Blame It on Your Heart
| "Blame It On Your Heart" | ||||
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Cassette Single Cover
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| Single by Patty Loveless | ||||
| from the album Only What I Feel | ||||
| B-side | "What's a Broken Heart" | |||
| Released | April 3, 1993 | |||
| Format | 7in vinyl single, Cassette Single | |||
| Recorded | 1993 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 3:34 | |||
| Label | Epic | |||
| Writer(s) | Harlan Howard & Kostas | |||
| Producer(s) | Emory Gordy, Jr. | |||
| Patty Loveless singles chronology | ||||
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"Blame It On Your Heart" is a song written by Harlan Howard and Kostas, and recorded by American country music artist Patty Loveless. It was released in April 1993 as the first single from her album Only What I Feel. A cover version by Deborah Allen was featured prominently in the 1993 film The Thing Called Love.
David Keith played the ex-boyfriend in the video.
Contents
Content
The song and its video describes an ex-boyfriend who has "a lying, cheating, two-timing, double-dealing, mean-mistreating-of-love" heart that he should blame for whatever backstabbing he gets from any other woman he does to what he did to its narrator.
Chart performance
The song charted for 20 weeks on the Billboard Hot Country Singles and Tracks chart, reaching No. 1 during the week of June 19, 1993.[1]
| Chart (1993) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[2] | 2 |
| US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)[3] | 12 |
| US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[4] | 1 |
Year-end charts
| Chart (1993) | Position |
|---|---|
| Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[5] | 18 |
| US Country Songs (Billboard)[6] | 12 |
Music video
The music video for "Blame It on Your Heart" was directed by Sherman Halsey[citation needed].
Covers
- Allison Iraheta on American Idol Season 8 sang this song during Grand Ole Opry Week.
- River Phoenix also performed this song in the 1993 movie, The Thing Called Love, one of his final films before his death.
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 1005." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. July 10, 1993. Retrieved August 5, 2013.
- ↑ "Patty Loveless – Chart history" Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 for Patty Loveless.
- ↑ "Patty Loveless – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Patty Loveless.
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External links
| Preceded by | Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks number-one single June 19-June 26, 1993 |
Succeeded by "That Summer" by Garth Brooks |
- Singlechart usages for Canadacountry
- Singlechart called without artist
- Singlechart called without song
- Singlechart usages for Billboardbubbling100
- Singlechart usages for Billboardcountrysongs
- Articles with unsourced statements from September 2011
- 1993 singles
- 1993 songs
- Patty Loveless songs
- Billboard Hot Country Songs number-one singles
- Songs written by Kostas (songwriter)
- Songs written by Harlan Howard
- Song recordings produced by Emory Gordy Jr.
- Epic Records singles
- Music videos directed by Sherman Halsey
