My Heart Skips a Beat

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"My Heart Skips a Beat"
Single by Buck Owens
from the album Together Again
B-side "Together Again"
ReleasedFebruary 24, 1964
Genre Country
Label Capitol
Songwriter(s) Buck Owens
Producer(s) Ken Nelson
Buck Owens singles chronology
"Love's Gonna Live Here"
(1963)
"My Heart Skips a Beat"
(1964)
"I Don't Care (Just as Long as You Love Me)"
(1964)

"My Heart Skips a Beat" is a 1964 single written and performed by Buck Owens. [1]

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Background

The single was Owens's third number one on the U.S. country singles chart. "My Heart Skips a Beat" spent seven non-consecutive weeks at the top with a total of twenty-six weeks on the chart. [2] The B-side, "Together Again", also hit number one on the country chart both replacing and being replaced by "My Heart Skips a Beat" from the top spot.

Chart performance

Chart (1964)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles 1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [3] 94

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References

  1. "45cat.com". 45cat.com. Retrieved August 24, 2021.
  2. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 257.
  3. Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 637.