How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

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"How Can You Mend a Broken Heart"
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Single by Bee Gees
from the album Trafalgar
B-side "Country Woman"
Released28 May 1971
Recorded28 January 1971
Studio IBC Studios, London
Genre
Length3:57
Label Polydor
Atco (United States, Canada)
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Bee Gees singles chronology
"Lonely Days"
(1970)
"How Can You Mend a Broken Heart"
(1971)
"Don't Wanna Live Inside Myself"
(1971)
Audio sample
"How Can You Mend a Broken Heart"

Certifications

Bee Gees version

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [28] Gold1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Al Green version

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [29] Silver200,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Other versions

1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s

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