| Three Hearts in a Tangle | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Roy Drusky |
| Album: | Anymore with Roy Drusky |
| B-Side: | "I'd Rather Loan You Out" |
| Recorded: | 1960 |
| Genre: | Country |
| Label: | Decca 31193 |
| Prev Title: | I Can't Tell My Heart That |
| Prev Year: | 1960 |
| Next Title: | I'd Rather Loan You Out |
| Next Year: | 1961 |
| Three Hearts in a Tangle | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | James Brown |
| Album: | Tour the U.S.A. |
| Genre: | Rhythm and blues |
| Label: | King 5701 |
| Chronology: | James Brown charting |
| Prev Title: | Mashed Potatoes U.S.A. |
| Prev Year: | 1962 |
| Next Title: | "I've Got Money" (B-side of "Three Hearts in a Tangle") |
| Next Year: | 1962 |
"Three Hearts in a Tangle" is a song written by Ray Pennington and Sonny Thompson. It was first recorded by Pennington under the pseudonym "Ray Starr" for King Records in 1958. Pennington was unsatisfied with the quality of the recording and had it quickly withdrawn. In 1961 Roy Drusky made a hit recording of the song which reached No. 2 on the Country chart and No. 35 on the Billboard Hot 100. A year later, James Brown recorded it in time rather than the in which it was originally written, earning him a No. 18 R&B hit.[1] Other performers who have recorded the song include Dave Dudley, Leroy Van Dyke, and George and Gwen McCrae.