Heart of Mine (The Oak Ridge Boys song)

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"Heart of Mine"
Single by The Oak Ridge Boys
from the album Together
B-side "Love Takes Two"
Released July 19, 1980
Genre Country
Length3:30
Label MCA
Songwriter(s) Michael Foster
Producer(s) Ron Chancey
The Oak Ridge Boys singles chronology
"Trying to Love Two Women"
(1980)
"Heart of Mine"
(1980)
"Beautiful You"
(1980)

"Trying to Love Two Women"
(1980)
"Heart of Mine"
(1980)
"Beautiful You"
(1980)

"Heart of Mine" is a song written by Michael Foster, and recorded by American country music group The Oak Ridge Boys. It was released in July 1980 as the second single from the album Together . The song reached number 3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. [1]

The Oak Ridge Boys American band that plays country music

The Oak Ridge Boys are an American country and gospel vocal quartet. The group was founded in the 1940s as the Oak Ridge Quartet. They became popular in southern gospel during the 1950s. Their name was changed to the Oak Ridge Boys in the early 1960s, and they remained a gospel group until the mid-1970s, when they changed their image and concentrated on country music.

<i>Together</i> (The Oak Ridge Boys album) album by the Oak Ridge Boys

Together is the fourth country studio album by The Oak Ridge Boys, released in 1980.

<i>Billboard</i> (magazine) American music magazine

Billboard is an American entertainment media brand owned by the Billboard-Hollywood Reporter Media Group, a division of Eldridge Industries. It publishes pieces involving news, video, opinion, reviews, events, and style, and is also known for its music charts, including the Hot 100 and Billboard 200, tracking the most popular songs and albums in different genres. It also hosts events, owns a publishing firm, and operates several TV shows.

Chart performance

Chart (1980)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [2] 3
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles ( Billboard ) [3] 5
US Adult Contemporary ( Billboard ) [4] 49
Canadian RPM Country Tracks3

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