For My Broken Heart (song)

"For My Broken Heart" is a song written by Keith Palmer and Liz Hengber, and recorded by American country music singer Reba McEntire. It was released in September 1991 as the first single and title track from her album For My Broken Heart. The song was a Number One hit for her, topping the country singles charts in both the U.S. and Canada.

Content

"For My Broken Heart" chronicles a failed relationship. In the first verse, the male is packing up his belongings and then leaving. After falling asleep on the couch, she reluctantly wakes up and, despite being "so sure life wouldn't go on" without him, she says "I guess the world didn't stop for my broken heart."^[2] The song's radio edit omits a string section prelude.

McEntire originally planned to record the song as a duet with Clint Black, but he was unavailable at the time.^[3]

Music video

The song's music video shows three different women who lip-sync the song along with her: a younger woman, a middle-aged one, and an elderly one.^[2]

Chart positions

"For My Broken Heart" debuted at number 64 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts dated for October 12, 1991.^[4] It peaked at number 1 on the chart dated for December 7, 1991 and held the position for two weeks. The song was also a Number One country hit in Canada, holding that position on the RPM Country Tracks chart dated for December 21.

Chart (1991–1992)	Peak position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[5]	1
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[6]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1991)	Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[7]	88

Preceded by "Forever Together" by Randy Travis	Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks number-one single December 7-December 14, 1991	Succeeded by "My Next Broken Heart" by Brooks & Dunn
Preceded by "Forever Together" by Randy Travis	RPM Country Tracks number-one single December 21, 1991	Succeeded by "Love, Me" by Collin Raye

References

↑ Mansfield, Brian. "For My Broken Heart review". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-05-28.
1 2 Ellison, Curtis W. (1995). Country Music Culture. University Press of Mississippi. pp. 208–209. ISBN 0-87805-722-6. Retrieved 2009-05-27.
↑ McEntire, Reba; Carter, Tom (October 1, 1995). Reba: My Story. Bantam. p. 260.
↑ "Search results, "For My Broken Heart"". Billboard. Retrieved 2009-05-28.
↑ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 1701." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. December 21, 1991. Retrieved August 16, 2013.
↑ "Reba McEntire – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Reba McEntire.
↑ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1991". RPM. December 21, 1991. Retrieved August 16, 2013.

Reba McEntire 1990s singles

Sweet Sixteen	"Walk On"

Rumor Has It	"You Lie" "Rumor Has It" "Fancy" "Fallin' Out of Love"

For My Broken Heart	"For My Broken Heart" "Is There Life Out There" "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" "The Greatest Man I Never Knew"

It's Your Call	"Take It Back" "The Heart Won't Lie" (with Vince Gill) "It's Your Call"

Greatest Hits Volume Two	"Does He Love You" (with Linda Davis) "They Asked About You"

Read My Mind	"Why Haven't I Heard from You" "She Thinks His Name Was John" "Till You Love Me" "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter" "And Still"

Starting Over	"On My Own" "Ring on Her Finger, Time on Her Hands" "Starting Over Again" "You Keep Me Hangin' On"

What If It's You	"The Fear of Being Alone" "How Was I to Know" "I'd Rather Ride Around with You" "What If It's You"

If You See Him	"If You See Him/If You See Her" (with Brooks & Dunn) "Forever Love" "Wrong Night" "Lonely Alone" "One Honest Heart"

So Good Together	"What Do You Say"

Other songs	"If I Had Only Known" "What If"

Guest singles	"Oklahoma Swing" (with Vince Gill) "Let's Open Up Our Hearts"

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