NEIL YOUNG Released ‘ONLY LOVE CAN BREAK YOUR HEART’ Single This Day 55 Years Ago
Top singles from the past
19 October 2025
Iconic songsmith NEIL YOUNG, who turns 80 next month, released his
heartrending musing ONLY LOVE CAN BREAK YOUR HEART as a single
this day 55 years ago, on 19 October 1970.
It featured on his classic LP After The Gold Rush.
The song is praised as a “seemingly simple song which
displays considerable attention to detail in the deployment
of instruments.”
It was Young‘s first top 40 hit as a solo artist in the US, peaking at No. 35.
