in January 1970. It was Welch's third and final top-40 pop hit, and his first since 1964. Sedaka's 1975 version Five years after Welch's successful cover, Sedaka, in the midst of a comeback in his native United States after several years in career decline and a detour through the United Kingdom, re-recorded his signature song in the same style that Welch used. Sedaka's slow version peaked at #8 in February 1976 and went to number one on the Easy Listening chart. It was only the second time that an artist made the Billboard Top Ten with two different versions of the same song. Sedaka has credited Welch's song "Since I Fell for You" as well as The Showmen and Dinah Washington as his inspiration for the new rendition. Chart performance Weekly charts Year-end charts The Partridge Family version Apart from Sedaka's own reworking of the song, by far the most successful cover of "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" was done by the Partridge Family in 1972. While only a medium hit in North America, their version reached number 3 in both the UK and Australia. Their version was never released in stereo until the 2013 Bell/Legacy release, "Playlist: The Very Best of the Partridge Family". Chart performance Weekly charts Year-end charts Notable cover versions "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" has been covered by numerous other artists over the years, including a version by The Happenings, whose version charted at number 67 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in 1968. See also List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 1962 (U.S.) List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1976 (U.S.) References External links (1962) (1975) 1962 songs 1962 singles 1972 singles 1975 singles Doo-wop songs Songs with lyrics by Howard Greenfield Songs written by Neil Sedaka Neil Sedaka songs Paul Anka songs The Carpenters songs The Four Seasons (band) songs Tom Jones (singer) songs Carole King songs The Partridge Family songs Shelley Fabares songs The Marbles (duo) songs Andy Williams songs Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles Cashbox number-one singles Number-one singles in Canada Number-one singles in New Zealand RPM Top Singles number-one singles The Rocket Record Company singles Polydor Records singles RCA Victor singles