Un-Break My Heart

Diane Warren wrote "Un-Break My Heart" in 1995. When asked about her songwriting process, she said that songs usually come to her from a title, a chorus, or a drum beat. "Un-Break My Heart" was conceived from its title, and, according to Warren, "it popped into my head, and I thought, 'I don't think I've heard that before, that's kind of interesting.' I started playing around on the piano with these chords and did a key change, and then I knew, 'OK, this is magic.'"{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703843804575534513063943170|title=A Chart-Topping Cave Dweller|date=October 16, 2010|last=Bentley|first=Toni|access-date=March 24, 2012|work=The Wall Street Journal|publisher=News Corporation}} Warren further explained that she wrote "Un-Break My Heart" as a ballad and dance song, because that was the way she heard it. She said: "some people only know it as a – gay – dance song!"{{cite web| url=http://blog.midem.com/2011/01/interview-diane-warren-the-fiercely-independent-hitmaker/| title=Interview: Diane Warren, the "fiercely independent" hitmaker| last=Midemblog| first=James| date=January 13, 2011| access-date=March 24, 2012| publisher=Midem Blog| archive-date=January 18, 2012| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118020859/http://blog.midem.com/2011/01/interview-diane-warren-the-fiercely-independent-hitmaker/| url-status=dead}}

When Warren played the finished song to Arista Records' future president (2000-2004) L.A. Reid, he thought it would fit Braxton's then upcoming album. When "Un-Break My Heart" was sent to Braxton, she expressed dislike for the song. According to Warren, "Toni hated the song. She didn't want to do it." Reid was able to convince Braxton to record it, and it later became her signature song. Following the recording sessions of the song, Braxton approached Warren and explained why she was skeptical about recording it, further explaining that she didn't want another "heartbreak track".{{cite web|url=http://video.sky.com/tv/related/24228/0/Songbook%20Diane%20Warren/true|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130203064157/http://video.sky.com/tv/related/24228/0/Songbook%20Diane%20Warren/true|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 3, 2013|title=Songbook: Diane Warren|date=March 22, 2011|access-date=March 24, 2012|publisher=British Sky Broadcasting Group}}

Recording sessions occurred at The Record Plant and Chartmaker Studios in Los Angeles, California in the same year.Secrets liner notes. LaFace Records (1996) "Un-Break My Heart" was released as the second single from Secrets on November 11, 1996.{{cite web|url=http://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Toni+Braxton&titel=Un-Break+My+Heart&cat=s|title=Toni Braxton – Un-Break My Heart Austriancharts.at|publisher=Ö3 Austria Top 40. Hung Medien|date=October 7, 1996|access-date=March 25, 2012}}

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Produced by David Foster, "Un-Break My Heart" is a four minute-25 second pop and R&B power ballad.{{cite magazine|last=Flick |first=Larry|title=Billboard Singles|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1996/BB-1996-09-21.pdf|date=September 21, 1996|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|page=64}}{{cite web|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/2006/04/05/toni-braxton-wiggles-and-hums/|title=Toni Braxton wiggles and hums|last=Ollison|first=Rashod D|work=The Baltimore Sun|publisher=Tribune Company|access-date=March 25, 2012|date=April 5, 2006|archive-date=October 2, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121002160437/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2006-04-05/features/0604050226_1_toni-braxton-sing-native-washingtonian|url-status=live}} The song's theme alludes to a "blistering heartbreak" in which the singer begs a former lover to return and undo the pain he has caused.{{cite book|title=Singles: Six Decades of Hot Hits & Classic Cuts|year=2006|publisher=Thunder Bay Press. Outline Press Ltd.|page=273}} David Willoughby, author of The World of Music (2009), said a few phrases such as "Don't leave me in all this pain" are sufficient to reveal the "sadness and the longing" in the song.{{harvnb|Willoughby|2009|p=127}}

Warren showcased Braxton's contralto voice with a low vocal range.{{cite book |last1=Dunbar |first1=Julie C. |title=Women, Music, Culture |date=2011 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1351857451 |page=9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fq5rDQAAQBAJ |access-date=9 August 2019}} The song's sheet music shows the key of B minor,{{Cite web|last1=Diane|first1=Warren|last2=Toni|first2=Braxton|date=2010-08-02|title=Unbreak My Heart|url=https://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0084508|access-date=2021-06-09|website=Musicnotes.com}} with the chorus in D minor. It is set in a time signature of common time with a moderately slow tempo of 55 beats per minute.{{cite web|url=http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtdFPE.asp?ppn=MN0084508|title=Toni Braxton - Unbreak My Heart Sheet Music|date=2 August 2010|publisher=Musicnotes.com. Alfred Publishing Co., Inc.|access-date=March 25, 2012}} Braxton's vocal range spans from the low note of D₃ to the high note of D₅.

