"Broken Hearted Me" is a country

Country music

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 and adult contemporary song recorded by Canadian

Canada

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 singer Anne Murray

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. Released in 1979, the song reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles

Hot Country Songs

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 chart in December, and was the third chart-topper for her during the year.

Chart success

Released as a single

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 from her album I'll Always Love You, "Broken Hearted Me" was Murray's fourth No. 1 single on the country chart and seventh overall on the American music charts (counting "You Needed Me

You Needed Me

"You Needed Me" became the second single for Irish Boyband Boyzone from their album By Request. The single became number #1 on the UK Singles Chart, beating the debut solo single of Spice Girl Geri Halliwell, outselling her by just 700 copies...

", which topped the Billboard Hot 100

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 in 1978, and "Snowbird

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"Snowbird" is a song by the Canadian songwriter Gene MacLellan. Though it has been recorded by many performers , it is best known through Anne Murray's 1970 version, which launched her into a long career of international exposure. It was a #2 hit on Canada's pop chart and went to #1 on both the...

" and "Danny's Song

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", both of which reached the top of the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks

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 chart).

In addition, "Broken Hearted Me" just missed the Top 10 on the Hot 100 chart, where it peaked at No. 12. Three of her other singles — "A Love Song

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", "I Just Fall in Love Again

I Just Fall in Love Again

"I Just Fall in Love Again" is a song written by Larry Herbstritt, with co-writers Steve Dorff, Harry Lloyd, and Gloria Sklerov. Herbstritt had composed the melody and chords for the chorus and a chord progression for the verse, which he took to his friend Steve Dorff. Harry Lloyd and Gloria...

" and "Daydream Believer

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" — also reached the same summit on the Hot 100.

On the Billboard Adult Contemporary Singles chart, "Broken Hearted Me" spent five weeks at No. 1 during the late fall of 1979. In doing so, Murray had her fifth No. 1 AC hit.

In her home country, the song reached #15 on the Canadian Pop chart; #3 on the Adult Contemporary chart; and it became Murray's twelfth #1 song on the Canadian Country chart.

Chart performance

Chart (1979)	Peak position
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	1
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks	3
Canadian RPM Top Singles	15
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	1
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks	1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	12