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
Brokenhearted (Brandy song) 100, becoming Brandy's third domestic top ten hit. The album version of "Brokenhearted" was recorded in a single take, Brandy remembered during the release of "The Best of Brandy" in 2005: "There's a funny story behind the recording of that song! I really wanted to go to Six Flags but the producers kept saying, ‘only after you finish recording!' I sang my heart out...I wanted to go to Six Flags so bad! You can hear the passion in my voice!" The idea for a duet version of the album originally came up while Brandy was on a two-month stint as