"If My Heart Had Windows" is a country song written by

Dallas Frazier Dallas Frazier (October 27, 1939 – January 14, 2022) was an American country musician and songwriter who had success in the 1950s and 1960s. Life and career Frazier was born in Spiro, Oklahoma, on October 27, 1939, but was raised in Bakersfie ...

and recorded by

George Jones George Glenn Jones (September 12, 1931 – April 26, 2013) was an American country musician, singer, and songwriter. He achieved international fame for his long list of hit records, including his best-known song "He Stopped Loving Her Today", ...

in 1967 on his album of the same name. Released as a single that year, Jones's version peaked at number seven on the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles charts. In 1968, crooner Andy Russell performed a cover version (

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#2072) that peaked at number 29 on the ''

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'' Adult Contemporary Singles Chart.

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also recorded a version on his 1968 Decca release '' Country Hit Time''. Twenty-one years after the original version,

Patty Loveless Patty Loveless (born Patricia Lee Ramey, January 4, 1957) is an American country music singer. She began performing in her teenaged years before signing her first recording contract with MCA Records' Nashville division in 1985. While her first ...

recorded a cover of the song on her 1987 album, also entitled '' If My Heart Had Windows''. Loveless's version was also a top-10 country hit — the first of her career — peaking at number 10 on the country music charts. It was also the song that she performed the evening that she was inducted into the membership of the

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Chart positions

George Jones

Andy Russell

Patty Loveless

References

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