an hour to complete. The song reached the number one spot, to our great satisfaction." Reception The song was sung live for the first time in 1971, in a performance that was notable as drummer Geoff Bridgford's first appearance with the band. Although failing to chart on the UK Singles Chart, the song became the Bee Gees' first US number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and also reached number four on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart. Billboard ranked it as the No. 5 song for 1971. Cash Box described the song as being "a slower, almost country-ballad styled performance which links an intricate melody segment with more powerful thrusts to give the track top forty impetus." In Spain, it was released under the title "Cómo Puedes Arreglar Un Corazón Destrozado". Following the release of "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart", the song was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo Or Group along with George Harrison's "My Sweet Lord" and others. It was performed as part of a medley on The Midnight Special on 10 October 1975, in Japan on the Japanese TV special Love Sounds, and on the Mr. Natural tour in 1974. A live version recorded on Nov 17th and 18th, 1989 at the National Tennis Centre, Melbourne, Australia was used for the benefit album Nobody's Child: Romanian Angel Appeal. In 1997-1999, the song was performed on the One Night Only tour as part of a medley. It was last performed by the Bee Gees in 2001. Barry Gibb re-recorded the song as a duet with Sheryl Crow for his 2020 solo album Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers Songbook, Vol. 1. Personnel Barry Gibb – lead and harmony vocals, acoustic guitar Robin Gibb – lead and harmony vocals Maurice Gibb – harmony vocals, bass guitar, piano, acoustic guitar, organ Geoff Bridgford – drums Bill Shepherd – orchestral and strings arrangement Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts All-time charts Other versions 1970s 1971: Johnny Mathis recorded a version of this song for his LP You've Got a Friend. 1972: Al Green recorded the song for his album Let's Stay Together, which also appeared on the soundtracks of 1997's Good Will Hunting, 1999's The Virgin Suicides, 1999's Notting Hill and 2010's The Book of Eli. Green's version was released as a single in France on Cream Records. In 2008, Green's version was remade into