"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.An R&B ballad, it was the seventh track from their 1972 album, Round 2 and was released as a single and reached #5 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart. In addition, it also climbed to #5 in the Billboard R&B chart and reached number #34 in the UK Singles Chart in April 1973.