"Brokenheartsville" | ||||||||
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Single by Joe Nichols | ||||||||
from the album Man with a Memory | ||||||||
B-side | "Can't Hold a Halo to You" | |||||||
Released | November 4, 2002 | |||||||
Format | CD single | |||||||
Genre | Country | |||||||
Length | 3:51 | |||||||
Label | Universal South | |||||||
Writer(s) | Donny Kees Blake Mevis Randy Boudreaux Clint Daniels |
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Producer(s) | Brent Rowan | |||||||
Joe Nichols singles chronology | ||||||||
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"Brokenheartsville" is a song written by Donny Kees, Blake Mevis, Randy Boudreaux and Clint Daniels, and recorded by American country music singer Joe Nichols, released in November 2002 as the second single from his album Man with a Memory. It was Nichols' first No. 1 single on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) chart, as well as the first No. 1 for Universal South Records. It was covered by Johnny Rodriguez on his 2011 album Live from Texas.
The song deals with a man who has had his woman stolen from him and the narrator drinking at a bar.
Wade Jessen of Billboard called the song a "beer-can-crushing, honky-tonk lament of lost love."
The video starts out with Nichols drinking at an official bar in the city, and talking to his friends. He was also watching a singer sing live on stage. This video was directed by Trey Fanjoy.
In the second verse, when the singer is done on stage, Nichols takes the stage and sings his song. The video was filmed in downtown Nashville, Tennessee and the outside shots of the car were filmed near the Bridgestone Arena.
"Brokenheartsville" debuted at No. 56 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart for the week of November 2, 2002. The song spent 31 weeks on the chart, reaching number one for the week ending March 29, 2003, where it remained at the top spot for one week.