Operation Heartbreak

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{{Infobox song

| name = Operation Heartbreak

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| type = single

| artist = Aretha Franklin

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| A-side = Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody

| released = September 1961

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| genre = Soul

| length = {{Duration|m=3|s=03}}

| label = Columbia Records 42157

| writer = Al Kasha, Alan Thomas, Curtis Williams

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| prev_title = Are You Sure

| prev_year = 1961

| next_title = I Surrender, Dear

| next_year = 1962

}}

"Operation Heartbreak" is a song written by Al Kasha, Alan Thomas, and Curtis Williams and performed by Aretha Franklin. The song reached #6 on the U.S. R&B chart in 1961.[http://musicvf.com/song.php?id=2813&artist=Aretha+Franklin&title=Operation+Heartbreak Aretha Franklin, "Operation Heartbreak" chart position] Retrieved September 14, 2013

The song's A-side, "Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody", reached #37 on the Billboard Hot 100.[http://musicvf.com/song.php?id=2814&artist=Aretha+Franklin&title=Rock-A-Bye+Your+Baby+with+a+Dixie+Melody Aretha Franklin, "Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody" chart position] Retrieved September 14, 2013