You're the Best Break This Old Heart Ever Had

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"You're the Best Break This Old Heart Ever Had"
Single by Ed Bruce
from the album One to One
B-side "It Just Makes Me Want You More" [1]
ReleasedNovember 28, 1981
Genre Country
Length3:20
Label MCA
Songwriter(s) Wayland Holyfield, Randy Hatch
Producer(s) Tommy West
Ed Bruce singles chronology
"(When You Fall in Love) Everything's a Waltz"
(1981)
"You're the Best Break This Old Heart Ever Had"
(1981)
"Love's Found You and Me"
(1982)

"You're the Best Break This Old Heart Ever Had" is a song written by Wayland Holyfield and Randy Hatch, and recorded by American country music artist Ed Bruce. It was released in November 1981 as the third single from the album One to One. The song was Bruce's twenty-second country hit and his only number one. The single went to number one for one week in March 1982, and spent twenty-one weeks on the charts. [1]

Contents

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1981–1982)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [2] 1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks10

Year-end charts

Chart (1982)Position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard) [3] 14

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References

  1. 1 2 Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 67. ISBN   978-0-89820-177-2.
  2. "Ed Bruce Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  3. "Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1982". Billboard. Retrieved June 24, 2021.