Jagged Edge of a Broken Heart

"Jagged Edge of a Broken Heart"
Single by Gail Davies
from the album Where Is a Woman to Go
B-side"Lion in the Winter"[1]
ReleasedSeptember 1984
Recorded
LabelRCA Nashville
Songwriter(s)
  • Walker Igleheart
  • Mike Joyce
Producer(s)
Gail Davies singles chronology
"It's You Alone"
(1984)
"Jagged Edge of a Broken Heart"
(1984)
"Nothing Can Hurt Me Now"
(1985)

"Jagged Edge of a Broken Heart" is a song written by Walker Igleheart and Mike Joyce. It was originally recorded and released as a single by American country artist Gail Davies.

The song was originally recorded in June 1984 at the "Emerald Sound Studio", located in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. The session was co-produced by Davies and Leland Sklar.[1] Released as a single of September 1984, "Jagged Edge of a Broken Heart" peaked in the twentieth position on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. It became her eleventh top-twenty single on the latter chart.[2] In addition, the single peaked within the top-forty on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart.[3]

According to Davies' autobiography The Last of the Outlaws, "Jagged Edge of a Broken Heart" was played by radio as if it had been a top-five hit on the Billboard country chart. However, the single only reached the top-twenty.[4]

In 2001, the song was covered by the Russian country band Bering Strait.

Chart performance

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Chart (1984–1985) Peak
position
Canada Country Songs (RPM)[3] 38
US Hot Country Singles & Tracks (Billboard)[2] 20

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Praguefrank's Country Music Discographies: Gail Davies". Praguefrank's Country Discographies. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
  2. ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research.
  3. ^ a b "Search results for "Gail Davies" under Country Singles". RPM. Archived from the original on 29 May 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  4. ^ "Gail Davies -- Where Is a Woman to Go". Gail Davies. Retrieved 4 June 2014.