I Know a Heartache When I See One

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B-side"Frankie in the Rain"
ReleasedJune 1979
Length3:24
"I Know a Heartache When I See One"
Single by Jennifer Warnes
from the album Shot Through the Heart
B-side"Frankie in the Rain"
ReleasedJune 1979
GenrePop, country
Length3:24
LabelArista
Songwriter(s)Rory Bourke, Kerry Chater, Charlie Black
Producer(s)Rob Fraboni
Jennifer Warnes singles chronology
"I'm Dreaming"
(1977)
"I Know a Heartache When I See One"
(1979)
"Don't Make Me Over"
(1979)

"I Know a Heartache When I See One" is a song by Jennifer Warnes from her fifth LP, Shot Through the Heart. It was the first of three charting singles from the album.

The song peaked at #19 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100[1] and #14 on the Adult Contemporary chart.[2] It was also a modest hit in Canada (#46).

"I Know a Heartache When I See One" did best on the Country and Western charts, reaching #10 in the U.S.[3] and #12 in Canada.[4] It became Arista Records' lone C&W top ten hit prior to 1990.

Chart (1979) Peak
position
Canada RPM Top Singles 46
Canada RPM Country[5] 12
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[6] 19
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs[7] 10
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary[8] 14
U.S. Cash Box Top 100[9] 21

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