"Break Up to Make Up" was a 1973 hit by the Philadelphia soul group the Stylistics.

The song was written by Thom Bell, Linda Creed, and Kenneth Gamble.

[3] An R&B ballad, it was the seventh track from their 1972 album Round 2[4] and was released as a single and reached number 5 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart.

[3][5] It also climbed to number 5 in the Billboard R&B chart[5] and reached number 34 in the UK Singles Chart in April 1973.

[6] The Stylistics' recording sold over one million copies in the US, earning the band a gold disc[3] The award was presented by the RIAA on April 6, 1973.