Heartbreak Express

"Single Women"
Released: February 27, 1982
"Heartbreak Express"
Released: May 29, 1982
"Do I Ever Cross Your Mind"
Released: July 31, 1982 (released as "B" side of "I Will Always Love You" single, both songs charted)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[4]
Robert Christgau	B−^[5]

Heartbreak Express is Dolly Parton's 24th solo studio album. Released in April 1982, the album returned Parton to a more fully realized country sound (a process she had begun on the previous year's 9 to 5 and Odd Jobs), after her late 1970s pop recordings. The album's first single, "Single Women", a slow-tempo honkytonk ballad about a singles bar, was written by Saturday Night Live writer Michael O'Donoghue, and had previously appeared in an SNL skit in late 1980. The single provided a top ten single for Parton. The title cut also was a top ten hit for her. "Do I Ever Cross Your Mind" (a song Parton had written in the early 1970s but had never officially recorded) appeared as a double-A-sided single (along with Parton's rerecording of "I Will Always Love You" from the Best Little Whorehouse in Texas Soundtrack), and reached #1 on the country charts in August 1982.

"Hollywood Potters", Parton has explained to interviewers, came out of her experience filming the movie Nine to Five, as Parton watched many of the film's extras and bit players, who had worked very hard at acting through the years, but with very little success.

The song, "Do I Ever Cross Your Mind," was performed by American Idol (season 7) finalist Ramiele Malubay in 2008. She sang the song during the Dolly Parton tribute week. A studio version of her cover was released on the iTunes Store as "Do I Ever Cross Your Mind (American Idol Studio Version) - Single" in 2008. Heartbreak Express was re-released in digital format in 2013.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Dolly Parton except as noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Heartbreak Express"		3:13
2.	"Single Women"	Michael O'Donoghue	3:44
3.	"My Blue Ridge Mountain Boy"		3:49
4.	"As Much As Always"		3:01
5.	"Do I Ever Cross Your Mind"		4:01
6.	"Release Me"	Eddie Miller, Dub Williams, Robert Yount	3:27
7.	"Barbara on Your Mind"		3:09
8.	"Act Like a Fool"		3:24
9.	"Prime of Our Love"		3:46
10.	"Hollywood Potters"		3:55

Major releases

Format	Imprint	Catalogue No.	Territory	Year
Promo	RCA	RCALP 3076	United Kingdom	1982
LP	RCA	RCALP 3076	United Kingdom	1982
LP	RCA	AHL1-14289	United States	1982
LP	RCA	HL 14289	France	1982
LP	RCA Italiana S.p.A.	PL 14389	Italy	1982
CD Reissue	RCA	54289-2	Europe	2010

Chart performance

Chart (1982)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums^{[citation needed]}	5
U.S. Billboard 200^[6]	106

References

↑ "Heartbreak Express - Dolly Parton". Allmusic. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
↑ "Heartbreak Express by Dolly Parton". artists.CMT. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
↑ "Heartbreak Express". Dolly Parton On-Line. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
↑ Heartbreak Express at AllMusic
↑ "Robert Christgau: CG: Artist 372". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
↑ Heartbreak Express at AllMusic

External links

Heartbreak Express at Dolly Parton On-Line

v t e Dolly Parton

Albums Singles

Studio albums	Hello, I'm Dolly (1967) Just Because I'm a Woman (1968) In The Good Old Days (1969) My Blue Ridge Mountain Boy (1969) The Fairest of Them All (1970) Golden Streets of Glory (1971) Joshua (1971) Coat of Many Colors (1971) Touch Your Woman (1972) My Favorite Songwriter: Porter Wagoner (1972) My Tennessee Mountain Home (1973) Bubbling Over (1973) Jolene (1974) Love Is Like a Butterfly (1974) The Bargain Store (1975) Dolly: The Seeker/We Used To (1975) All I Can Do (1976) New Harvest – First Gathering (1977) Here You Come Again (1977) Heartbreaker (1978) Great Balls of Fire (1979) Dolly, Dolly, Dolly (1980) 9 to 5 and Odd Jobs (1980) Heartbreak Express (1982) Burlap & Satin (1983) The Great Pretender (1984) Real Love (1985) Rainbow (1987) White Limozeen (1989) Eagle When She Flies (1991) Slow Dancing with the Moon (1993) Something Special (1995) Treasures (1996) Hungry Again (1998) The Grass Is Blue (1999) Little Sparrow (2001) Halos & Horns (2002) For God and Country (2003) Those Were The Days (2005) Backwoods Barbie (2008) Better Day (2011) Blue Smoke (2014)

