Some Broken Hearts Never Mend

"Some Broken Hearts Never Mend" is a song written by Wayland Holyfield, and recorded by American country music artist Don Williams. It was released in January 1977 as the first single from the album Visions. The song was Williams' sixth number one on the country chart. The single stayed at number one for a single week and spent a total of 12 weeks within the top 40.

The song was also an international hit for Telly Savalas in 1981. It topped the Swiss charts for two weeks, and peaked at No. 2 in Austria and No. 4 in the Netherlands.

A cover version of the song, performed by Danny McBride, Adam DeVine and Edi Patterson, is used as the soundtrack to the final scene of the second season of the comedy series The Righteous Gemstones.

Chart performance

Don Williams

Chart (1977)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)	1
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)	8
US Cash Box Top 100	99
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	6

Year-end charts

Chart (1977)	Position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)	12

Brendan Shine

Chart (1977)	Peak position
Ireland (IRMA)	5

Telly Savalas

Chart (1981)	Peak position
Swiss Hitparade Singles	1
German Media Control Charts Singles	5
Ö3 Austria Top 40 Singles	2
Dutch Singles Charts	4
Belgian Ultratop Singles	2

References

Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 385.
Steffen Hung. "Telly Savalas - Some Broken Hearts Never Mend". Swisscharts.com. Retrieved 2016-10-12.
Hadadi, Roxana (February 22, 2022). "Danny McBride Wants to Give You Closure". Vulture.
"Don Williams Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
"Don Williams Chart History (Bubbling Under Hot 100)". Billboard.
"Cash Box Top 100 Singles, May 28, 1977". Archived from the original on October 20, 2018. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
"Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1977-05-14. Retrieved 2019-08-11.
"Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1977". Billboard. Retrieved August 2, 2021.
"The Irish Charts – Search Results – Some Broken Hearts Never Mend". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved August 11, 2019.

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Studio albums	Don Williams Volume One Don Williams Volume Two Don Williams Vol. 3 You're My Best Friend Harmony Visions I Believe in You Especially for You Listen to the Radio Yellow Moon Cafe Carolina New Moves One Good Well True Love And So It Goes
Singles	"The Shelter of Your Eyes" "Come Early Morning" "Atta Way to Go" "We Should Be Together" "I Wouldn't Want to Live If You Didn't Love Me" "The Ties That Bind" "You're My Best Friend" "(Turn Out the Light And) Love Me Tonight" "'Til the Rivers All Run Dry" "Say It Again" "I Recall a Gypsy Woman" "She Never Knew Me" "Some Broken Hearts Never Mend" "I'm Just a Country Boy" "I've Got a Winner in You" "Rake and Ramblin' Man" "Tulsa Time" "Lay Down Beside Me" "It Must Be Love" "Love Me Over Again" "Good Ole Boys Like Me" "I Believe In You" "Falling Again" "Miracles" "If I Needed You" (with Emmylou Harris) "Lord, I Hope This Day Is Good" "Listen to the Radio" "Mistakes" "If Hollywood Don't Need You (Honey I Still Do)" "Love Is on a Roll" "Nobody but You" "Stay Young" "That's the Thing About Love" "Maggie's Dream" "Walkin' a Broken Heart" "It's Time for Love" "We've Got a Good Fire Goin''" "Heartbeat in the Darkness" "Then It's Love" "Señorita" "I'll Never Be in Love Again" "I Wouldn't Be a Man" "Another Place, Another Time" "Desperately" "Old Coyote Town" "One Good Well" "I've Been Loved by the Best" "Just as Long as I Have You" "Maybe That's All It Takes" "Back in My Younger Days" "True Love" "Lord Have Mercy on a Country Boy"
Related articles	Discography List of songs written by Don Williams "Amanda" Pozo Seco Singers Bob McDill Allen Reynolds

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