Broken Promise Land

"The Broken Promise Land"
Single by Waylon Jennings
from the album The Best of Waylon
B-side"I Don't Have Any More Love Songs"
ReleasedDecember 1986
GenreCountry
Length3:13
LabelRCA
Songwriter(s)Bill Rice, Sharon Vaughn
Producer(s)Jerry Bridges, Gary Scruggs
Waylon Jennings singles chronology
"The Ballad of Forty Dollars"
(1986)
"The Broken Promise Land"
(1986)
"Rose in Paradise"
(1987)
"Broken Promise Land"
Single by Mark Chesnutt
from the album Too Cold at Home
B-side"Friends In Low Places"[1]
ReleasedOctober 1991
Recorded1990
GenreCountry
Length3:06
LabelMCA
Songwriter(s)Bill Rice, Sharon Vaughn
Producer(s)Mark Wright
Mark Chesnutt singles chronology
"Your Love Is a Miracle"
(1991)
"Broken Promise Land"
(1991)
"Old Flames Have New Names"
(1992)

"Broken Promise Land" is a song written by Bill Rice and Sharon Vaughn, and recorded by American country music singer Waylon Jennings in 1985 for his album Turn the Page as "The Broken Promise Land". It was released as a single from Jennings' compilation album The Best of Waylon in December 1986.[2] John Schneider recorded a cover of the song, also titled "The Broken Promise Land," on his 1986 album Take The Long Way Home on MCA Records. Then in 1990 Mark Chesnutt recorded a cover of the song. It was Chesnutt's fifth and final single released from his debut album Too Cold at Home. It peaked at number 10 in the United States, and number 7 in Canada in their respective country music charts.

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. pp. 92–93. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
  2. ^ "Single Reviews" (PDF). Billboard. December 27, 1986.