If My Heart Had Windows (song)

"If My Heart Had Windows"
"If My Heart Had Windows"
	From Grand Ole' Opry induction performance, 11 June 1988
Single by Patty Loveless
from the album If My Heart Had Windows
B-side	"So Good to Be in Love"
Released	February 6, 1988
Recorded	1987
Genre	Country
Length	3:02
Label	MCA
Songwriter(s)	Dallas Frazier
Producer(s)	Emory Gordy Jr.; Tony Brown
Patty Loveless singles chronology
Music video
	"If My Heart Had Windows" on YouTube

"If My Heart Had Windows"
"If My Heart Had Windows"
Single by George Jones
from the album If My Heart Had Windows
B-side	"The Honky Tonk Downstairs"
Released	October 7, 1967
Genre	Country
Length	2:45
Label	Musicor
Songwriter(s)	Dallas Frazier
Producer(s)	Pappy Daily
George Jones singles chronology

"If My Heart Had Windows" is a country song written by Dallas Frazier and recorded by George Jones in 1967 on his album of the same name. Released as a single that year, Jones's version peaked at #7 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles charts.^[1]

In 1968, crooner Andy Russell performed a cover version (Capitol #2072) that peaked at number 29 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary Singles Chart.^[2]

Twenty-one years after the original version, Patty Loveless recorded a cover of the song on her 1987 album, also entitled If My Heart Had Windows. Loveless's version was also a Top Ten country hit — the first of her career — peaking at #10 on the country music charts.^[3] It was also the song that she performed the evening that she was inducted into the membership of the Grand Ole Opry.

Chart positions[]

George Jones[]

Chart (1967)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[4]	7

Andy Russell[]

Chart (1968)	Peak position
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)^[5]	29

Patty Loveless[]

Chart (1988)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[6]	10
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	9

References[]

^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 181.
^ "Andy Russell Top Songs". Music VF.com. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 206.
^ "George Jones Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
^ "Andy Russell Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard.
^ "Patty Loveless Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.

[1] Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 181.

[2] "Andy Russell Top Songs". Music VF.com. Retrieved 28 March 2015.

[3] Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 206.

[sc_Billboardcountrysongs_George_Jones-4] "George Jones Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.

[sc_Billboardadultcontemporary_Andy_Russell-5] "Andy Russell Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard.

[sc_Billboardcountrysongs_Patty_Loveless-6] "Patty Loveless Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.

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Collaborative singles	"We Must Have Been Out of Our Minds" (w/ Melba Montgomery) "Let's Invite Them Over" (w/ Melba Montgomery) "What's in Our Heart" (w/ Melba Montgomery) "Blue Moon of Kentucky" (w/ Melba Montgomery) "We're Gonna Hold On" (w/ Tammy Wynette) "God's Gonna Get'cha (For That)" (w/ Tammy Wynette) "Golden Ring" (w/ Tammy Wynette) "Near You" (w/ Tammy Wynette) "Maybellene" (w/ Johnny Paycheck) "Two Story House" (w/ Tammy Wynette) "You Better Move On" (w/ Johnny Paycheck) "Yesterday's Wine" (w/ Merle Haggard) "C.C. Waterback" (w/ Merle Haggard)
Guest singles	"A Few Ole Country Boys" (w/ Randy Travis) "A Good Year for the Roses" (w/ Alan Jackson) "You Don't Seem to Miss Me" (w/ Patty Loveless) "A Country Boy Can Survive (Y2K version)" (w/ Chad Brock and Hank Williams, Jr.)
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Discography
If My Heart Had Windows	"If My Heart Had Windows" "A Little Bit in Love"
Honky Tonk Angel	"Blue Side of Town" "Don't Toss Us Away" "Timber, I'm Falling in Love" "The Lonely Side of Love" "Chains"
On Down the Line	"On Down the Line" "The Night's Too Long" "I'm That Kind of Girl" "Blue Memories"
Up Against My Heart	"Hurt Me Bad (In a Real Good Way)" "Jealous Bone" "Can't Stop Myself from Loving You"
Only What I Feel	"Blame It on Your Heart" "Nothin' but the Wheel" "You Will" "How Can I Help You Say Goodbye"
When Fallen Angels Fly	"I Try to Think About Elvis" "Here I Am" "You Don't Even Know Who I Am" "Halfway Down"
The Trouble with the Truth	"You Can Feel Bad" "A Thousand Times a Day" "Lonely Too Long" "She Drew a Broken Heart" "The Trouble with the Truth"
Long Stretch of Lonesome	"You Don't Seem to Miss Me" "To Have You Back Again" "High on Love"
Classics	"Can't Get Enough" "My Kind of Woman/My Kind of Man"
Strong Heart	"That's the Kind of Mood I'm In" "The Last Thing on My Mind"
On Your Way Home	"Lovin' All Night" "On Your Way Home"
Sleepless Nights	"Why Baby Why"
Mountain Soul II	"Busted"