Only a Lonely Heart Knows

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"Only a Lonely Heart Knows"
Single by Barbara Mandrell
from the album Clean Cut
B-side "I Wonder What the Rich Folk Are Doin' Tonight"
ReleasedMay 1984
Genre Country
Length3:48
Label MCA
Songwriter(s) Stephen Allen Davis, Dennis Morgan
Producer(s) Tom Collins
Barbara Mandrell singles chronology
"Happy Birthday Dear Heartache"
(1984)
"Only a Lonely Heart Knows"
(1984)
"To Me"
(1984)

"Only a Lonely Heart Knows" is a song written by Stephen Allen Davis and Dennis Morgan, and recorded by American country music artist Barbara Mandrell. It was released in May 1984 as the second single from her album Clean Cut . The song reached number 2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in September 1984 [1] and number 1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada. [2]

Contents

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1984)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [3] 2
Canadian RPM Country Tracks1

Year-end charts

Chart (1984)Position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard) [4] 26

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References

  1. Barbara Mandrell Chart History
  2. RPM Country Tracks
  3. "Barbara Mandrell Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  4. "Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1984". Billboard. Retrieved June 14, 2021.