"Breakin' Down the Walls of Heartache"
Single bythe Bandwagon
from the album Johnny Johnson and the Bandwagon
B-side	"Dancin' Master"
Released	June 7, 1968 (1968-06-07)
Genre	Soul
Length	2:34
Label	Epic Direction
Songwriters	Sandy Linzer Denny Randell
Producers	Sandy Linzer Denny Randell
The Bandwagon singles chronology
"Baby Make Your Own Sweet Music" (1967) "Breakin' Down the Walls of Heartache" (1968) "You" (1968)

"Breakin' Down the Walls of Heartache" is a song written bySandy Linzer andDenny Randell, and recorded by Americansoul groupthe Bandwagon, later known as Johnny Johnson and the Bandwagon. Whilst it was not very successful in the US, it was much more successful in the UK, where it peaked at number 4 on theSingles Chart and was awarded asilver disc for 250,000 sales there.^[1]

The Bandwagon's debut single "Baby Make Your Own Sweet Music" had been a hit in several US states, but failed to chart nationally. However, "Breakin' Down the Walls of Heartache" fared marginally better, peaking at number 115 on theBillboard chart and number 100 on theCash Box chart.^[2][3] It was released in June 1968 with the B-side "Dancin' Master", with both sides written and produced bySandy Linzer andDenny Randell, and arranged byCharles Calello.^[4] It was released in the UK over a month later, but did not enter the Singles Chart until the third week of October, reaching its peak five weeks later and spending a total of fifteen weeks on the chart.^[5][1] "Breakin' Down the Walls of Heartache" has been re-released several times in the UK, notably peaking at number 56 in September 1974.^[6]

7": Epic / 5-10352

1. "Breakin' Down the Walls of Heartache" – 2:34
2. "Dancin' Master" – 2:47

• In 1980,Dexys Midnight Runners released a cover of the song as a B-side to their UK number one single "Geno".^[8]
• In 1981,Bram Tchaikovsky covered the song on his albumFunland.^[9]
• In 1990,Edwin Starr released a cover of the song as a 12-inch single, included in his albumWhere Is the Sound.^[10]
• In 2019, the song was sung byJason Pennycooke andAlexia Khadime for the filmRocketman, and was included on the Japanese edition of thesoundtrack album.^[11]

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