Heartbroke Explained

Heartbroke
Type:single
Artist:Ricky Skaggs
Album:Highways & Heartaches
B-Side:Don't Think I'll Cry
Released:July 1982
Genre:Country
Length:3:16
Label:Epic
Producer:Ricky Skaggs
Prev Title:I Don't Care
Prev Year:1982
Next Title:I Wouldn't Change You If I Could
Next Year:1982

"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 music artist Ricky Skaggs. It was released in July 1982 as the first single from the album Highways & Heartaches. The song was Skaggs' third #1 on the country chart. The single stayed at #1 for one week and spent a total of eleven weeks on the country chart.[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.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Whitburn, Joel . The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 315.