It Only Hurts When I Cry

"It Only Hurts When I Cry"
Single by Dwight Yoakam
from the album If There Was a Way
B-side "Let's Work Together"
Released November 1991
Format 7" 45 RPM, CD single
Recorded 1990
Genre Country
Length 2:33
Label Reprise 19148
Writer(s) Dwight Yoakam, Roger Miller
Dwight Yoakam singles chronology
"Nothing's Changed Here"
(1991)
"It Only Hurts When I Cry"
(1991)
"The Heart That You Own"
(1992)

"It Only Hurts When I Cry" is a song co-written by country music artists Dwight Yoakam and Roger Miller, and recorded by Yoakam. It is the fourth single from his 1990 album If There Was a Way. It peaked at #7 in the United States, and at #4 in Canada.[1] This song was one of the last ones written by Miller before his 1992 death.

The song was covered by Raul Malo on his 2007 album After Hours.

Music video

The music video was directed by Piers Plowden.

Chart performance

Chart (1991-1992) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks 7
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 4

References

  1. ^ Billboard, December 28, 1991