Compilations	As Long as I Love (1970) The Best of Dolly Parton (1970) Just the Way I Am (1972) Mine (1973) Best of Dolly Parton (1975) Just Because I'm a Woman (1976) Dolly Parton's Greatest Hits (1982) Collector's Series (1985) Think About Love (1986) The Best There Is (1987) Best of Dolly Parton, Vol. 3 (1987) I Will Always Love You and Other Greatest Hits (1996) Ultimate Dolly Parton (2003) Singer, Songwriter & Legendary Performer (2006) 16 Biggest Hits (2007) Playlist: The Very Best of Dolly Parton (2008) Dolly (2009) Letter to Heaven: Songs of Faith & Inspiration (2010) Dolly Parton & Friends (2011)

Dollywood Exclusives	Precious Memories (1999) Sha-Kon-O-Hey! Land of Blue Smoke (2009)

Collaborations	Just Between You And Me Just the Two of Us Always, Always Porter Wayne and Dolly Rebecca Once More Two of a Kind The Right Combination: Burning the Midnight Oil Together Always We Found It Love and Music Porter 'n' Dolly Say Forever You'll Be Mine Porter & Dolly The Winning Hand Once Upon a Christmas Trio Honky Tonk Angels Trio II

Notable songs	"Dumb Blonde" "Mule Skinner Blues" "Joshua" "Coat of Many Colors" "Touch Your Woman" "My Tennessee Mountain Home" "Jolene" "I Will Always Love You" "Love is Like a Butterfly "The Bargain Store" "The Seeker" "We Used To" "All I Can Do" "Light of a Clear Blue Morning" "Here You Come Again" "Two Doors Down" / "It's All Wrong, But It's All Right" "Heartbreaker" "Baby I'm Burning" "You're The Only One" "Sweet Summer Lovin'" "Starting Over Again" "Old Flames Can't Hold a Candle to You" "9 to 5" "But You Know I Love You" "The House of the Rising Sun" "Single Women" "Heartbreak Express" "Hard Candy Christmas" "Potential New Boyfriend" "Save the Last Dance for Me" "Tennessee Homesick Blues" "Don't Call It Love" "Real Love" "Think About Love" "Tie Our Love (In a Double Knot)" "We Had It All" "The River Unbroken" "To Know Him Is to Love Him" "Telling Me Lies" "Those Memories of You" "Wildflowers" "Why'd You Come in Here Lookin' Like That" "Yellow Roses" "Love Is Strange" "Rockin' Years" "Silver and Gold" "Eagle When She Flies" "Little Sparrow" "Better Get to Livin'" "Together You and I"

Collaboration singles	"The Last Thing on My Mind" "Please Don't Stop Loving Me" "Say Forever You'll Be Mine" "To Know Him Is to Love Him" "Telling Me Lies" "Those Memories of You" "Wildflowers"

Guest singles	"Islands in the Stream" (w/ Kenny Rogers) "When I Get Where I'm Going" (w/ Brad Paisley)

Soundtracks	The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas Rhinestone Straight Talk

Live albums	A Real Live Dolly Heartsongs: Live from Home Live and Well Live from London An Evening With...Dolly Live!

Christmas albums	Home for Christmas (1990)

Films	9 to 5 The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas Rhinestone A Smoky Mountain Christmas Steel Magnolias Wild Texas Wind Straight Talk Unlikely Angel Blue Valley Songbird Joyful Noise Hollywood to Dollywood The Book Lady

Tours	Real Love Tour Thinkin' About Love Tour White Limozeen Tour Eagle When She Flies Tour Halos & Horns Tour Hello, I'm Dolly Tour The Vintage Tour An Evening with Dolly Parton Backwoods Barbie Tour Better Day World Tour Blue Smoke World Tour

Theme parks and attractions	Dollywood Dollywood's Splash Country Dolly Parton's Dixie Stampede

Related articles	Stella Parton Porter Wagoner Willie Nelson Kenny Rogers Emmylou Harris Linda Ronstadt Ricky Van Shelton Vince Gill Brad Paisley RCA Records Columbia Records Dollywood Foundation Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton discography Just Because I'm a Woman: Songs of Dolly Parton

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