Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
| "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" | ||||
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| Single by Neil Sedaka | ||||
| from the album Neil Sedaka Sings His Greatest Hits | ||||
| B-side | "As Long as I Live" | |||
| Released | June 1962 | |||
| Genre | Brill Building, doo-wop | |||
| Length | 2:18 | |||
| Label | RCA Victor | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Neil Sedaka, Howard Greenfield | |||
| Neil Sedaka singles chronology | ||||
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"Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" is a song recorded by Neil Sedaka, co-written by Sedaka and Howard Greenfield. Sedaka recorded this song twice, in 1962 and 1975, in two significantly different arrangements, and it is considered to be his signature song. Between 1970 and 1975, it was a top-40 hit three separate times for three separate artists: Lenny Welch, The Partridge Family and Sedaka's second version. The song was also adapted into multiple languages, most notably in Italian and French.