Can't Break It to My Heart

For the Delta Goodrem song, see I Can't Break It to My Heart.

"Can't Break It to My Heart"
Single by Tracy Lawrence
from the album Alibis
B-side	"I Threw the Rest Away"
Released	June 5, 1993
Recorded	1992
Genre	Country
Length	2:53
Label	Atlantic 87330
Songwriter(s)	Tracy Lawrence, Kirk Roth, Earl Clark, Elbert West
Producer(s)	James Stroud
Tracy Lawrence singles chronology
"Alibis" (1993) "Can't Break It to My Heart" (1993) "My Second Home" (1993)

"Can't Break It to My Heart" is a song by American country music singer Tracy Lawrence. It was released in June 1993 as the second single from his album, Alibis. The song reached the top of the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart and peaked at number 2 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart.^[1] Lawrence wrote the song, along with Elbert West, Earl Clark and Kirk Roth.

History

Lawrence said that Atlantic Records executives did not want him to record the song, because they wanted him to record more ballads similar to those of then-labelmate John Michael Montgomery. He told the blog Taste of Country in 2018 that he fought his label executives for the right to record the song, and he won.^[2]

Music video

The music video was directed by Marc Ball and premiered in June 1993.

Chart positions

"Can't Break It to My Heart" debuted at number 73 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of June 5, 1993.

Chart (1993)	Peak position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[3]	2
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[4]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1993)	Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[5]	38
US Country Songs (Billboard)[6]	3

References

1. Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
2. "WITH 'GOOD OLE DAYS,' TRACY LAWRENCE FINDS FRIENDS, FIGHTS AND THE FUTURE". Taste of Country. Retrieved November 15, 2018.
3. "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 2227." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. September 4, 1993. Retrieved August 5, 2013.
4. "Tracy Lawrence Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
5. "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1993". RPM. December 18, 1993. Retrieved August 5, 2013.
6. "Best of 1993: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1993. Retrieved August 5, 2013.