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The Way We Make a Broken Heart

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B-side
  
"707"

Genre
  
Country

Label
  
Columbia

Released
  
June 1987

Length
  
3:55

Writer(s)
  
John Hiatt

"The Way We Make a Broken Heart" is a song written by John Hiatt. It was recorded by Ry Cooder in 1980 on his album Borderline. "The Way We Make a Broken Heart" was covered by both John Hiatt and Rosanne Cash in 1983 as a duet. The single was produced by Scott Mathews and Ron Nagle, however, Geffen Records did not release the single. Willy DeVille performed this song twice in Berlin 2002; once in an unplugged version and once with his electric band. This is documented on his 2002 album Live in Berlin.

1987 recording

  • Rosanne Cash re-recorded the song in 1987 and it went all the way to number one on the US country charts where it was her sixth single to go to number one.
  • References

    The Way We Make a Broken Heart Wikipedia


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