What Can I Do with My Heart

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"What Can I Do with My Heart"
Single by Juice Newton
from the album Old Flame
B-side "Let Your Woman Take Of You"
ReleasedDecember 13, 1986
Genre Country
Length3:34
Label RCA
Songwriter(s) Otha Young
Producer(s) Richard Landis
Juice Newton singles chronology
"Cheap Love"
(1986)
"What Can I Do with My Heart"
(1986)
"First Time Caller"
(1987)

"What Can I Do with My Heart " is a song recorded by American country music artist Juice Newton. It was released in December 1986 as the fifth single from the original version of the Old Flame album (subsequent editions of the album contained eight to eleven tracks). In 1987, the song reached #9 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. [1] Notably, the song was written by Newton's long-time musical partner Otha Young, who also penned Newton's first number-one country hit, "The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known)".

Charts

Chart (1986–1987)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [2] 9
Canadian RPM Country Tracks[ citation needed ]7

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 248.
  2. "Juice Newton Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.