If My Heart Had Windows (song)

"If My Heart Had Windows" is a country song written by Dallas Frazier and recorded by George Jones in 1967 on his album of the same name. Released as a single that year, Jones's version peaked at #7 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles charts.[1]

"If My Heart Had Windows"
Single by George Jones
from the album If My Heart Had Windows
B-side"The Honky Tonk Downstairs"
ReleasedOctober 7, 1967
GenreCountry
Length2:45
LabelMusicor
Songwriter(s)Dallas Frazier
Producer(s)Pappy Daily
George Jones singles chronology
"Party Pickin'"
(1967)		 "If My Heart Had Windows"
(1967)		 "Say It's Not You"
(1968)
"If My Heart Had Windows"
From Grand Ole' Opry induction performance, 11 June 1988
Single by Patty Loveless
from the album If My Heart Had Windows
B-side"So Good to Be in Love"
ReleasedFebruary 6, 1988
Recorded1987
GenreCountry
Length3:02
LabelMCA
Songwriter(s)Dallas Frazier
Producer(s)Emory Gordy Jr.
Tony Brown
Patty Loveless singles chronology
"You Saved Me"
(1987)		 "If My Heart Had Windows"
(1988)		 "A Little Bit in Love"
(1988)
Music video
"If My Heart Had Windows" on YouTube

In 1968, crooner Andy Russell performed a cover version (Capitol #2072) that peaked at number 29 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary Singles Chart.[2]

Twenty-one years after the original version, Patty Loveless recorded a cover of the song on her 1987 album, also entitled If My Heart Had Windows. Loveless's version was also a Top Ten country hit — the first of her career — peaking at #10 on the country music charts.[3] It was also the song that she performed the evening that she was inducted into the membership of the Grand Ole Opry.

Chart positions

George Jones
Chart (1967) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[4] 7

Andy Russell
Chart (1968) Peak
position
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[5] 29

Patty Loveless
Chart (1988) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[6] 10
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 9

References
  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 181.
  2. "Andy Russell Top Songs". Music VF.com. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  3. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 206.
  4. "George Jones Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  5. "Andy Russell Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard.
  6. "Patty Loveless Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
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