Queen of Hearts (Hank DeVito song)

Alternative cover
"Angel of the Morning" (1981)	"Queen of Hearts" (1981)	"The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known)" (1982)

Artwork of the Netherlands 7" release of Queen of Hearts

Queen of Hearts is a country-pop song written by Hank DeVito, the pedal steel guitarist in Emmylou Harris' backing group The Hot Band, and was first recorded by Dave Edmunds on his 1979 album Repeat When Necessary. It was released as a single and reached No. 11 in the UK that year, but failed to chart substantially elsewhere in the world.

Following an appearance on the 1980 Rodney Crowell album But What Will the Neighbors Think, on which composer DeVito played guitar, "Queen of Hearts" had its highest profile incarnation in a version by country-rock singer Juice Newton from the 1981 album Juice Newton would later recall: "I did ['Queen of Hearts'] live for about a year...Then I brought it to [producer] Richard Landis when we started the Juice album. He wasn’t convinced at that point that it was a breakout song but I told him I think this is a real cool song … so we cut it."^[1] Newton's own favorite cut on the Juice album,^[2] "Queen of Hearts" was issued as the album's second single and would reach No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks in September 1981, behind "Endless Love" by Diana Ross and Lionel Richie. While still at No. 2, "Queen of Hearts" was certified Gold for domestic sales of one million units.

"Queen of Hearts" also gave Newton her second huge international hit, with Top Ten chart positions in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, and Switzerland - and more moderate success in Austria, Germany, and the Netherlands. Her recording of the song earned Newton earned a 1982 Grammy nomination for Best Female Vocalist, Country and Western category, "Queen of Hearts" having been a No. 14 country hit.^[3]

Newton re-recorded "Queen of Hearts" for her 1998 album The Trouble With Angels. In 1997, a live version by Dave Edmunds was released on his compilation album Rockin' .

The song is featured in Oliver Stone's 1986 film Salvador and the 1997 film Boogie Nights, as well as in the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas in which it plays on the fictional radio station K-Rose. It also appears as source music in the first episode of The Americans, a 2013 television series set during the first Reagan administration.

Chart performance (Juice Newton version)

Weekly charts

Chart (1981)	Peak position
Australia ^[4]	8
Canadian RPM Top Singles	8
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	6
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks	3
US Billboard Hot 100^[5]	2
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[6]	14
US Billboard Adult Contemporary^[5]	2
US Cash Box Top 100^[7]	2

Year-end charts

Chart (1981)	Rank
Australia ^[4]	63
Canada RPM Top Singles^[8]	52
US Billboard Hot 100 ^[9]	14
US Cash Box Top 100^[10]	7

Covers

In 1982, Austrian artist Nickerbocker (de) released the German rendering "Puppe (du bist a moderne Hex')" ("Doll (You're A Modern Witch)") which reached #3 in Austria.

References

↑ White, Robert 'Bo' (September 15, 2011). "Juice Newton: The Queen of Hearts Revealed". Newreviewsite.com.
↑ The Baltimore Sun June 24 1982
↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 104.
1 2 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved April 25, 2014.
1 2 Hyatt, Wesley (1999). The Billboard Book of #1 Adult Contemporary Hits (Billboard Publications), page 258.
↑ "Juice Newton – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Juice Newton.
↑ Cash Box Top 100 Singles, September 26, 1981
↑ http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.4689&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=mhe12pta2k83e08udtq66ot062
↑ "Top 100 Hits of 1981/Top 100 Songs of 1981". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2016-10-23.
↑ Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 26, 1981

Rodney Crowell
Studio albums	Ain't Living Long Like This But What Will the Neighbors Think Rodney Crowell Street Language Diamonds & Dirt Keys to the Highway Life Is Messy Let the Picture Paint Itself Jewel of the South The Houston Kid Fate's Right Hand The Outsider Sex & Gasoline Old Yellow Moon Tarpaper Sky The Traveling Kind Close Ties
Compilation albums	The Rodney Crowell Collection Greatest Hits
Singles	"Elvira" "(Now and Then There's) A Fool Such as I" "Ashes by Now" "Ain't No Money" "It's Such a Small World" "I Couldn't Leave You If I Tried" "She's Crazy for Leavin'" "After All This Time" "Above and Beyond" "Many a Long and Lonesome Highway" "If Looks Could Kill" "My Past Is Present" "Now That We're Alone" "Lovin' All Night" "What Kind of Love" "Please Remember Me" "I Walk the Line Revisited"
Other songs	"The Answer Is Yes" "Heartbroke" "I Ain't Living Long Like This" "Leaving Louisiana in the Broad Daylight" "Making Memories of Us" "Queen of Hearts" "Song for the Life" "Voilá, An American Dream"
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Juice Newton
Studio albums	Juice Newton & Silver Spur After the Dust Settles Come to Me Well Kept Secret Take Heart Juice Quiet Lies Dirty Looks Can't Wait All Night Old Flame Emotion Ain't Gonna Cry The Trouble with Angels American Girl The Gift of Christmas Duets: Friends & Memories
Live albums	Every Road Leads Back to You
Compilation albums	Greatest Hits Emotions Anthology Country Classics The Ultimate Hits Collection
Notable singles	"It's a Heartache" "Hey! Baby" "Sunshine" "Angel of the Morning" "Queen of Hearts" "The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known)" "Love's Been a Little Bit Hard on Me" "Break It to Me Gently" "Tell Her No" "You Make Me Want to Make You Mine" "Hurt" "Old Flame" "Both to Each Other (Friends and Lovers)" (with Eddie Rabbitt) "Cheap Love" "What Can I Do with My Heart" "First Time Caller" "Tell Me True" "When Love Comes Around the Bend" "Funny How Time Slips Away" (with Willie Nelson)
Guest appearances	"Ebony Eyes" (Bob Welch song) Have Harmony, Will Travel (Carla Olson album)
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Dave Edmunds
Studio albums	Rockpile Subtle as a Flying Mallet Get It Tracks on Wax 4 Repeat When Necessary Twangin... D.E. 7th Information Riff Raff Closer to the Flame Plugged In
Live albums	I Hear You Rockin'
Singles	"I Hear You Knocking" "Blue Monday" "Promised Land" "Baby, I Love You" "Born to Be with You" "Where or When" "I Knew the Bride" "Girls Talk" "Queen of Hearts" "Singing the Blues" "Almost Saturday Night" "The Race Is On" with Stray Cats "Slipping Away" "Do You Want to Dance" "The Wanderer"
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