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  Cover After_the_Gold_Rushjpg
  Type Song
  Artist Neil Young
  From Album After The Gold Rush
  B-side "Birds"
  Released September 19 1970
  Track No 3
  Recorded Aug 1969-June 1970
  Genre Rock
  Length 3:05
  Writer Neil Young
  Label Reprise
  Upper Caption Extra cover
  Background khaki
  Cover Onlylove45jpg
  Lower Caption US 7" single cover


  Last Single " Cinnamon Girl " <br />(1970)
  This Single "Only Love Can Break Your Heart" <br />(1970)
  Next Single " When You Dance I Can Really Love " <br />(1971)
  Misc {{Extra tracklisting
  Album After The Gold Rush
  Type studio
  Prev Track " After The Gold Rush "
  Prev No 2
  Track No 3
  Next Track " Southern Man "
  Next No 4




"Only Love Can Break Your Heart" is the third track on Neil Young 's album '' After The Gold Rush ''. The song was supposedly written for Graham Nash after Nash's split from Joni Mitchell .http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=400 Released as a single in October of 1970, it became Young's first top 40 hit as a solo artist, peaking at number thirty three.

British singer Elkie Brooks achieved a UK top 40 hit with the song in 1978.

In 1990, English band recorded for VH1 in Dublin .

Musically, the song consists of the same 3 chords; D, G, A; repeated until the end.