Heartbroke
| "Heartbroke" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Ricky Skaggs | ||||
| from the album Highways & Heartaches | ||||
| B-side | "Don't Think I'll Cry" | |||
| Released | July 1982 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 3:16 | |||
| Label | Epic | |||
| Writer(s) | Guy Clark | |||
| Producer(s) | Ricky Skaggs | |||
| Ricky Skaggs singles chronology | ||||
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"Heartbroke" is a song written by Guy Clark, and originally recorded by Rodney Crowell on his 1980 album But What Will the Neighbors Think.
It was later recorded by American country artist Ricky Skaggs. It was released in July 1982 as the first single from the album Highways & Heartaches. "Heartbroke" was Ricky Skaggs' third number one on the country chart. The single stayed at number one for one week and spent a total of eleven weeks on the country chart.[1]
Chart performance
| Chart (1982) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles | 1 |
| Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 1 |
Other versions
George Strait released his version on his second album Strait from the Heart in 1982, not knowing the song had been recorded by Skaggs about two weeks earlier. The Marshall Tucker Band also released a version on their 1982 album Tuckerized.
References
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 315.
External links
| Preceded by "You're So Good When You're Bad" by Charley Pride |
Billboard Hot Country Singles number-one single November 13, 1982 |
Succeeded by "War Is Hell (On the Homefront Too)" by T.G. Sheppard |
| Preceded by "Close Enough to Perfect" by Alabama |
RPM Country Tracks number-one single December 4, 1982 |
Succeeded by "It Ain't Easy Bein' Easy" by Janie Fricke |
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