This Broken Heart is a song by Funkadelic from the album Cosmic Slop released first in 1973 .
Trivia: This is a cover of The Sonics song by the same name.
Like much of Cosmic Slop, "This Broken Heart" is R&B and soul-inflected.
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Songwriter: William Franklin (a jazz trombonist)
Memorable Lyrics:
- "Are you mad, at me, darling?/Are you sorry that we, we, we met?"
- "Yes, and you've been finding more faults /Than Carter got liver pills/And I'm hip to all that Gemini material laying around, heh"
- Gemini is a constellation and the third sign of the Zodiac (the twins)
- "Carter" may be a reference to Jimmy Carter??
The singer proclaims his love for a woman, and asks if she is planning on leaving him. He claims that no one will ever love her as much as he does.
Personnel:
- Strings: Bernie Worrell
- Lead Vocals: Calvin Simon
- Drums: Geezer McGee (disputed)