The song was remixed by several DJs such as Hex Hector, Frankie Knuckles and Soul Solution. As noted by Jose F. Promis of AllMusic, the song

in its original form, was a massive adult contemporary and pop hit, and, with its larger-than-life chorus, worked equally well as an unstoppable dance number, even if the vocals were never re-recorded.{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/un-break-my-heart-cd-2-r308897|title=Un-Break My Heart (CD 2)|last=Promis|first=Jose F|website=Allmusic |date=November 11, 1996|access-date=March 25, 2012}}

In 1997, "Un-Break My Heart" won a Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.{{cite web|url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/grammy/popfemale.htm|title=Grammy Awards: Best Pop Vocal Performance – Female|publisher=Rock on the Net|access-date=July 20, 2011}} About.com reviewer Mark Edward Nero named it one of the best R&B break-up songs and considered it Braxton's "finest moment". He further commented, "damn, this song is so sad it can make people cry for hours at a time."{{cite web| url=http://randb.about.com/od/top5lists/tp/BreakUpSongs.htm| title=Best R&B Break-Up Songs| last=Nero| first=Mark Edward| access-date=March 25, 2012| publisher=About.com. Rovi Corporation| archive-date=February 26, 2012| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226180542/http://randb.about.com/od/top5lists/tp/BreakUpSongs.htm| url-status=dead}} Larry Flick from Billboard described it as "a pop/R&B ballad that casts her in the role she plays best—as the forlorn heroine in a romance on the rocks." He added, "She maximizes the melodrama of David Foster's savvy blend of stately strings and soulful rhythms, móving from a dewy-eyed whisper to a diva-like belt with theatrical ease. Hit-machine tunesmith Diane Warren has not written a song this lyrically potent and heartfelt in a long time."{{cite magazine|first=Larry|last=Flick|title=Reviews & Previews: Singles|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1996/BB-1996-09-21.pdf|magazine=Billboard|date=September 21, 1996|page=64|accessdate=December 3, 2022|author-link=Larry Flick}} Bob McCann, author of Encyclopedia of African American actresses in film and television (2010), considered it "simply one of the most haunting R&B records ever made",{{harvnb|McCan|2010|p=55}} while Robert Christgau named it "miraculous" and explained "the miracle being that it's by Diane Warren and you want to hear it again."{{cite web|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_album.php?id=4006|title=Consumer Guide Album - Secrets|year=1996|access-date=March 25, 2012|last=Christgau|first=Robert|publisher=Robert Christgau}}

Dave Sholin from the Gavin Report commented: "Most who hear this Diane Warren composition, which was produced with skillful guidance by David Foster, will need to take a few seconds before breathing normally again."{{cite magazine|first= Dave |last= Sholin |title= Gavin Picks > Singles |magazine= Gavin Report |issue= 2124 |date= September 27, 1996 |page= 78 |access-date= April 16, 2018 |url= http://americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Gavin-Report/90/96/Gavin-1996-09-27.pdf}} Insider said that the song "showcased her show-stopping voice".{{cite web|url=https://www.insider.com/best-songs-90s-2019|title=Best songs from the '90s|publisher=Insider|access-date=March 21, 2020}}{{Dead link|date=December 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} In a 2015 retrospective review, Pop Rescue wrote that Braxton's vocals "really shine and she's given a real range from very low to powerful highs." The reviewer added that "the music here, aside from the acoustic guitar, is absolutely secondary behind Toni's vocal prowess and the tender lyrics."{{cite web|url=https://poprescue.com/2015/11/27/pop-rescue-secrets-by-toni-braxton-cd-1997/|title=Review: "Secrets" by Toni Braxton (CD, 1997)|publisher=Pop Rescue|date=November 27, 2015|access-date=April 14, 2020}} Spin journalist Charles Aaron positively reviewed the song and joked: "this exquisitely crafted, heart-pumping l-u-v song has been droning in the produce department of my grocery store for about a year now, but I'd just like to go on record as saying that if it ever stops, I'll really be heartbroken."{{cite book|title=Singles|last=Aaron|first=Charles|date=May 1997|access-date=March 25, 2012|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I4irI6O3Ko8C&pg=RA1-PA118|page=118|publisher=Spin. Spin Media LLC|volume=13|issue=2}} Richard Harrington from The Washington Post felt it's "less sung than confessed as Braxton slips into whispered regrets and second thoughts. This beautiful song becomes a bit cinematic as it goes along and, sure enough, it turns out to be a Warren composition with a Foster production."Harrington, Richard (June 23, 1996). "After the Debuts, Precious Seconds". The Washington Post. p. G07.

