Heartbreak Hotel in an attempted robbery in El Paso, Texas. On August 25, 1955, the "El Paso Times" reported Krolik's death under the headline "Story Of Person Who Walked Lonely Street". Axton and Durden give different accounts of how the song was written. Durden's account is that he had already written the song and performed it with his band the Swing Billys before he presented it to Axton. Axton's account is that Durden had written only a few lines of the song and asked her to help him finish it. She says that the report of the suicide "stunned" her, and she
Heartbreak Coverup on the Canadian Hot 100. "Heartbreak Coverup" was included on the "Now! 20" compilation album and earned Labelle the "Best New Group or Solo Artist" award in the genre of Hot AC at the 2012 Canadian Radio Music Awards. "Heartbreak Coverup" is a midtempo, piano-driven pop rock ballad with a duration of three minutes and nineteen seconds. It is composed in the key of E-minor and is set to a tempo of 77 BPM. Lyrically, the song describes a man drinking to dull or "cover up" the pain of his "heartbreak" and contemplating calling his ex, whom he can't seem