"You're the Best Break This Old Heart Ever Had" is a song written by

Wayland Holyfield Wayland D. Holyfield (born March 15, 1942) is a prominent American songwriter and leader in the songwriting community. His music has been regarded as a standard for “honest simplicity” in the Nashville writing community. Personal life Wayla ...

and Randy Hatch, and recorded by American

country music Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...

artist

Ed Bruce William Edwin Bruce Jr. (December 29, 1939 – January 8, 2021) was an American country music songwriter, singer, and actor. He was known for writing the 1975 song "Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys" and recording the 1982 cou ...

. It was released in November 1981 as the third single from the album '' One to One''. The song was Bruce's twenty-second country hit and his only number one. The single went to number one for one week in March 1982, and spent twenty-one weeks on the charts.

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Ed Bruce songs 1981 singles Songs written by Wayland Holyfield Song recordings produced by Tommy West (producer) MCA Records singles 1981 songs {{1981-country-song-stub