While reviewing the album, Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic said the songs produced by David Foster are too predictable due to their "slick commercial appeal". However, Erlewine noted that Braxton "manages to infuse the songs with life and passion that elevates them beyond their generic confines" due to her vocal ability.{{cite web| url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/r235586/review| title=Secrets - Toni Braxton|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|date=June 18, 1996|access-date=March 25, 2002|publisher=AllMusic. Rovi Corporation}} Ken Tucker of Entertainment Weekly considered the track "a tearjerker so grandiose and yet so intrinsically, assuredly hit-bound, it's the kind of mass-appeal grabber that's probably already sent a jealous Diana Ross diving for a comfort gallon of Häagen-Dazs."{{cite magazine| url=https://ew.com/article/1996/07/12/secrets/| title=Music Review: Secrets (1996)| last=Tucker| first=Ken| magazine=Entertainment Weekly| publisher=Time Warner| date=June 12, 2006| access-date=March 25, 2012| archive-date=October 22, 2012| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022080449/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,293281,00.html| url-status=live}} Tucker also named it the worst track on Secrets, and further stated: "Un-Break My Heart" is "one of those the-verses-exist-only-for-the-swelling-chorus showstoppers that allude to emotions without ever actually embodying them. Braxton does her darnedest to plug some life into the song, to no avail". J. D. Considine of The Baltimore Sun described "Un-Break My Heart" as "overblown".{{cite web|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/1996/06/18/tonis-second-doesnt-shout-review-braxtons-new-album-has-the-remarkable-voice-of-the-debut-but-many-of-these-melodies-dont-sing/|title=Toni's second doesn't shout Review: Braxton's new album has the remarkable voice of the debut, but many of these melodies don't sing.|date=June 18, 1996|access-date=March 25, 2012|last=Considine|first=J. D.|work=The Baltimore Sun|publisher=Tribune Company|archive-date=October 2, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121002160415/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1996-06-18/features/1996170130_1_toni-braxton-angel-break-babyface|url-status=live}}

In the United States, "Un-Break My Heart" managed to peak at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for eleven weeks, from the week of December 7, 1996 to the week of February 15, 1997, and stayed in the same position on the Adult Contemporary chart for fourteen weeks. The song was later ranked as the fourth-most popular song of the decade on the 1990-1999 Decade-End Hot 100 chart. In July 2008, "Un-Break My Heart" was listed as the tenth most popular song of all time by Billboard. Despite its success on the Hot 100, the song would not reach the number-one position of the Hot R&B Singles chart, remaining at number two for four weeks behind "I Believe I Can Fly" by R. Kelly.{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/song/un-break-my-heart-t1089875|title=Song Review - Un-Break My Heart|last=Hogan|first=Ed|publisher=Allmusic. Rovi Corporation|access-date=March 25, 2012}} It sold 2.4 million copies domestically and was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IA8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA61 |title=Best-Selling Records of 1996 |magazine=Billboard|publisher=BPI Communications Inc.|date=January 18, 1997 |access-date=May 9, 2015 |page=61 |issn=0006-2510|volume=109|number=3}}{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iQ0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA76 |title=Best-Selling Records of 1997 |magazine=Billboard|publisher=BPI Communications Inc.|date=January 31, 1998 |access-date=May 9, 2015 |page=76 |issn=0006-2510|volume=110|number=5}} "Un-Break My Heart" also achieved commercial success worldwide, reaching number one in Austria, Belgium (Wallonia), the European Hot 100 Singles, Sweden, and Switzerland, while reaching the top five in several European countries.

In the week of November 4, 1996, the song debuted at number four in the UK Singles Chart, reaching a peak at number two after seven weeks on the chart.{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/Un%2DBreak%20My%20Heart |title=Toni Braxton - Archive Official Charts Company |publisher=Official Charts Company |access-date=March 25, 2012 }} According to the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), it has sold and streamed over 1,200,000 units there, being certified double platinum. In Australia, the song peaked at number six, and was later certified platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA), for shipments of more than 70,000 units of the single.

