My Heart Skips a Beat

This article is about the 1964 Buck Owens song. For the 1989 Cover Girls song, see My Heart Skips a Beat (The Cover Girls song). For the 1978 Duke Jordan song, see Duke's Artistry. For similar topics, see Heart Skips a Beat (disambiguation).

"My Heart Skips a Beat"
Single by Buck Owens
from the album Together Again
B-side	"Together Again"
Released	February 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]

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. The song was the Billboard's Top Country Single for the year 1964. ^[3]

Chart performance

Chart (1964)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [4]	94

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. "Top Country Singles" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 77, no. 52. December 26, 1964. p. 14.
4. Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 637.