For My Broken Heart (song)
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| "For My Broken Heart" | ||||
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| Single by Reba McEntire | ||||
| from the album For My Broken Heart | ||||
| B-side | "Bobby" | |||
| Released | September 30, 1991 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 4:18 (album version) 3:36 (radio edit) | |||
| Label | MCA | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Keith Palmer, Liz Hengber[1] | |||
| Producer(s) | Tony Brown and Reba McEntire | |||
| Reba McEntire singles chronology | ||||
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"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 McEntire, topping the country singles charts in both the U.S. and Canada.
"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, the radio edit is included on McEntire's Greatest Hits Volume Two compilation album, but the full album version including the prelude is included on her Reba 1's and 50 Greatest Hits compilation albums.
McEntire originally planned to record the song as a duet with Clint Black, but he was unavailable at the time.[3]