LaFace Records commissioned a music video to be directed by Bille Woodruff.{{cite web |url=http://www.mvdbase.com/video.php?id=4383 |title=Toni Braxton – Un-Break My Heart |publisher=mvdbase.com |access-date=December 8, 2006 |archive-date=September 27, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927224446/http://www.mvdbase.com/video.php?id=4383 |url-status=dead }} The concept is a melodramatic tearjerker that evolves around Braxton grieving the sudden death of her lover, played by model Tyson Beckford.{{cite web |url=http://www.hellomagazine.com/profiles/tysonbeckford/ |title=Tyson Beckford Biography |publisher=Hello Ltd |work=Hello |access-date=December 8, 2006}}

As the video begins, Beckford is seen leaving their home in a motorbike, with Braxton giving him a goodbye wave, then going to check the mailbox. After he leaves the garage, a car suddenly appears and the careless driver causes an accident, killing him on impact. A shocked Braxton runs to his side, trying to revive him and then cradles his lifeless body while tearfully crying over him. She then walks around the house, remembering the happy times she had with him, such as swimming in the pool, having passionate sex with him in the shower, shaving his beard and playing Twister. During the bridge and final chorus, Braxton is seen singing the song during a live concert, an allusion to the film A Star Is Born. As applause rises, the video fades to black. The music video premiered on September 10, 1996, on MTV.{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/videos/toni-braxton/59527/un-break-my-heart.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090121055438/http://www.mtv.com/videos/toni-braxton/59527/un-break-my-heart.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 21, 2009|title=100 Greatest Women In Music Videos: 1-100|date=September 10, 1996|access-date=March 25, 2012|publisher=MTV. MTV Networks}} The video received nominations for Best Female Video and Best R&B Video at the 1997 MTV Video Music Awards.{{cite web |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/ig5ngr/beck-jamiroquai-lead-video-music-awards-nominees |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429121537/https://www.mtv.com/news/ig5ngr/beck-jamiroquai-lead-video-music-awards-nominees |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 29, 2023 |title=Beck, Jamiroquai Lead Video Music Awards Nominees|publisher=MTV |access-date=August 25, 2023}}

"Un-Break My Heart" was performed during the opening of the 1996 Billboard Music Awards. During the up-tempo rendition of the track, Braxton sported an outfit similar to the ones of theatrical productions Ziegfeld Follies.{{cite book|last=Gonzales|first=Michael|title=Toni's Secret|date=June–July 1997|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=viwEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA92|page=92|access-date=March 25, 2012|volume=5|issue=5}} She also performed it as the closing number of the Libra Tour (2006).

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• US CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=Un-Break My Heart |others=Toni Braxton|date=1997|type=US CD liner notes|publisher=LaFace Records|id=73008-24200-2}}

1. "Un-Break My Heart" (Album Version) – 4:30
2. "Un-Break My Heart" (Spanish Version) – 4:32

• US CD maxi single{{cite AV media notes|title=Un-Break My Heart |others=Toni Braxton|date=1997|type=US CD liner notes|publisher=LaFace Records|id=73008-24207-2}}

1. "Un-Break My Heart" (Album Version) – 4:30
2. "Un-Break My Heart" (Soul-Hex Anthem Vocal) – 9:36
3. "Un-Break My Heart" (Classic Radio Mix) – 4:26
4. "Un-Break My Heart" (Album Instrumental) – 4:44

• US 12-inch single{{cite AV media notes|title=Un-Break My Heart |others=Toni Braxton|date=1997|type=US 12" liner notes|publisher=LaFace Records|id=73008-24213-1}}

:A1. "Un-Break My Heart" (Soul-Hex Anthem Vocal) – 9:38

:A2. "Un-Break My Heart" (Soul-Hex No Sleep Beats) – 3:56

:A3. "Un-Break My Heart" (Acappella) – 3:50

:B1. "Un-Break My Heart" (Frankie Knuckles - Franktidrama Club Mix) – 8:40

:B2. "Un-Break My Heart" (Frankie Knuckles - Classic Radio Mix) – 4:26

• European CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=Un-Break My Heart |others=Toni Braxton|date=1997|type=European CD liner notes|publisher=LaFace Records|id=74321 41324 2}}

1. "Un-Break My Heart" (Album Version) – 4:30
2. "You're Makin' Me High" (Radio Edit) – 4:07

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• UK CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=Un-Break My Heart |others=Toni Braxton|date=1997|type=UK CD liner notes|publisher=LaFace Records|id=74321 41063 2}}

1. "Un-Break My Heart" (Album Version) – 4:30
2. "You're Makin' Me High" (Norfside Remix) – 4:19
3. "How Many Ways" (R. Kelly Remix) – 5:46
4. "Un-Break My Heart" (Spanish Version) – 4:32

