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
What Becomes of the Brokenhearted singers The Originals and The Andantes. "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" peaked at number seven on the "Billboard" Hot 100, and at number six on the Billboard R&B Singles chart, as well as No. 8 on the UK Chart. Eight years later, the song was reissued (with a B-Side of Ruffin's minor US hit "Don't You Miss Me a Little Bit Baby"), and surpassed its original chart position, reaching No. 4, and thus making it his highest-placed chart single in the UK. The song originally featured a spoken introduction by Ruffin, similar in style to many of Lou Rawls' performances