"She Drew a Broken Heart"
Single by Patty Loveless
from the album The Trouble with the Truth
ReleasedDecember 21, 1996 (1996-12-21)
GenreCountry
Length2:52
LabelEpic
Songwriter(s)Jon McElroy, Ned McElroy
Producer(s)Emory Gordy Jr.
Patty Loveless singles chronology
"Lonely Too Long"
(1996) 		"She Drew a Broken Heart"
(1996) 		"The Trouble with the Truth"
(1997)

"She Drew a Broken Heart" is a song written by Jon McElroy and Ned McElroy, and recorded by American country music artist Patty Loveless. It was released in December 1996 as the fourth single from her eight album, The Trouble with the Truth (1996). The song charted for 20 weeks on the US Billboard Hot Country Singles and Tracks chart, reaching number four during the week of March 15, 1997.[1]

Critical reception

Deborah Evans Price from Billboard described "She Drew a Broken Heart" as "a feisty uptempo tune about a woman whose goodbye note is written in lipstick on her ex-lover's satin sheets." She added, "Laced with fiddle and buoyed by the sass in Loveless' vocals, this is an extremely strong offering that should find instant acceptance at country radio."[2]

Rock and Roll Legend Bob Seger sang this song during Loveless' induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame in October 2023.[3]

Charts

References

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006 (Second ed.). Record Research. p. 207.
  2. ^ Evans Price, Deborah (December 21, 1996). "Reviews & Previews: Singles" (PDF). Billboard. p. 56. Retrieved December 7, 2022.
  3. ^ Brian McCollum. "Bob Seger performs for first time in 4 years, honors Patty Loveless at country music hall of fame. Detroit Free Press. October 24, 2023. - accessed October 27, 2023.
  4. ^ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 7874." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. March 10, 1997. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
  5. ^ "Patty Loveless Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  6. ^ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1997". RPM. December 15, 1997. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
  7. ^ "Best of 1997: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1997. Retrieved July 17, 2013.


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