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