"If My Heart Had Windows" is a country song written by Dallas Frazier and recorded by George Jones in 1967 on his album of the same name. Released as a single that year, Jones's version peaked at number seven on the Billboard Hot Country Singles charts.[1]
| "If My Heart Had Windows" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by George Jones | ||||
| from the album If My Heart Had Windows | ||||
| B-side | "The Honky Tonk Downstairs" | |||
| Released | October 7, 1967 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 2:45 | |||
| Label | Musicor | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Dallas Frazier | |||
| Producer(s) | Pappy Daily | |||
| George Jones singles chronology | ||||
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| "If My Heart Had Windows" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 From Grand Ole' Opry induction performance, 11 June 1988 | ||||
| Single by Patty Loveless | ||||
| from the album If My Heart Had Windows | ||||
| B-side | "So Good to Be in Love" | |||
| Released | February 6, 1988 | |||
| Recorded | 1987 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 3:02 | |||
| Label | MCA | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Dallas Frazier | |||
| Producer(s) | Emory Gordy Jr. Tony Brown | |||
| Patty Loveless singles chronology | ||||
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| Music video | ||||
| "If My Heart Had Windows" on YouTube | ||||
In 1968, crooner Andy Russell performed a cover version (Capitol #2072) that peaked at number 29 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary Singles Chart.[2]
Ernest Tubb also recorded a version on his 1968 Decca release Country Hit Time.
Connie Smith also recorded a version on her 1970 RCA release I Never Once Stopped Loving You.
Twenty-one years after the original version, Patty Loveless recorded a cover of the song on her 1987 album, also entitled If My Heart Had Windows. Loveless's version was also a top-10 country hit — the first of her career — peaking at number 10 on the country music charts.[3] It was also the song that she performed the evening that she was inducted into the membership of the Grand Ole Opry.
Chart positions
editGeorge Jones
edit| Chart (1967) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[4] | 7 |
Andy Russell
edit| Chart (1968) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[5] | 29 |
Patty Loveless
edit| Chart (1988) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[6] | 10 |
| Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 9 |
References
edit- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 181.
- ^ "Andy Russell Top Songs". Music VF.com. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 206.
- ^ "George Jones Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
- ^ "Andy Russell Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard.
- ^ "Patty Loveless Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.