Tonight the Heartache's on Me

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"Tonight the Heartache's on Me"
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Single by Dixie Chicks
from the album Wide Open Spaces
ReleasedApril 12, 1999
Recorded1997
Genre
Length3:25
Label Monument
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Dixie Chicks singles chronology
"You Were Mine"
(1998)
"Tonight the Heartache's on Me"
(1999)
"Ready to Run"
(1999)

"Tonight the Heartache's on Me" is a song recorded by American country music group Dixie Chicks. It was released in April 1999 as the fifth and final single from their album Wide Open Spaces . It was written by Mary Francis, Johnny MacRae and Bob Morrison. Joy Lynn White previously recorded the song on her 1994 album Wild Love.

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Chart performance

Chart (1999)Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [1] 4
US Billboard Hot 100 [2] 46
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [3] 6

Year-end charts

Chart (1999)Position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [4] 32
US Country Songs ( Billboard ) [5] 43

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