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"Achy Breaky Heart" is a song written in 1990 by Don Von Tress. First released in 1991 by the Marcy Brothers with the title "Don't Tell My Heart", it was later recorded by American singer and actor Billy Ray Cyrus and released on his debut album, Some Gave All (1992).
The first of these was Cyrus's breakthrough song "Achy Breaky Heart", which topped the charts in several countries. In the US it was a five-week number one on the Hot Country Songs chart, as well as a top 5 hit on the Billboard Hot 100. It became the first single ever to achieve triple Platinum status in Australia and was the best-selling ...
William "Billy" Ray Cyrus (/ ˈ s aɪ r ə s / SY-rəs; born August 25, 1961) [2] [3] is an American singer, songwriter and actor. [4] [5] Having released 16 studio albums and 53 singles since 1992, he is known for his hit single "Achy Breaky Heart", which topped the U.S. Hot Country Songs chart and became the first single ever to achieve triple platinum status in Australia.
Joe Scaife produced "80s Ladies," "Achy Breaky Heart" and ... Rolling Stone listed the 1988 Country Music Association Song of the Year as one of the 200 best country songs ever. 'Achy Breaky Heart'
Billy Ray Cyrus is an American country music singer, songwriter, actor and philanthropist. He has released 16 studio albums and 53 singles since 1992, and is best known for his debut single "Achy Breaky Heart". 32 of his singles have charted on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart between 1992 and 2011.
In the 1990s, Scaife suggested a song called "Achy Breaky Heart" to Billy Ray Cyrus. The song had been around for years, being released on unsuccessful recordings. The Marcy Brothers recorded it with a different title, "Don't Tell My Heart". It had been turned down by the Oak Ridge Boys because lead singer Duane Allen did not like the words ...
The song references Donny & Marie, Barry Manilow, New Kids on the Block, the Village People, Vanilla Ice, the Bee Gees, Debby Boone, ABBA, Slim Whitman, Gheorghe Zamfir, Yoko Ono and Tiffany as artists the narrator would rather listen to than "Achy Breaky Heart." Yankovic had previously recorded parodies of songs by New Kids on the Block and ...
The three songs spent a total of eight weeks at number one, the most by any act in 1992. Alan Jackson was the only other artist to achieve three number ones during the year, but his three chart-toppers, " Dallas ", " Love's Got a Hold on You " and " She's Got the Rhythm (And I Got the Blues) ", spent only four weeks in total at the top of the ...