Headed for a Heartbreak

"Headed for a Heartbreak"
Single by Winger
from the album Winger
B-side"State of Emergency"
ReleasedMay 1989
GenreGlam metal
Length5:10
LabelAtlantic
Songwriter(s)Kip Winger
Producer(s)Beau Hill
Winger singles chronology
"Seventeen"
(1989)
"Headed for a Heartbreak"
(1989)
"Hungry"
(1989)

"Headed for a Heartbreak" is a single by American glam metal band Winger from their self-titled debut album Winger. Released in May 1989, the power ballad reached No. 19 on the US Hot 100 and No. 8 on the US Mainstream Rock chart. The B-side to the single was "State of Emergency".

The music video for "Headed for a Heartbreak" was directed by Mark Rezyka and edited by Scott C. Wilson.

The song's riff was sampled in the song "Ground Zero" by the Diplomats, from the album Diplomatic Immunity.