| "The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em)" | ||||
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| Single by The Greg Kihn Band | ||||
| from the album RocKihnRoll | ||||
| B-side | "When the Music Starts" | |||
| Released | May 1981 | |||
| Recorded | 1980 | |||
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| Length | 2:56 (album version) 2:50 (single version) | |||
| Label | Beserkley | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Greg Kihn, Steve Wright | |||
| Producer(s) | Matthew King Kaufman | |||
| The Greg Kihn Band singles chronology | ||||
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"The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em)" is a song written by Greg Kihn and Steve Wright and recorded by the American rock band the Greg Kihn Band. It is the first single from the band's sixth studio album, RocKihnRoll (1981). The song's musical style encompasses pop rock[1] and power pop.[2]
- ^ Dave Marsh; John Swenson (12 October 1983). The new Rolling stone record guide. Random House/Rolling Stone Press. p. 273. ISBN 978-0-394-72107-1.
the entire nation's pop-rock sensibility was so benumbed that when Kihn recorded his first competent tune in the genre, "The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em),"
- ^ Neal Walters; Brian Mansfield (1998). MusicHound Folk: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink. ISBN 978-1-57859-037-7.
with power-pop hits including "The Breakup Song (They Don't Write "Em)" in 1981