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"Un-Break My Heart"
Single by Toni Braxton from the album Secrets
Released	1996
Genre	Pop, R&B, soul
Length	4:32
Label	LaFace
Writer	Diane Warren
Producer	David Foster
Certification	Platinum (RIAA, ARIA[1])
Toni Braxton singles chronology
"You're Makin' Me High"/"Let It Flow" (1996) "Un-Break My Heart" (1996) "I Don't Want To"/"I Love Me Some Him" (1997)

"Un-Break My Heart" is the second single from Toni Braxton's multi-Platinum second studio album, Secrets (1996). The ballad was written by music impresario Diane Warren and produced by David Foster. It is widely considered to be Braxton's signature song.

The song became Braxton's second consecutive number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It stayed at number one for eleven weeks in a row during late 1996 and early 1997, becoming Toni's biggest single. The ballad also rose to number two on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. The background vocals were performed by R&B singer Shanice Wilson.

The music video was directed by Billie Woodruff^[2] and featured Braxton mourning the death of her lover, played by model Tyson Beckford.^[3]

Several remixes were created; one of which reached number one on the Hot Dance Club Play in the first quarter of 1997.^[4]

The song was also re-recorded by Braxton in Spanish as "Regresa a Mi" (translating into "Come Back to Me"). Il Divo (with whom Braxton would later record the duet "The Time of Our Lives") also covered this version in 2004 for their self-titled debut album Il Divo. Popular Mexican singer Yuridia, known for her Spanish-language versions of famous English-language ballads, also included a version of the song on her album Habla El Corazón. A cover version in Russian was also recorded in 1998 by pop singer Alla Gorbacheva, called "Serdtse ne plach'" ("Сердце не плачь"), which translates to "Heart, Don't Cry". Others have covered this including Johnny Mathis.

Braxton became the first artist to win a Grammy Award—for this song—for "Best Female Pop Vocal Performance". She also won "Best Female R&B Vocal Performance" in the same year for the song "You're Makin' Me High".

In a recent 2006 poll for a Channel Five program "Britain's Favourite Break-up Songs", "Un-Break My Heart" was voted 27^th.

The song also appeared as one of the official songs for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany on the Voices from the FIFA World Cup album.

CD 1

1. "Un-Break My Heart" – 4:30
2. "Regresa A Mi" (Spanish Version) – 4:32

CD 2

1. "Un-Break My Heart" (Album Version) – 4:29
2. "Un-Break My Heart" (Soul-Hex Anthem Vocal) – 9:36
3. "Un-Break My Heart" (Classic Radio Mix) – 4:29
4. "Un-Break My Heart" (Album Instrumental) – 4:26

British CD 2

1. "Un-Break My Heart" (Album Version) – 4:29
2. "Un-Break My Heart" (Frankie Knuckles Radio Mix) – 4:29
3. "Un-Break My Heart" (Frankie Knuckles Franktidrama Mix) – 8:38
4. "Un-Break My Heart" (Soul-Hex Anthem Vocal) – 9:36
5. "Un-Break My Heart" (Soul-Hex No Sleep Beats) – 3:56

• AMG review for "Un-Break My Heart"