Jagged Edge of a Broken Heart

"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"
Released	September 1984
Recorded	June 1984; Nashville, TN, U.S.
Label	RCA Nashville
Songwriter(s)	Walker Igleheart; Mike Joyce;
Producer(s)	Gail Davies; Leland Sklar;
Gail Davies singles chronology

"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 Magazine 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[]

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

References[]

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

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[praguefrank-1] "Praguefrank's Country Music Discographies: Gail Davies". Praguefrank's Country Discographies. Retrieved 31 May 2014.

[whitburn-2] Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research.

[Canadian_Country_Songs-3] "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.

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Notable singles	"Someone Is Looking for Someone Like You" "Blue Heartache" "I'll Be There (If You Ever Want Me)" "It's a Lovely, Lovely World" "Grandma's Song" "Round the Clock Lovin'" "You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio" "Singing the Blues" "You're a Hard Dog (To Keep Under the Porch)" "Boys like You" "Jagged Edge of a Broken Heart" "Break Away"
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