When Love Breaks Down

~ Recording by Prefab Sprout

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack ArtistRelease TitleRelease ArtistRelease Group TypeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.4When Love Breaks Down4:09Prefab SproutSteve McQueenPrefab SproutAlbum
CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia), Kitchenware RecordsCDCBS 26522
1.4When Love Breaks Down4:09Prefab SproutSteve McQueenPrefab SproutAlbum
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Kitchenware Records466336 2
1.4When Love Breaks Down4:09Prefab SproutSteve McQueenPrefab SproutAlbum
CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia)CBS 26522
1.4When Love Breaks Down4:05Prefab SproutSteve McQueenPrefab SproutAlbum
Kitchenware RecordsKWLP3
1.2When Love Breaks Down4:10Prefab SproutThe Best of Prefab Sprout: A Life of SurprisesPrefab SproutAlbum + Compilation
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Kitchenware Records471886 2
1.2When Love Breaks Down4:10Prefab SproutThe Best of Prefab Sprout: A Life of SurprisesPrefab SproutAlbum + Compilation
Kitchenware Records471886 2
1.2When Love Breaks Down4:10Prefab SproutThe Best of Prefab Sprout: A Life of SurprisesPrefab SproutAlbum + Compilation
  • US1992-10-06
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)EK 52847
1.15When Love Breaks Down4:05Prefab SproutEndless LoveVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB1995-01-27
PolyGram TV (a division of PolyGram Record Operations Ltd.)525 341-2
1.4When Love Breaks Down4:06Prefab SproutCareless WhisperVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Most Wanted Productions (Denmark)9502-2
2.2When Love Breaks Down4:10Prefab SproutThe Power of Love: 1984–1985Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -1997
Time–Life MusicTL629/6
2.4When Love Breaks Down4:04Prefab SproutInto the BlueVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB1998-03-16
PolyGram TV (a division of PolyGram Record Operations Ltd.)555 665-2
1.4When Love Breaks Down4:07Prefab Sprout38 Carat CollectionPrefab SproutAlbum + Compilation
  • GB1999-10-18
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Kitchenware Records496285 2, 4962852000
1.2When Love Breaks Down4:08Prefab SproutWhere the Heart IsPrefab SproutSingle
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)669138 2
1.4When Love Breaks Down4:07Prefab SproutThe CollectionPrefab SproutAlbum + Compilation
  • US2001-02-13
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)E2K 85325
1.4When Love Breaks Down4:07Prefab SproutThe CollectionPrefab SproutAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2001-02-13
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony)
2.11When Love Breaks Down4:02Prefab SproutUnwind: 34 Soothing Laidback TracksVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2001-10-29
Universal Music TV (UK, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited)585 361-2
2.19When Love Breaks Down4:04Prefab SproutSimply AcousticVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2002-04-29
Universal Music TV (UK, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited)584 562-2
1.9When Love Breaks Down (album version)4:10Prefab SproutRomantic Pop: The Greatest 80s Wave BalladsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2003-05-05
Sony Music Special ProductsSSP 990615-2
2.12When Love Breaks Down4:03Prefab SproutThe Crying GameVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2003-11-10
Universal Music TV (UK, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited)981 1483
1.8When Love Breaks Down4:04Prefab SproutIl Volo a colazioneVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
2.2When Love Breaks Down4:09Prefab SproutAcoustic 80sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2004-11-10
Universal Music TV (UK, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited)9824341
3.2When Love Breaks Down4:07Prefab SproutDave Fanning's Fab 50Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)
1.4When Love Breaks Down4:05Prefab SproutSteve McQueenPrefab SproutAlbum
  • XW2007-03-23
Sony Music Catalog (a division of Sony Music Entertainment (Germany) GmbH, as well as its imprint)
1.4When Love Breaks Down4:07Prefab SproutSteve McQueenPrefab SproutAlbum
  • -2007-03-30
Sony Music CG
1.4When Love Breaks Down4:06Prefab SproutSteve McQueenPrefab SproutAlbum
  • GB2007-04-02
Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment), Kitchenware Records82876731592, KWCD3-25
1.9When Love Breaks Down4:09Prefab SproutWorld’s Best Dad: 60 Ultimate Rock ClassicsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2007-06-04
BMG TV
1.6When Love Breaks Down4:09Prefab SproutAlternative 80'sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Crimson Productions (UK budget reissue label; imprint of Crimson Productions Ltd.)CRIMCD457
5.5When Love Breaks Down4:07Prefab Sprout100 80’er HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 - Oct 1, 2008)88697344682
3.4When Love Breaks Down4:08Prefab SproutLove & AffectionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 - Oct 1, 2008)88697268462
1.15When Love Breaks Down4:07Prefab SproutEssential: The 80sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2009-10-12
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)88697582402
2.9When Love Breaks Down4:06Prefab SproutLe 100 canzoni di sempre internazionaliVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
2.13When Love Breaks Down4:08Prefab Sprout100 Essential Tracks: Love SongsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2010-03-15
7.15When Love Breaks Down4:08Prefab SproutBack to the 80’sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)88697818972
2.13When Love Breaks Down (album version)4:02Prefab SproutBlank & Jones Present So80s (SoEighties) 5Blank & JonesAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2011-05-20
SoundcoloursSC0324
5.20When Love Breaks Down4:06Prefab Sprout100 Megahits: Rock & PopVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2011-11-04
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)88697 84002 2, 88697840022
1.9When Love Breaks Down4:09Prefab SproutThe Essential British 80sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • CA2012-11-06
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)88725472072
2.5When Love Breaks Down4:06Prefab SproutBernard Lenoir L'InrockuptibleVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • FR2013-03-18
EMI Music France (1994–2013)50999-9340012-1
2.5When Love Breaks Down4:06Prefab SproutL’InrockuptibleBernard LenoirAlbum + Compilation
  • -2013-03-18
Parlophone France (aka Parlophone Music France)
1.50When Love Breaks Down4:02Prefab SproutHeartbrokenVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2016-01-15
Sony CMG (subsidiary of SME UK, add only UK releases)
1.2When Love Breaks Down4:10Prefab SproutThe Best of Prefab Sprout: A Life of SurprisesPrefab SproutAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2019-09-27
Sony Music CG
1.43When Love Breaks Down (2007 remastered version)4:06Prefab SproutSad BopsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)
1.10When Love Breaks Down4:09Prefab SproutThe No. 1 Love AlbumVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation

Relationships

producer:Phil Thornalley
remixer:Thomas Dolby
phonographic copyright (℗) by:Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd. (not for release label use! pre-Aug 2004 subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment Inc.) (in 1985)
recording of:When Love Breaks Down

When Love Breaks Down

lyricist and composer:Paddy McAloon
publisher:EMI Songs Ltd.