When Love Breaks Down

"When Love Breaks Down"
Single by Prefab Sprout
from the album Steve McQueen
B-side	"Diana" (first release) "The Yearning Loins" (reissue)
Released	1984 (first release) 1985 (reissue) 2007 (acoustic version)
Recorded	1984, RAK Studios, London
Genre	Sophisti-pop
Length	3:40 (single edit) 4:08 (UK Steve McQueen album version) 3:44 (US Two Wheels Good version)
Label	Kitchenware
Songwriter(s)	Paddy McAloon
Producer(s)	Phil Thornalley
Prefab Sprout singles chronology
"Don't Sing" (1984) "When Love Breaks Down" (1984) "Faron Young" (1985)
Appetite (1985) When Love Breaks Down (reissue) (1985) Johnny Johnny (1986)

"When Love Breaks Down" is a 1984 song by English band Prefab Sprout and is the leading single from their second studio album Steve McQueen. It went to number 25 in the United Kingdom, number 55 in Australia, number 38 in New Zealand and number 42 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart. It has been covered by The Zombies, Lisa Stansfield and Snow Patrol.