Breakin' My Heart (Pretty Brown Eyes)
| "Breakin' My Heart (Pretty Brown Eyes)" | ||||
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| Single by Mint Condition | ||||
| from the album Meant to Be Mint | ||||
| Released | November 11, 1991[1] | |||
| Recorded | 1991 | |||
| Studio | Flyte Tyme Studios (Edina, Minnesota) | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 5:58 (album version) 4:48 (radio edit)[3] | |||
| Label | Perspective Records | |||
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| Mint Condition singles chronology | ||||
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"Breakin' My Heart (Pretty Brown Eyes)" is a song performed by Mint Condition, issued as the second single from their debut album Meant to Be Mint. The song was written by band members Jeffrey Allen, Lawrence Waddell and Stokley Williams.[4] Released in 1991,[1] the song is their biggest hit to date, peaking at number six on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1992. The single spent 34 weeks total and 20 weeks in the top 40 on the Hot R&B Singles chart.[6]
In 2022 and 2024 there was media notice that the song had been repopularized on TikTok.[7][8]
Charts
[edit]Weekly charts
[edit]| Chart (1992) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard Hot 100[9] | 6 |
| US Hot R&B Singles (Billboard)[10] | 3 |
Year-end charts
[edit]| Chart (1992) | Position |
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| US Billboard Hot 100[11] | 48 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Amazon.com: Breakin' My Heart (Pretty Brown Eyes): Mint Condition: MP3 Downloads". Amazon.com. Retrieved April 6, 2014.
- ^ "Song Genre". Discogs.com. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
- ^ "Mint Condition - Breakin' My Heart (Pretty Brown Eyes) (CD) at Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved April 6, 2014.
- ^ a b "Breakin' My Heart (Pretty Brown Eyes)" @allmusic.com Retrieved July 24, 2010.
- ^ "Mint Condition - Breakin' My Heart (Pretty Brown Eyes) (CD) at Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved April 6, 2014.
- ^ "Mint Condition - Awards - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved April 6, 2014.
- ^ Leight, Elias (2022-01-21). "'The Gift That Keeps Giving': Mint Condition on Scoring an Unlikely TikTok Hit, 30 Years Later". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2024-09-27.
- ^ Razman, Amirah (2024-09-26). "Thanks to TikTok, people are rediscovering a 1991 hit by a St. Paul band". Twin Cities. Retrieved 2024-09-27.
- ^ "Mint Condition Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
- ^ "Mint Condition Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard.
- ^ "Billboard Top 100 - 1992". LongboredSurfer.com. Archived from the original on July 8, 2009. Retrieved July 30, 2010.
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