Neil Young Songs - Only Love Can Break Your Heart Lyrics

Neil Young - Only Love Can Break Your Heart

Neil Young - Only Love Can Break Your Heart Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: After The Goldrush
Released: 1970

Only Love Can Break Your Heart Lyrics

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It was rumored that this was about Steven Stills, but Young later admitted it was about one of his other band mates, Graham Nash.

This was Neil Young's first Top 40 hit as a solo artist.

Young's former bandmate Steven Stills covered this song in 1984.

A version by Everlast was used in the 1999 Adam Sandler movie Big Daddy.

This is the first track on After The Goldrush. The entire album is acoustic.

The English band Saint Etienne had a hit in 1990 with their cover version of this song. It peaked at #39 on the UK Singles Chart and two years later became the group's only entry in the US Billboard Hot 100, when it reached #97. Pete Wiggs of St Etienne recalled to Q magazine July 2012 regarding their version: "The official reaction from the Neil camp was, He has heard it. Not exactly ringing praise." He added: "(BBC Radio 1 DJ) Nicky Campbell once smashed our version live on air on his radio show. He was so outraged by what we'd done."

Over twenty artists and bands have released cover versions of the song.