Top TV Song Last Week: Only Love Can Break Your Heart by Jill Andrews

NBC’s hit series This is Us takes the top spot for the most popular song on Tunefind last week for the second week in a row. This song comes from Nashville based singer songwriter, Jill Andrews. Last weeks episode brings us one week closer to the show’s series finale, which is set to air on May 24th.

 

Only Love Can Break Your Heart

by Jill Andrews

from This is Us Soundtrack · Season 6 · Episode 14 · The Night Before the Wedding

(0:38) Sophie and Kevin bare their hearts to on…

‘Only Love Can Break Your Heart’ eases into the emotionally charged scene, quietly. At first all that is heard behind the characters dialogue is the piano instrumental opening of the song. Andrews’ vocals hit the ear just as softly with lyrics supporting the emotional exchange between characters. 

Released in October 2021, ‘Only Love Can Break Your Heart’ appears on Jill Andrews’ EP- Ellen, released by Tone Tree Music. The artist took to Facebook to give fans some background on the track, “‘Only Love Can Break Your Heart’ is a song that Neil Young wrote and I decided to cover with my friend K.S. Rhoads. We recorded it together several years ago, probably 2014 or ’15.” Neil Young wrote and recorded the song in 1970 on his album After the Gold Rush.

Jill Andrews has been making music since 2007.  She co-founded the band The Everybodyfields, leaving in 2009 to pursue a solo career. In 2018, she co-founded the duo Hush Kids with Peter Groenwald. Andrews’ authored her autobiography “Thirties:The Album in Portrait and Prose,” released in 2020. Since 2009, Jill Andrews has released seven albums and EPs and over twenty singles. 

Most recently, Andrews’ took to Instagram to share her gratitude for the placement stating,”Last night my version of ‘Only Love Can Break Your Heart’ was on @nbcthisisus, one of the tracks from my Ellen EP. I’m so honored to have a small part in the final chapter of this great series! Thanks for all the love.”

Jill Andrews’ has had numerous placements in TV and film, including Grey’s Anatomy, Hart of Dixie, and Wynonna Earp. Her placement in the latter also serves as the shows theme song

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