"Give Your Heart a Break" is a song recorded by American singer Demi Lovato for her third studio album Unbroken (2011).

Lyrically, the song chronicles the protagonist's attempt to win over her lover who has been hurt in a previous relationship and is fearful of committing again.

[2] "Give Your Heart a Break" received acclaim from music critics, who mostly praised the production and Lovato's vocals.

"Give Your Heart a Break" was written and produced by Josh Alexander and Billy Steinberg, who are known for her work on The Veronicas' sophomore studio album, Hook Me Up, as well as JoJo's "Too Little Too Late".

It sets a mark as to what should be expected from similar artists such as her, but in the process, distancing herself from being grouped with them becoming a solo entity.

"[8] Jason Scott of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer noted that the song, along with "Mistake" and "Hold Up", feature "electrically forceful instrumentation".

[10] Sam Lansky, a writer and editor for MTV's Buzzworthy Blog, lauded the recording for presenting Lovato's vocals as a masterpiece and praised the production as "superb".

[11][12] "Give Your Heart a Break" peaked at number 16 on the US Billboard Hot 100, marking Lovato's seventh highest-peaking single in the nation.

With 25 weeks, "Give Your Heart a Break" previously shared the record of longest ascendance to the summit of the Mainstream Top 40 with Cee Lo Green's "Fuck You".

[14] In August 2021, Billboard revealed the song is Lovato's most-heard on US radio accumulating 2.9 billion all-format audience impressions.

The music video for "Give Your Heart a Break" was filmed in late February 2012 and is directed by Justin Francis.

[16][17][18] According to Lovato about "the new music video, I'm basically trying to convince a guy that I didn't break his heart, and we get into a fight and I try to win him over again" and "So I do something special for him at the end of the song".

Later that night, Lovato walks to her boyfriend's apartment and pastes the photos on a wall across the street from his front door.

[19] On December 31, 2011, Lovato promoted the song at the MTV New Year's Eve's concert, which she co-hosted with Tyler Posey.