw/m/G9h8BjHbJUwJ?pli=1 | title=INFO: |*| 1992 MuchMusic CANADIAN MUSIC VIDEO AWARDS - Summary }}

Track listing

Australian CD and cassette single

"Nothing Broken but My Heart" – 5:55
"Unison" – 4:12

Japanese 3", North American 7" and cassette single

"Nothing Broken but My Heart" (Radio Edit) – 4:12
"Unison" (Single Mix) – 4:04

Credits and personnel

Celine Dion – lead and background vocals
Diane Warren – songwriting
Walter Afanasieff – producer, arranger, keyboards, synthesized bass, drum and rhythm programming
Michael Landau – guitars
Ren Klyce – akai and synclavier programming
Gary Cirimelli – macintosh and synclavier programming, background vocals
Dan Shea – additional keyboards, macintosh programming
Claytoven Richardson – background vocals
Melisa Kary – background vocals
Jeanie Tracey – background vocals
Vicki Randle – background vocals
Kitty Beethoven – background vocals
Sandy Griffith – background vocals
Dana Jon Chappelle – engineer, mixer
Neill King – second engineer
Mark Hensley – second engineer
Bruce Colder – second engineer
Michael Gilbert – second engineer
Barbara Stout – production coordinator

Charts

= Weekly charts =

scope="col"\|Chart (1992–1993) !scope="col"\|Peak position
class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="row"\|Australia (ARIA){{cite web\|url=https://i.imgur.com/MTv4MC1.gif\|title=Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 19 September 2017\|publisher=Imgur.com\|access-date=19 September 2017}} \|192
{{singlechart\|Canadatopsingles\|3\|chartid=1910\|rowheader=true\|access-date=3 September 2014}}
{{singlechart\|Canadaadultcontemporary\|1\|chartid=1932\|rowheader=true\|access-date=3 September 2014}}
scope="row"\|Canada (The Record Retail Singles Chart){{cite book\|author=Nanda Lwin\|author-link=Nanda Lwin\|title=Top 40 Hits: The Essential Chart Guide\|publisher=Music Data Canada\|year=1999\|isbn= 1-896594-13-1}} \|19
scope="row"\|Canada (The Record Contemporary Hit Radio) \|7
scope="row"\|Quebec (ADISQ){{cite web\|url=http://www.banq.qc.ca/collections/collections_patrimoniales/musique/collection_numerique/bd_specialisee/palmares/\|title=Palmarès de la chanson anglophone et allophone au Québec\|publisher=BAnQ\|language=fr\|access-date=17 March 2019\|archive-date=9 August 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180809215510/http://www.banq.qc.ca/collections/collections_patrimoniales/musique/collection_numerique/bd_specialisee/palmares/\|url-status=dead}} \|3
{{singlechart\|Billboardhot100\|29\|artist=Celine Dion\|rowheader=true\|access-date=9 September 2014}}
{{singlechart\|Billboardadultcontemporary\|1\|artist=Celine Dion\|rowheader=true\|access-date=9 September 2014}}
{{singlechart\|Billboardpopsongs\|26\|artist=Celine Dion\|rowheader=true\|access-date=9 September 2014}}

=Year-end charts=

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Chart (1992)

!Position

scope="row"|Canada Top Singles (RPM){{cite magazine|url=http://rpmimages.3345.ca/pdfs/Volume+56-No.+25-December+19%2C+1992.pdf|title=The RPM Top 100 Hit Tracks of 1992|magazine=RPM|volume=56|issue=25|page=8|date=19 December 1992|access-date=1 April 2019}}

|23

scope="row"|Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM){{cite web|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.1824&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.1824.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.1824|title=The RPM Top 100 Adult Contemporary Tracks of 1992|work=RPM|date=19 December 1992|access-date=9 September 2014}}

scope="row"|US Adult Contemporary (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/90s/1992/Billboard-1992-12-26.pdf|title=The Year in Music: 1992|magazine=Billboard|date=26 December 1992|access-date=16 May 2015|page=38}}

|23

Release history

class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
scope="col" \| Country ! scope="col" \| Date ! scope="col" \| Format ! scope="col" \| Label
scope="row" \| Japan{{cite web\|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/98172/products/single/\|title=セリーヌ・ディオンの作品\|publisher=Sony Music Entertainment Japan\|language=ja\|access-date=27 December 2022}} \| 21 August 1992 \| Mini CD \| SMEJ
scope="row" \| United States{{cite web\|url=https://www.discogs.com/Celine-Dion-Nothing-Broken-But-My-Heart/master/344015\|title=Celine Dion – Nothing Broken but My Heart\|date=1992 \|access-date=22 February 2017\|publisher=Discogs}} \| 8 September 1992 \| {{hlist\|cassette\|7"}} \| rowspan="2"\| Epic
scope="row" \| Australia \| 25 January 1993 \| {{hlist\|CD single\|cassette}}

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scope="col" | Country

! scope="col" | Date

! scope="col" | Format

! scope="col" | Label

scope="row" | Japan{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/98172/products/single/|title=セリーヌ・ディオンの作品|publisher=Sony Music Entertainment Japan|language=ja|access-date=27 December 2022}}

| 21 August 1992

| Mini CD

| SMEJ

scope="row" | United States{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Celine-Dion-Nothing-Broken-But-My-Heart/master/344015|title=Celine Dion – Nothing Broken but My Heart|date=1992 |access-date=22 February 2017|publisher=Discogs}}

| 8 September 1992

| {{hlist|cassette|7"}}

| rowspan="2"| Epic

scope="row" | Australia

| 25 January 1993

| {{hlist|CD single|cassette}}