"Somewhere in My Broken Heart" is a song written by American

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artist

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and Richard Leigh.

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first recorded the song on his 1989 album '' No Holdin' Back''. Two years later, it was released as the third single from Dean's album '' Young Man'' and reached number 3 on the ''

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chart.

Music video

The music video was directed by Bill Young and premiered in mid-1991, co-starring Margie Lazo.

Chart performance

Year-end charts

References

1989 songs 1991 singles Randy Travis songs Billy Dean songs Songs written by Richard Leigh (songwriter) Songs written by Billy Dean Song recordings produced by Tom Shapiro Capitol Records Nashville singles {{1991-country-song-stub