Break Up to Make Up

1973 single by the Stylistics

"Break Up to Make Up"

Single by the Stylistics

from the album Round 2

B-side

"You and Me"

Released

February 1973

Recorded

1972

Genre

Philadelphia soul^[1]
R&B^[2]

Length

4:00

Label

Avco

Songwriter(s)

Thom Bell, Linda Creed, Kenneth Gamble

Producer(s)

Thom Bell

The Stylistics singles chronology

"I'm Stone in Love with You"
(1972)

"Break Up to Make Up"
(1973)

"You'll Never Get to Heaven (If You Break My Heart)"
(1973)

"Break Up to Make Up" was a 1973 hit by the Philadelphia soul group the Stylistics. The song was written by Thom Bell, Linda Creed, and Kenneth Gamble.^[3]

An R&B ballad, it was the seventh track from their 1972 album Round 2^[4] and was released as a single and reached number 5 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart.^[3]^[5] It also climbed to number 5 in the Billboard R&B chart^[5] and reached number 34 in the UK Singles Chart in April 1973.^[6] The Stylistics' recording sold over one million copies in the US, earning the band a gold disc^[3] The award was presented by the RIAA on April 6, 1973.^[3] It was the band's fourth gold disc.^[3]

Chart performance

Chart (1973)	Peak position
Canada RPM Top Singles	37
UK Singles (OCC)	34
US Billboard Hot 100^[7]	5
US R&B (Billboard)	5
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)^[8]	21

References

^ Molanphy, Chris (September 28, 2018). "The Nights on Broadway Edition". Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia (Podcast). Slate. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
^ Breithaupt, Don; Breithaupt, Jeff (October 15, 1996). "Socialist Radio: Canadian Pop". Precious and Few - Pop Music in the Early '70s. St. Martin's Griffin. p. 148. ISBN 031214704X.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Murrells, Joseph (1978). The Book of Golden Discs (2nd ed.). London: Barrie and Jenkins Ltd. p. 351. ISBN 0-214-20512-6.
^ Lytle, Craig. "Round 2". AllMusic. Retrieved October 1, 2011.
^ ^a ^b Allmusic - Charts & Awards
^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 537. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
^ "Hot The Stylistics - Chart history: The Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved July 16, 2017.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "The Stylistics - Chart history: Adult Contemporary". Billboard. Archived from the original on March 3, 2019. Retrieved January 20, 2017.