Broken Hearted Me

"Broken Hearted Me"
Single by Anne Murray
from the album I'll Always Love You
Released September 1979
Recorded 1979
Genre Country, Adult contemporary
Length 3:43
Label Capitol
Writer(s) Randy Goodrum
Producer Jim Ed Norman
Anne Murray singles chronology
"Shadows in the Moonlight"
(1979)
"Broken Hearted Me"
(1979)
"Daydream Believer"
(1980

"Broken Hearted Me" is a country and adult contemporary song recorded by Canadian singer Anne Murray. Released in 1979, the song reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in December, and was the third chart-topper for her during the year.

Chart success

Released as a single from her album I'll Always Love You, "Broken Hearted Me" was Murray's fourth No. 1 single on the country chart and seventh overall on the American music charts (counting "You Needed Me", which topped the Billboard Hot 100 in 1978, and "Snowbird" and "Danny's Song", both of which reached the top of the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart).

In addition, "Broken Hearted Me" just missed the Top 10 on the Hot 100 chart, where it peaked at No. 12. Three of her other singles — "A Love Song", "I Just Fall in Love Again" and "Daydream Believer" — also reached the same summit on the Hot 100.

On the Billboard Adult Contemporary Singles chart, "Broken Hearted Me" spent five weeks at No. 1 during the late fall of 1979. In doing so, Murray had her fifth No. 1 AC hit.

In her home country, the song reached #15 on the Canadian Pop chart; #3 on the Adult Contemporary chart; and it became Murray's twelfth #1 song on the Canadian Country chart.

Chart performance

Chart (1979) Peak
position
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 1
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks 3
Canadian RPM Top Singles 15
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles 1
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks 1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 12
Preceded by
"Where Were You When I Was Falling In Love" by Lobo
Billboard Adult Contemporary (chart) number-one single
October 13, 1979 (5 weeks)
Succeeded by
"You're Only Lonely" by J.D. Souther
Preceded by
"Come with Me"
by Waylon Jennings
Billboard Hot Country Singles
number-one single

December 1, 1979
Succeeded by
"I Cheated Me Right Out of You"
by Moe Bandy
Preceded by
"You Decorated My Life"
by Kenny Rogers
RPM Country Tracks
number-one single

November 24, 1979
Succeeded by
"Come with Me"
by Waylon Jennings

References