Somewhere in My Broken Heart

"Somewhere in My Broken Heart"
Single by Billy Dean
from the album Young Man
B-side"Young Man"
ReleasedMay 4, 1991
GenreCountry
Length3:19
LabelCapitol Nashville
Songwriter(s)Billy Dean, Richard Leigh
Producer(s)Tom Shapiro, Chuck Howard
Billy Dean singles chronology
"Only Here for a Little While"
(1990)
"Somewhere in My Broken Heart"
(1991)
"You Don't Count the Cost"
(1991)

"Somewhere in My Broken Heart" is a song written by American country music artist Billy Dean and Richard Leigh. Randy Travis first recorded the song on his 1989 album No Holdin' Back.[1] Two years later, it was released as the third single from Dean's album Young Man and reached number 3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.[2]

The song earned Billy a Grammy nomination for Best Male Country Vocal Performance, as well as winning the Academy of Country Music Award for Song of the Year.

  1. ^ Jurek, Thom. "No Holdin' Back review". Allmusic. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 101.