Sea of Heartbreak

"Sea of Heartbreak"
"Sea of Heartbreak"
Single by Ronnie McDowell
from the album American Music
B-side	"Ain't Love Wonderful"
Released	1989
Genre	Country
Label	Curb
Songwriter(s)	Paul Hampton; Hal David
Ronnie McDowell singles chronology

"Sea of Heartbreak"
"Sea of Heartbreak"
Single by Kenny Price
from the album Sea of Heartbreak
B-side	"Smiley"
Released	1972
Genre	Country
Label	RCA Victor
Songwriter(s)	Paul Hampton; Hal David
Kenny Price singles chronology

"Sea of Heartbreak"
"Sea of Heartbreak"
Single by Don Gibson
B-side	"I Think It's Best (To Forget Me)"
Released	1961
Genre	Country
Label	RCA Victor
Songwriter(s)	Paul Hampton, Hal David
Don Gibson singles chronology

"Sea of Heartbreak" is a song written by Paul Hampton and Hal David and recorded by Don Gibson in 1961. The song reached #2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.^[1]

Content[]

The song describes the feelings of lost love, and compares them to being lost in a metaphorical sea of intensely sad emotion (to an, at least in the chorus and in the overall impression, surprisingly cheery tune). It contains three verses with a chorus at the beginning and ending, and in between verses. The chorus lines are:-

Sea of heartbreak, lost love an' loneliness;

Memories of your caress, so divine

I wish you were mine again, my dear.

I am on this sea of tears:

Sea of heartbreak.

Chart performance[]

Chart (1961)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[2]	2
U.S. Billboard Hot 100^[3]	21
U.K. Singles Chart	14
Norwegian Singles Chart	10

Kenny Price version[]

Kenny Price recorded the song in 1972, and peaked at number 24 on the country charts in the USA.^[4] It was included on his album of the same name.

Chart performance[]

Chart (1972)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[5]	24
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	13

Ronnie McDowell version[]

"Sea of Heartbreak" was also a single by the American country music artist Ronnie McDowell. Released in 1989, it was the first single from the album American Music. The song reached #39 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.^[6]

Chart performance[]

Chart (1989)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[7]	39

Jimmy Buffett/George Strait version[]

"Sea of Heartbreak"
Song by Jimmy Buffett with George Strait
from the album License to Chill
Released	July 13, 2004
Genre	Country
Length	4:01
Label	Mailboat/RCA
Songwriter(s)	Paul Hampton Hal David
Producer(s)	Mac McAnally Michael Utley

In 2004, Jimmy Buffett recorded a version for his License to Chill album. George Strait was featured on this rendition.

Other cover versions[]

Johnny Cash recorded the song for his Grammy-winning 1996 album Unchained. Cash's daughter, Rosanne Cash, covered the song in 2009 as a duet with Bruce Springsteen on her album The List. British pop group The Searchers recorded a version in 1964 for their album . The Everly Brothers covered the song on their 1967 album, The Hit Sound of the Everly Brothers. In 1982, Poco went to #35 in the USA on the Adult Contemporary chart with their version.^[8]

The alternative rock band Meat Puppets recorded a version of the song that was featured 2019 album Dusty Notes. Lynn Anderson released the song as a single in 1979 from her “Outlaw Is Just a State of Mind” album and it peaked at number 33 on Billboard’s Country Single Chart.^{[citation needed]} Yugoslav rock band Džentlmeni released a Serbo-Croatian version of the song, entitled "Slomljena srca" ("Broken Hearts"), in 1969, the song becoming a big hit in Yugoslavia. Their version appeared in the 1998 Serbian film Barking at the Stars.^[9]

References[]

^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 133.
^ "Don Gibson Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition. Record Research. p. 255.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 274.
^ "Kenny Price Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 225.
^ "Ronnie McDowell Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 194.
^ Janjatović, Petar (2007). EX YU ROCK enciklopedija 1960–2006. Belgrade: self-released. p. 75.

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[1] Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 133.

[sc_Billboardcountrysongs_Don_Gibson-2] "Don Gibson Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.

[3] Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition. Record Research. p. 255.

[4] Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 274.

[sc_Billboardcountrysongs_Kenny_Price-5] "Kenny Price Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.

[6] Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 225.

[sc_Billboardcountrysongs_Ronnie_McDowell-7] "Ronnie McDowell Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.

[8] Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 194.

[janjatović75-9] Janjatović, Petar (2007). EX YU ROCK enciklopedija 1960–2006. Belgrade: self-released. p. 75.

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