Jagged Edge of a Broken Heart explained

Jagged Edge of a Broken Heart
Cover:JaggedEdgeResized.png
Type:single
Artist:Gail Davies
Album:Where Is a Woman to Go
B-Side:"Lion in the Winter"[1]
Released:September 1984
Recorded:June 1984
Nashville, TN, U.S.
Label:RCA Nashville
Prev Title:It's You Alone
Prev Year:1984
Next Title:Nothing Can Hurt Me Now
Next Year:1985

"Jagged Edge of a Broken Heart" is a song written by Walker Igleheart and Mike Joyce. It was originally recorded and released as a single by American country artist Gail Davies.

The song was originally recorded in June 1984 at the "Emerald Sound Studio", located in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. The session was co-produced by Davies and Leland Sklar.[1] Released as a single of September 1984, "Jagged Edge of a Broken Heart" peaked in the twentieth position on the Billboard Magazine Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. It became her eleventh top-twenty single on the latter chart.[2] In addition, the single peaked within the top-forty on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart.[3]

According to Davies' autobiography The Last of the Outlaws, "Jagged Edge of a Broken Heart" was played by radio as if it had been a top-five hit on the Billboard country chart. However, the single only reached the top-twenty.[4]

In 2001, the song was covered by the Russian country band Bering Strait.

Chart performance

Chart (1984-1985)Peak
position
Canada Country Songs (RPM)38
US Hot Country Singles & Tracks (Billboard)20

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Praguefrank's Country Music Discographies: Gail Davies. Praguefrank's Country Discographies. 31 May 2014.
  2. Book: Whitburn, Joel . The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research.
  3. Search results for "Gail Davies" under Country Singles. RPM. 29 May 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140529091422/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-110.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=vnvhtcprart7bdmg48d18h1k62&q1=gail+davies&q2=Country+Singles&interval=20. 29 May 2014. dead.
  4. Web site: Gail Davies -- Where Is a Woman to Go. Gail Davies. 4 June 2014.