"Broken Hearted Me" is a song written by

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, originally recorded by

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for their album '' Dr. Heckle and Mr. Jive'', and later covered by Canadian country and pop music singer

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. It was released in September 1979 as the first single from her album '' I'll Always Love You''. The song reached No. 1 on the ''

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chart in December, Murray's fourth No. 1 single on that chart. She also recorded a version of the song in Spanish, which was released on vinyl, and later on CD. In addition, "Broken Hearted Me" just missed the Top 10 on the Hot 100 chart, where it peaked at No. 12. Three of her other singles — " A Love Song", "

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" — also reached the same summit on the Hot 100. On the ''Billboard'' Adult Contemporary Singles chart, "Broken Hearted Me" spent five weeks at No. 1 during the late fall of 1979. In doing so, Murray had her fifth No. 1 AC hit. In her home country, the song reached No. 15 on the Canadian Pop chart; No. 1 on the Adult Contemporary chart; and it became Murray's twelfth No. 1 song on the Canadian Country chart.

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