Some Broken Hearts Never Mend

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"Some Broken Hearts Never Mend"
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Single by Don Williams
from the album Visions
B-side "I'll Forgive But I'll Never Forget"
ReleasedJanuary 1977
Genre Country
Length2:50
Label ABC/Dot
Songwriter(s) Wayland Holyfield
Producer(s) Don Williams
Don Williams singles chronology
"She Never Knew Me"
(1976)		"Some Broken Hearts Never Mend"
(1977)		"I'm Just a Country Boy"
(1977)

"Some Broken Hearts Never Mend" is a song written by Wayland Holyfield and recorded by American country music artist Don Williams. It was released in January 1977 as the first single from his album Visions . The song was Williams' sixth number one on the country chart. The single stayed at number one for a single week and spent a total of 12 weeks within the top 40. [1]

The song was also an international hit for Telly Savalas in 1981. It topped the Swiss charts for two weeks, and peaked at number two in Austria and number four in the Netherlands. [2]

A cover version of the song, performed by Danny McBride, Adam DeVine, and Edi Patterson, is used as the soundtrack to the final scene of the second season of the comedy series The Righteous Gemstones . [3]

Chart performance

Don Williams
Chart (1977)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [4] 1
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 ( Billboard ) [5] 8
US Cash Box Top 100 [6] 99
Canadian RPM Country Tracks [7] 6
Year-end charts
Chart (1977)Position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard) [8] 12
Brendan Shine
Chart (1977)Peak
position
Ireland (IRMA) [9] 5
Telly Savalas
Chart (1981)Peak
position
Swiss Hitparade Singles1
German Media Control Charts Singles5
Ö3 Austria Top 40 Singles2
Dutch Singles Charts4
Belgian Ultratop Singles2

References

  1. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 385.
  2. ↑ Steffen Hung. "Telly Savalas - Some Broken Hearts Never Mend". Swisscharts.com. Retrieved 2016-10-12.
  3. ↑ Hadadi, Roxana (February 22, 2022). "Danny McBride Wants to Give You Closure". Vulture.
  4. ↑ "Don Williams Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  5. ↑ "Don Williams Chart History (Bubbling Under Hot 100)". Billboard.
  6. ↑ "Cash Box Top 100 Singles, May 28, 1977". Archived from the original on October 20, 2018. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
  7. ↑ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1977-05-14. Retrieved 2019-08-11.
  8. ↑ "Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1977". Billboard. Retrieved August 2, 2021.
  9. ↑ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Some Broken Hearts Never Mend". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved August 11, 2019.


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