What Becomes of the Brokenhearted of the most-revived of Motown's hits. Composers Weatherspoon and Riser and lyricist Dean had originally written "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" with the intention of having The Spinners, then an act on Motown's V.I.P. label, record the tune. Jimmy Ruffin, older brother of Temptations lead singer David Ruffin, persuaded Dean to let him record the song, as its anguished lyric about a man lost in the misery of heartbreak resonated with the singer. Ruffin's lead vocal on the recording is augmented by the instrumentation of Motown's in-house studio band, The Funk Brothers, and the joint backing vocals of Motown session
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