• European CD maxi single{{cite AV media notes|title=Un-Break My Heart |others=Toni Braxton|date=1997|type=European CD liner notes|publisher=LaFace Records|id=74321 41064 2}}

1. "Un-Break My Heart" (Album Version) – 4:30
2. "Un-Break My Heart" (Frankie Knuckles Radio Mix) – 4:29
3. "Un-Break My Heart" (Frankie Knuckles Franktidrama Mix) – 8:38
4. "Un-Break My Heart" (Soul-Hex Anthem Vocal) – 9:36
5. "Un-Break My Heart" (Soul-Hex No Sleep Beats) – 3:56

• Australian CD maxi single{{cite AV media notes|title=Un-Break My Heart |others=Toni Braxton|date=1997|type=AUS CD liner notes|publisher=LaFace Records|id=73008-24207-2}}

1. "Un-Break My Heart" (Album Version) – 4:30
2. "You're Makin' Me High" (Norfside Remix) – 4:19
3. "How Many Ways" (R. Kelly Remix) – 5:46
4. "Un-Break My Heart" (Classic Radio Mix) – 4:26
5. "Un-Break My Heart" (Soul-Hex Sleep Beats) – 3:56

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• Toni Braxton: lead and background vocals
• Diane Warren: songwriter
• David Foster: producer, arranger, keyboard programming
• Felipe Elgueta: engineer
• Mick Guzauski: mixing
• Simon Franglen: Synclavier programming
• Michael Thompson: electric guitar
• Dean Parks: acoustic guitar
• L.A. Reid: background vocal arranger
• Tim Thomas: background vocal arranger
• Shanice Wilson: background vocals

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Italian group Il Divo's cover of the Spanish version of the track, "Regresa a mí", received positive appreciation from critics, who said the cover "has the potential to be a hit and to open doors for many of opera's most acclaimed stars."

American alternative rock band Weezer also covered "Un-Break My Heart" in 2005. Their version was released on the album Death to False Metal in 2010.{{cite web|url=http://www.americansongwriter.com/2010/10/weezer-cover-un-break-my-heart-an-early-review/|title=Weezer Cover "Un-Break My Heart": An Early Review|last=Schlansky|first=Evan|date=October 12, 2010|access-date=March 25, 2012|publisher=American Songwriting}} Lead vocalist Rivers Cuomo explained why the band covered the track:

"I loved that song. It was actually Rick Rubin's suggestion. We both loved that song and we both thought it would be great for Weezer, and for my voice, and it'd be great to do like a rock version of it with more of an alternative aesthetic. And you know, just the way I would sing it versus in the way Toni Braxton would sing it. And I love the way it came out, and I think probably the rest of the band really does not like it, and that's probably why it didn't make our fifth record, in 2005 when we were recording it."{{cite web| url=http://www.americansongwriter.com/2010/10/exclusive-rivers-cuomo-explains-weezers-cover-of-un-break-my-heart/| title=Exclusive: Rivers Cuomo Explains Weezer's Cover Of "Un-Break My Heart| last=Schlansky|first=Evan| date=October 22, 2010| access-date=March 25, 2012| publisher=American Songwriting}}

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| English_title = "Return to Me"

| released = 2004

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| studio = Metropolis (London, England)

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| length = 4:36

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| writer = Diane Warren, Marco Flores (Spanish adaptation) (uncredited)

| producer = Steve Mac

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| next_title = My Way (A mi manera)

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A cover version of Toni Braxton's Spanish-language version of the song, "Regresa a mí" (Come Back To Me) was recorded and published as a power ballad by the multi-national UK-based quartet Il Divo.{{cite news|last=Caplan|first=David|title=FIRST LISTEN: Il Divo Sings 'Hallelujah'|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20235354,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081025024543/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20235354,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 25, 2008|access-date=December 10, 2013|newspaper=People|date=October 23, 2008}} It was released in 2004 as the first single from their debut self-titled album.

Il Divo manager Simon Cowell bought the rights of the song from Warren.{{Cite web|url = http://www.20minutos.es/minuteca/il-divo/|title = IL DIVO|website=20 Minutos}} The song was released as the first single from the group's first album Il Divo, released in 2004. The song was recorded at the beginning of 2004 at the Studies Rokstone in London, under the production of the British producer Steve Mac. On April 5, 2005, Il Divo appeared on the American television program The Oprah Winfrey Show to perform the song.

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|first = Bob

|title = Encyclopedia of African American actresses in film and television

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|year = 2010

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