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.

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‘Only Love Can Break Your Heart’ By ST. ETIENNE – Neil Young Cover Released 30 Years Ago

Top singles from the past…

1 August 2020

Band:  St. Etienne (London, England)
Who: Indie synth-pop trio with Sarah Cracknell
Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs.
Active: 1990 – present
Single: Only Love Can Break Your Heart (Neil Young
song from his 1970 album After The Goldrush)

Released: 20 May 1990 – 30 years ago
Album: Foxbase Alpha  – released 1992

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