Heart Half Empty Explained

Heart Half Empty
Type:single
Artist:Ty Herndon with Stephanie Bentley
Album:What Mattered Most
B-Side:Love at 90 Miles an Hour
Released:October 14, 1995
Genre:Country
Length:4:56 (album version)
Label:Epic
Producer:Doug Johnson, Ed Seay
Chronology:Ty Herndon
Prev Title:I Want My Goodbye Back
Prev Year:1995
Next Title:In Your Face
Next Year:1996

"Heart Half Empty" is a song written by Gary Burr and Desmond Child, and recorded by American country music artists Ty Herndon and Stephanie Bentley. It was released in October 1995 as the third single from his debut album What Mattered Most. The song reached number 21 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.[1] It later appeared on Bentley's debut album Hopechest, which like What Mattered Most was released on Epic Records.

Content

The song is a ballad about two lovers who, in the emotion following a breakup, ask "Is my heart half full of the love you gave me / Or is my heart half empty, because your love is gone?"[2]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Whitburn, Joel . The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 157.
  2. Book: Peppiatt, Francesca. Country Music's Most Wanted. 19 February 2004. Potomac Books . 9781612342412. 26 June 2013.