"Can't Break It to My Heart" is a song by American

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singer

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. It was released in June 1993 as the second single from his album, '' Alibis''. The song reached the top of the ''

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chart and peaked at number 2 on the Canadian ''RPM'' Country Tracks chart. Lawrence wrote the song, along with Elbert West, Earl Clark and Kirk Roth.

History

Lawrence said that

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executives did not want him to record the song, because they wanted him to record more ballads similar to those of then-labelmate

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. He told the blog ''

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'' in 2018 that he fought his label executives for the right to record the song, and he won.

Music video

The music video was directed by Marc Ball and premiered in June 1993.

Chart positions

"Can't Break It to My Heart" debuted at number 73 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of June 5, 1993.

Year-end charts

References

1993 singles 1993 songs Tracy Lawrence songs Songs written by Tracy Lawrence Songs written by Elbert West Song recordings produced by James Stroud Atlantic Records singles {{1993-country-song-stub