I Know a Heartache When I See One

"I Know a Heartache When I See One"
"I Know a Heartache When I See One"
Single by Jennifer Warnes
from the album Shot Through the Heart
B-side	"Frankie in the Rain"
Released	June 1979
Genre	Pop, country
Length	3:24
Label	Arista
Songwriter(s)	Rory Bourke, Kerry Chater, Charlie Black
Producer(s)	Rob Fraboni
Jennifer Warnes singles chronology

"I Know a Heartache When I See One" is a song by Jennifer Warnes from her fifth LP, Shot Through the Heart. It was the first of three charting singles from the album.

The song peaked at #19 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100^[1] and #14 on the Adult Contemporary chart.^[2] It was also a modest hit in Canada (#46).

"I Know a Heartache When I See One" did best on the Country and Western charts, reaching #10 in the U.S.^[3] and #12 in Canada.^[4] It became Arista Records' lone C&W top ten hit prior to 1990.

Chart history

Chart (1979)	Peak position
Canada RPM Top Singles	46
Canada RPM Country^[5]	12
U.S. Billboard Hot 100^[6]	19
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs^[7]	10
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary^[8]	14
U.S. Cash Box Top 100^[9]	21

Cover versions

Canadian country singer Lisa Brokop recorded a cover for her 1996 album Lisa Brokop.
Country singer Jo Dee Messina recorded her own version of the song for her 1998 album I'm Alright.

References

^ Whitburn, Joel (2000). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 7th Edition, p. 667. Billboard Books, New York. ISBN 0-8230-7690-3
^ Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 251.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 373.
^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1979-10-13. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1979-10-13. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 373.
^ Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 251.
^ Cash Box Top 100 Singles, November 3, 1979

External links

Listen to "I Know a Heartache When I See One" on YouTube

[1] Whitburn, Joel (2000). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 7th Edition, p. 667. Billboard Books, New York. ISBN 0-8230-7690-3

[2] Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 251.

[3] Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 373.

[4] "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1979-10-13. Retrieved 2019-09-01.

[5] "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1979-10-13. Retrieved 2019-09-01.

[6] Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X

[7] Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 373.

[8] Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 251.

[9] Cash Box Top 100 Singles, November 3, 1979

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v t e Jennifer Warnes
Studio albums	Jennifer Jennifer Warnes Shot Through the Heart Famous Blue Raincoat The Hunter The Well
Compilations	Best of Jennifer Warnes Love Lifts Us Up: A Collection 1968–83
Singles	"Easy to Be Hard" "Right Time of the Night" "I Know a Heartache When I See One" "Don't Make Me Over" "It Goes Like It Goes" "Up Where We Belong" "All the Right Moves" "First We Take Manhattan" "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" "Nights Are Forever"