What Becomes of the Brokenhearted US adult contemporary chart (following "Everytime You Go Away" and "Oh Girl"). It was a bigger hit in Canada, reaching No. 6 pop and No. 1 Adult Contemporary. What Becomes of the Brokenhearted "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" is a hit single recorded by Jimmy Ruffin and released on Motown Records' Soul label in the summer of 1966. It is a ballad, with lead singer Jimmy Ruffin recalling the pain that befalls the "brokenhearted", who had love that's now departed. The song essentially deals with the struggle to overcome sadness while seeking a new relationship after a breakup. The tune
The Things That Dreams Are Made Of Joanne Catherall (then 18-year-old schoolgirls) who today together with Oakey are now the only remaining band members from the original "Dare" line up. Perhaps viewed as a sly dig to their former band mates, the drum machine intro to the song is identical to that of the title track from the first Heaven 17 album "Penthouse and Pavement". A more likely explanation is timing: the two albums were being recorded at the same time at a single recording studio—Genetic. Since the recording of "Dare", the Human League have frequently played the song live, principally because of its stadium friendly bass