Die from a Broken Heart

"Die from a Broken Heart"
Single by Maddie & Tae
from the album The Way It Feels
Released	May 6, 2019 (2019-05-06)
Genre	Country
Length	3:08
Label	Mercury Nashville
Songwriter(s)	Taylor Dye Maddie Marlow Deric Ruttan Jonathan Singleton
Producer(s)	Jimmy Robbins Derek Wells
Maddie & Tae singles chronology
"Friends Don't" (2018) "Die from a Broken Heart" (2019) "Woman You Got" (2021)

"Die from a Broken Heart" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music duo Maddie & Tae. It was released on May 6, 2019, as the second single from their second studio album The Way It Feels.^[1]

Content

"Die from a Broken Heart" was co-written by both members of Maddie & Tae alongside Deric Ruttan and Jonathan Singleton.^[2] The song's lyrics deal with its female protagonist dealing with heartbreak by way of a phone call home to her mother seeking advice and comfort following a breakup, asking "Mama, can you die from a broken heart?" The duo said that Singleton came up with the song's title and they felt like it related to where the girls were at in their lives. Marlow said that "personally, I was like 'I feel that way right now.' That sounds like a phone conversation between me and my mom. Sometimes you're in so much pain and your heart hurts so bad that you just don't know if you're going to come out of it. We just wanted to capture what that phone call's like."^[3]

Music video

The music video for "Die from a Broken Heart" was directed by Carlos Ruiz and premiered on August 12, 2019.^[4] In it, Dye takes the role of acting out the storyline in the song and Marlow is the musical narrator. Dye channeled her own experience with heartbreak following her previous breakup with country artist Jackie Lee, saying that this video was her acting debut: "I actually am very passionate about acting. I've always had a little bit of an itch for it. We wrote the song from such a personal space that I felt like I could really draw from that. And if this was to be my 'acting debut,' if you will, then this would be the perfect story to tell."^[5]

Chart performance

"Die from a Broken Heart" debuted at number 80 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart dated April 25, 2020, making it Maddie & Tae's first appearance on the chart since 2015's "Fly".^[6] The song has since peaked at number 22 becoming the duo's first top 40 hit and their highest-charting song on the chart.^[7][8] It has also become the duo's second number one single on the Billboard Country Airplay chart, and their first since their debut single, "Girl in a Country Song", in December 2014.^[9]

The song was certified Platinum by the RIAA on June 24, 2020.

Track listing

Acoustic version

1. "Die from a Broken Heart" (acoustic version) – 3:23

Dave Aude remix

1. "Die from a Broken Heart" (Dave Aude remix) – 3:07

Charts

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for "Die from a Broken Heart" Chart (2019–2020) Peak position Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[10] 69 Canada Country (Billboard)[11] 8 Global 200 (Billboard)[12] 162 US Billboard Hot 100[13] 22 US Country Airplay (Billboard)[14] 1 US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[15] 2 US Rolling Stone Top 100[16] 29

Year-end charts 2019 year-end chart performance for "Die from a Broken Heart" Chart (2019) Position US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[17] 97 2020 year-end chart performance for "Die from a Broken Heart" Chart (2020) Position US Billboard Hot 100[18] 65 US Country Airplay (Billboard)[19] 5 US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[20] 8

Certifications

Sales and certifications for "Die from a Broken Heart"

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[21]	3× Platinum	3,000,000^‡
^‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

1. Kruh, Nancy. "As New EP Debuts, Maddie & Tae Celebrate Why Carrie Underwood Chose Them for Her Tour". People.com. Retrieved December 17, 2019.
2. Angela Stefano (November 1, 2018). "Story Behind the Song: Maddie & Tae, 'Die from a Broken Heart'". The Boot. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
3. Billy Dukes (May 3, 2019). "Maddie & Tae's 'Die from a Broken Heart' From Personal Experience". Taste of Country. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
4. "Maddie & Tae: "Die from a Broken Heart" Official Music Video - Watch Now!". Maddie & Tae. August 12, 2019. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
5. Nancy Kruh (August 13, 2019). "Maddie & Tae Rely on Real-Life Heartbreak for Music Video: 'Everyone Is About to Get a Front-Row Seat'". People.com. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
6. "The Hot 100 Chart". Billboard.
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11. "Maddie Tae Chart History (Canada Country)". Billboard. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
12. "Maddie Tae Chart History (Global 200)". Billboard. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
13. "Maddie Tae Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
14. "Maddie Tae Chart History (Country Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
15. "Maddie Tae Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
16. "Top 100 Songs, August 21, 2020 - August 27, 2020". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on September 1, 2020. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
17. "Hot Country Songs – Year-End 2019". Billboard. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
18. "Hot 100 Songs – Year-End 2020". Billboard. Retrieved December 3, 2020.
19. "Country Airplay Songs – Year-End 2020". Billboard. Retrieved December 3, 2020.
20. "Hot Country Songs – Year-End 2020". Billboard. Retrieved December 3, 2020.
21. "American single certifications – Maddie & Tae – Die from a Broken Heart". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved March 8, 2023.