Heartbroke

"Heartbroke"
Single by Ricky Skaggs
from the album Highways & Heartaches
B-side	"Don't Think I'll Cry"
Released	July 1982
Genre	Country
Length	3:17
Label	Epic
Writer(s)	Guy Clark
Producer(s)	Ricky Skaggs
Ricky Skaggs singles chronology
"I Don't Care" (1982) "Heartbroke" (1982) "I Wouldn't Change You If I Could" (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 artist Ricky Skaggs. It was released in July 1982 as the first single from the album Highways & Heartaches. "Heartbroke" was Ricky Skaggs' third number one on the country chart. The single stayed at number one for one week and spent a total of eleven weeks on the country chart.

Chart performance

Chart (1982)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	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.

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Preceded by "You're So Good When You're Bad" by Charley Pride	Billboard Hot Country Singles number-one single November 13, 1982	Succeeded by "War Is Hell (On the Homefront Too)" by T.G. Sheppard
Preceded by "Close Enough to Perfect" by Alabama	RPM Country Tracks number-one single December 4, 1982	Succeeded by "It Ain't Easy Bein' Easy" by Janie Fricke