It was last performed by the Bee Gees in 2001.īarry Gibb re-recorded the song as a duet with Sheryl Crow for his 2020 solo album, Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers Songbook, Vol. Between 19, the song was performed on the One Night Only tour as part of a medley. A live version recorded on November 17 and 18, 1989, at the National Tennis Centre, Melbourne, Australia, was used for the benefit album Nobody's Child: Romanian Angel Appeal.
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It was performed as part of a medley on The Midnight Special on 10 October 1975, in Japan on the Japanese TV special Love Sounds, and on the Mr. įollowing the release of "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart", the song was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo Or Group along with George Harrison's " My Sweet Lord" and others. Cash Box described the song as being "a slower, almost country-ballad styled performance which links an intricate melody segment with more powerful thrusts to give the track top forty impetus." Record World called it a "lovely tune can't miss." In Spain, it was released under the title "Cómo Puedes Arreglar Un Corazón Destrozado". Although failing to chart on the UK Singles Chart, the song became the Bee Gees' first US number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and also reached number four on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart. The song was sung live for the first time in 1971, in a performance that was notable as drummer Geoff Bridgford's first appearance with the band. The song reached the number one spot, to our great satisfaction." Reception Robin Gibb's remarked on the song, "The whole thing took about an hour to complete. The group's later song " My World" followed along the same musical ideas on this song.
The song was recorded on 28 January 1971 in London, the same day as " We Lost the Road", "When Do I", "If I Were the Sky", "Bring Out the Thoughts in Me" and " Ellan Vannin". The 2009 release Ultimate Bee Gees officially credited Maurice for the first time as co-writer of the song, for both the "Ultimate" CD and DVD, and it was credited to the moniker Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb. Barry also explains, "We might imitate a certain group, later on, the group will pick up on the song and say that suits us." Maurice Gibb possibly had a hand in the writing of "How Can You Mend A Broken Heart" although the song is officially credited to Barry and Robin Gibb. They originally offered the song to Andy Williams, but ended up recording it themselves, although Williams did later cover the song on his album You've Got a Friend. We called Maurice, finished the song, went to the studio and once again, with only 'Broken Heart' as a basic structure, we went in to the studio with that and an idea for 'Lonely Days', and those two songs were recorded that night". "Robin came to my place," says Barry, "and that afternoon we wrote 'How Can You Mend a Broken Heart' and that obviously was a link to us coming back together. Writing and recording īarry and Robin Gibb wrote the song in August 1970 with " Lonely Days" when the Gibb brothers had reconvened following a period of break-up and alienation. It also provided the title to director Frank Marshall's 2020 documentary film The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart. The song appears in the 2013 film American Hustle and on its soundtrack. The B-side was a Maurice Gibb composition " Country Woman". In the US Atco Records issued both mono and stereo versions of the song on each side as a promo single. It was written by Barry and Robin Gibb and was the first single on the group's 1971 album Trafalgar. " How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" is a song released by the Bee Gees in 1971. "How Can You Mend A Broken Heart (Live in Las Vegas, 1997 - One Night Only)" on YouTube
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