"You Broke Up with Me" is a song co-written 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, ...

singer

Walker Hayes Charles Edgar Walker Hayes (born December 27, 1979) is an American country-pop singer and songwriter. He has released three studio albums: ''Reason to Rhyme'' in 2011 on Capitol Records Nashville, and ''Boom (Walker Hayes album), Boom'' and ''Co ...

. It is his third chart entry overall, as well as his first entry on the

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, and his first single for

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Nashville. It is included on his major-label debut album '' boom.'' The song was written by Hayes, Kylie Sackley and Thomas Archer.

Content

The song is about a man who is confronted at a party by his ex-girlfriend, and rebuffs her by saying "you broke up with me". Hayes said that the song was inspired by his relationship with the Nashville music scene following a previously lost deal with

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, and telling those in the music industry that they "broke up" with him. Before recording the song on Monument, Hayes recorded an earlier version of the song on an EP released independently via

Shane McAnally Shane McAnally (born October 12, 1974) is an American country music singer, songwriter, and record producer. Originally a solo artist for Curb Records in 1999, McAnally charted three singles on Hot Country Songs, including the No. 31 " Are Y ...

's SMACKSongs.

Music video

The music video was directed by Blythe Thomas.

Commercial performance

The song peaked at No. 9 on Hot Country Songs for charts dated February 17, 2018 where it stayed for 3 weeks. was certified Platinum by the RIAA on April 9, 2018. It has sold 397,000 copies in the United States as of March 2018.

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

{{Walker Hayes 2017 singles 2017 songs Walker Hayes songs Monument Records singles Songs written by Kylie Sackley Song recordings produced by Shane McAnally