Down to My Last Broken Heart

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"Down to My Last Broken Heart"
Single by Janie Fricke
from the album I'll Need Someone to Hold Me When I Cry
B-side "Every Time a Teardrop Falls"
ReleasedNovember 1, 1980
Genre Country
Length2:28
Label Columbia
Songwriter(s) Chick Rains
Producer(s) Jim Ed Norman
Janie Fricke singles chronology
"He's Out of My Life"
(1980)
"Down to My Last Broken Heart"
(1980)
"Pride"
(1981)

"Down to My Last Broken Heart" is a song written by Chick Rains, and recorded by American country music artist Janie Fricke. It was released in November 1980 as the first single from the album I'll Need Someone to Hold Me When I Cry . The song reached #2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. [1]

Chart performance

Chart (1980-1981)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [2] 2
Canadian RPM Country Tracks2

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 127.
  2. "Janie Fricke Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.