Breakin' My Heart (Pretty Brown Eyes)

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"Breakin' My Heart (Pretty Brown Eyes)"
Mint Condition - Breakin' My Heart single cover.jpg
Single by Mint Condition
from the album Meant to Be Mint
ReleasedNovember 11, 1991 (1991-11-11) [1]
Recorded1991
Studio Flyte Tyme Studios (Edina, Minnesota)
Genre
Length5:58 (album version)
4:48 (radio edit) [3]
Label Perspective Records
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Mint Condition
  • Jellybean Johnson [5]
Mint Condition singles chronology
"Are You Free"
(1991)
"Breakin' My Heart (Pretty Brown Eyes)"
(1991)
"Forever in Your Eyes"
(1992)

"Breakin' My Heart (Pretty Brown Eyes)" is a song performed by Mint Condition, issued as the second single from their debut album Meant to Be Mint . The song was written by band members Jeffrey Allen, Lawrence Waddell and Stokley Williams. [4] Released in 1991, [1] the song is their biggest hit to date, peaking at number six on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1992. The single spent 34 weeks total and 20 weeks in the top 40 on the Hot R&B Singles chart. [6]

Contents

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1992)Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100 [7] 6
US Hot R&B Singles ( Billboard ) [8] 3

Year-end charts

Chart (1992)Position
US Billboard Hot 100 [9] 48

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