| "Break Up to Make Up" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 One of side-A labels of the US single | ||||
| Single by the Stylistics | ||||
| from the album Round 2 | ||||
| B-side | "You and Me" | |||
| Released | February 1973 | |||
| Recorded | 1972 | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 4:00 | |||
| Label | Avco | |||
| Songwriters | Thom Bell, Linda Creed, Kenneth Gamble | |||
| Producer | Thom Bell | |||
| The Stylistics singles chronology | ||||
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"Break Up to Make Up" was a 1973 song by the Philadelphia soul group the Stylistics. The song was written by Thom Bell, Linda Creed, and Kenneth Gamble.[3]
An R&B ballad, it was the seventh track from their 1972 album Round 2[4] and was released as a single and reached number 5 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart.[3][5] It also climbed to number 5 in the Billboard R&B chart[5] and reached number 34 in the UK Singles Chart in April 1973.[6] The Stylistics' recording sold over one million copies in the US, earning the band a gold disc[3] The award was presented by the RIAA on April 6, 1973.[3] It was the band's fourth gold disc.[3]
| Chart (1973) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Canada RPM Top Singles | 37 |
| UK Singles (OCC) | 34 |
| US Billboard Hot 100[7] | 5 |
| US R&B (Billboard) | 5 |
| US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[8] | 21 |
