What Becomes of the Brokenhearted at the time. The spoken verse was removed from the final mix, hence the unusually long instrumental intro on the released version. The spoken verse is present on the alternate mix from the UK 2003 release "Jimmy Ruffin - The Ultimate Motown Collection," and as a new stereo extended mix on the 2005 anthology, "The Motown Box": A 1991 cover by Paul Young was featured in the film "Fried Green Tomatoes". During the winter of 1992, his version reached No. 22 on the US "Billboard" Hot 100 and No. 8 "Cash Box", becoming Young's third No. 1 song on the
The Way We Were: Original Soundtrack Recording conducted by "RPM", the record debuted at number 71 during the week of March 2, 1974. "The Way We Were: Original Soundtrack Recording" peaked at number 23 on March 16 and spent another week at that same position on March 23. It spent its final week in Canada at number 72 for the week ending May 11, 1974, totaling nine weeks on the chart. The soundtrack also made an appearance on the Official Chart Company's UK Compilation Chart in March 2005, where it debuted and peaked at number four. The Way We Were: Original Soundtrack Recording The Way We Were: