"Heartbroken Bopper" is a popular

Popular music

Popular music belongs to any of a number of musical genres "having wide appeal" and is typically distributed to large audiences through the music industry. It stands in contrast to both art music and traditional music, which are typically disseminated academically or orally to smaller, local...

 rock

Rock music

Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...

 song written by Burton Cummings

Burton Cummings

Burton L. Cummings, OC, OM is a Canadian musician and songwriter.He was the lead singer and frequent keyboardist for the Canadian rock band The Guess Who...

 and Kurt Winter

Kurt Winter

Kurt Winter was a Canadian guitarist and songwriter, best known as a member of The Guess Who.After starting his career with Winnipeg bands The Fifth, Gettysbyrg Address, and Brother, Winter joined The Guess Who in May 1970, along with co-guitarist Greg Leskiw, replacing Randy Bachman...

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The song was recorded

Sound recording and reproduction

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 by the Canadian rock group The Guess Who

The Guess Who

The Guess Who are a Canadian rock band from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Initially gaining recognition in Canada, they also found international success from the late 1960s through the mid-1970s with numerous hit singles, including "American Woman", "These Eyes" and "Share the Land"...

 for the album Rockin'

Rockin'

Rockin' is an album released in 1972 by the Canadian rock band The Guess Who. Two charting singles were released from the album. "Heartbroken Bopper" spent seven weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 peaking at number 47, and "Guns, Guns, Guns" spent six weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 peaking at number...

, and is also included on the 1974 album "The Best of the Guess Who, Vol. 2", "Anthology" published in 2003 as well as several other compilation albums for the band.

The single release spent seven weeks on the Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

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 charts peaking at #47 on the Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

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during the week of April 8, 1972. The song was a hit in Canada where it reached #12, and it also made the Australian charts at #83.