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"Walkin' a Broken Heart"
"Walkin' a Broken Heart"
Single by Don Williams
from the album Cafe Carolina
B-side	"True Blue Hearts"
Released	January 5, 1985
Studio	Sound Emporium (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre	Country
Length	3:04
Label	MCA
Songwriter(s)	Dennis Linde, Alan Rush
Producer(s)	Don Williams, Garth Fundis
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"Walkin' a Broken Heart" is a song written by Dennis Linde and Alan Rush, and recorded by American country music artist Don Williams. It was released in January 1985 as the third single from the album Cafe Carolina. The song reached number 2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.^[1]

Chart performance

Chart (1985)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[2]	2
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	3

References

^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 386.
^ "Don Williams Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.

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[1] Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 386.

[sc_Billboardcountrysongs_Don_Williams-2] "Don Williams Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.

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Studio albums	Don Williams Volume One Don Williams Volume Two Don Williams Vol. 3 You're My Best Friend Harmony Visions I Believe in You Especially for You Listen to the Radio Yellow Moon Cafe Carolina New Moves One Good Well True Love And So It Goes
Singles	"The Shelter of Your Eyes" "Come Early Morning" "Atta Way to Go" "We Should Be Together" "I Wouldn't Want to Live If You Didn't Love Me" "The Ties That Bind" "You're My Best Friend" "(Turn Out the Light And) Love Me Tonight" "'Til the Rivers All Run Dry" "Say It Again" "I Recall a Gypsy Woman" "She Never Knew Me" "Some Broken Hearts Never Mend" "I'm Just a Country Boy" "I've Got a Winner in You" "Rake and Ramblin' Man" "Tulsa Time" "Lay Down Beside Me" "It Must Be Love" "Love Me Over Again" "Good Ole Boys Like Me" "I Believe In You" "Falling Again" "Miracles" "If I Needed You" (with Emmylou Harris) "Lord, I Hope This Day Is Good" "Listen to the Radio" "Mistakes" "If Hollywood Don't Need You (Honey I Still Do)" "Love Is on a Roll" "Nobody but You" "Stay Young" "That's the Thing About Love" "Maggie's Dream" "Walkin' a Broken Heart" "It's Time for Love" "We've Got a Good Fire Goin''" "Heartbeat in the Darkness" "Then It's Love" "Señorita" "I'll Never Be in Love Again" "I Wouldn't Be a Man" "Another Place, Another Time" "Desperately" "Old Coyote Town" "One Good Well" "I've Been Loved by the Best" "Just as Long as I Have You" "Maybe That's All It Takes" "Back in My Younger Days" "True Love" "Lord Have Mercy on a Country Boy"
Related articles	Discography List of songs written by Don Williams "Amanda" Pozo Seco Singers Bob McDill Allen Reynolds