Blame It on Your Heart

"Blame It on Your Heart" is a song written by Harlan Howard and Kostas and recorded by American country music artist Patty Loveless. It was released in April 1993 as the first single from her album Only What I Feel. A cover version by Deborah Allen was featured prominently in the 1993 film The Thing Called Love.

"Blame It on Your Heart"
Cassette single cover
Single by Patty Loveless
from the album Only What I Feel
B-side	"What's a Broken Heart"
Released	April 3, 1993
Recorded	1993
Genre	Country
Length	3:34
Label	Epic
Songwriter(s)	Harlan Howard Kostas
Producer(s)	Emory Gordy Jr.
Patty Loveless singles chronology
"Send a Message to My Heart" (1992) "Blame It on Your Heart" (1993) "Nothin' but the Wheel" (1993)

Content

The song and its video describe an ex-boyfriend who has a "lying, cheating, cold dead-beating, two-timing, double-dealing, mean-mistreating, loving" heart that he should blame for whatever backstabbing he gets from any other woman he does to what he did to its narrator.^[1]

Music video

The music video for "Blame It on Your Heart" was directed by Sherman Halsey,^{[citation needed]} and premiered in early 1993. David Keith played the ex-boyfriend in the video.^{[citation needed]}

Critical reception

In 2024, Rolling Stone ranked the song at number 147 on its "200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time" ranking.^[2]

Chart performance

The song charted for 20 weeks on the Billboard Hot Country Singles and Tracks chart, reaching number 1 during the week of June 19, 1993.^[3]

Weekly charts

Chart (1993)	Peak position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[4]	2
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)[5]	12
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[6]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1993)	Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[7]	18
US Country Songs (Billboard)[8]	12

References

1. Jim Abbott (May 27, 1993). "Feelin' like a hit: Patty Loveless has a red-hot single to smooth her ride on the comeback trail". Edmonton Journal. pp. F1. Retrieved September 29, 2022.
2. "The 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time". Rolling Stone. May 24, 2014.
3. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944–2006, Second Edition. Record Research. p. 207.
4. "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 1005." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. July 10, 1993. Retrieved August 5, 2013.
5. "Patty Loveless Chart History (Bubbling Under Hot 100)". Billboard.
6. "Patty Loveless Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
7. "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1993". RPM. December 18, 1993. Retrieved August 5, 2013.
8. "Best of 1993: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1993. Retrieved August 5, 2013.