Heartbroke

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.^[1]

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.

References

↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 315.

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

Ricky Skaggs

Studio albums	That's It Sweet Temptation Waitin' for the Sun to Shine Family & Friends Highways & Heartaches Don't Cheat in Our Hometown Country Boy Love's Gonna Get Ya! Comin' Home to Stay Kentucky Thunder My Father's Son Solid Ground Life Is a Journey Big Mon: The Songs of Bill Monroe Ricky Skaggs and Friends Sing the Songs of Bill Monroe Solo (Songs My Dad Loved) Mosaic Country Hits Bluegrass Style

Collaborative albums	Second Generation Bluegrass One Way Track Skaggs & Rice Bluegrass Rules! Ancient Tones Soldier of the Cross History of the Future The Three Pickers Brand New Strings Instrumentals Ricky Skaggs & Bruce Hornsby Salt of the Earth Honoring the Fathers of Bluegrass: Tribute to 1946 and 1947 Music to My Ears Hearts Like Ours

Live albums	Live in London Live at the Charleston Music Hall Cluck Ol' Hen

Compilation albums	Favorite Country Songs Super Hits

Notable singles	"You May See Me Walkin'" "Crying My Heart Out Over You" "I Don't Care" "Heartbroke" "I Wouldn't Change You If I Could" "Highway 40 Blues" "You've Got a Lover" "Don't Cheat in Our Hometown" "Honey (Open That Door)" "Uncle Pen" "Something in My Heart" "Country Boy" "You Make Me Feel Like a Man" "Cajun Moon" "I've Got a New Heartache" "Love's Gonna Get You Someday" "Love Can't Ever Get Better Than This" (with Sharon White) "Thanks Again" "Lovin' Only Me" "Let It Be You" "Heartbreak Hurricane" "Hummingbird" "He Was On to Somethin' (So He Made You)" "Life's Too Long (To Live Like This)" "Same Ol' Love" "Cat's in the Cradle"

Related articles	Discography Epic Records Mark O'Connor

Rodney Crowell

Studio albums	Ain't Living Long Like This But What Will the Neighbors Think Rodney Crowell Street Language Diamonds & Dirt Keys to the Highway Life Is Messy Let the Picture Paint Itself Jewel of the South The Houston Kid Fate's Right Hand The Outsider Sex & Gasoline Old Yellow Moon (with Emmylou Harris) Tarpaper Sky The Traveling Kind (with Emmylou Harris)

Compilation albums	The Rodney Crowell Collection Greatest Hits Soul Searchin' Super Hits The Essential Rodney Crowell The Platinum Collection The Very Best of Rodney Crowell

Singles	"Elvira" "(Now and Then There's) A Fool Such as I" "Ashes by Now" "Ain't No Money" "Stars on the Water" "Victim or a Fool" "When I'm Free Again" "It's Such a Small World" (with Rosanne Cash) "I Couldn't Leave You If I Tried" "She's Crazy for Leavin'" "After All This Time" "Above and Beyond" "Many a Long and Lonesome Highway" "If Looks Could Kill" "My Past Is Present" "Now That We're Alone" "Lovin' All Night" "What Kind of Love" "Please Remember Me" "I Walk the Line Revisited"

Other songs	"The Answer Is Yes" "Heartbroke" "I Ain't Living Long Like This" "Leaving Louisiana in the Broad Daylight" "Making Memories of Us" "Queen of Hearts" "Song for the Life" "Voilá, An American Dream"

Related articles	Discography Warner Bros. Records Columbia Records MCA Records Roy Orbison The Notorious Cherry Bombs The Notorious Cherry Bombs Emmylou Harris

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