Heart's Desire (song)

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"Heart's Desire"
Single by Lee Roy Parnell
from the album We All Get Lucky Sometimes
B-side "Knock Yourself Out" [1]
ReleasedJanuary 15, 1996
Genre Country
Length4:13
Label Career
Songwriter(s) Lee Roy Parnell
Cris Moore
Producer(s) Scott Hendricks
Bill Halverson
Lee Roy Parnell
Lee Roy Parnell singles chronology
"When a Woman Loves a Man"
(1995)
"Heart's Desire"
(1996)
"Givin' Water to a Drowning Man"
(1995)

"Heart's Desire" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Lee Roy Parnell. It was released as the third single from his album We All Get Lucky Sometimes . The song spent 20 weeks on the Hot Country Songs charts, peaking at number three in 1996. It was his last top 10 hit on that chart. [1] It was written Parnell and Cris Moore.

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Chart performance

"Heart's Desire" debuted at number 64 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of January 20, 1996.

Chart (1996)Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [2] 3
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [3] 3

Year-end charts

Chart (1996)Position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [4] 66
US Country Songs ( Billboard ) [5] 28

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