When You Get to the Heart

"When You Get to the Heart"
Single by Barbara Mandrell with The Oak Ridge Boys
from the album Get to the Heart
B-side"Survivors"
ReleasedMarch 29, 1986
GenreCountry
Length3:50
LabelMCA
SongwritersTony Brown, Wayland Holyfield, Norro Wilson
ProducerTom Collins
Barbara Mandrell singles chronology
"Fast Lanes and Country Roads"
(1985)
"When You Get to the Heart"
(1986)
"No One Mends a Broken Heart Like You"
(1986)
The Oak Ridge Boys singles chronology
"Juliet"
(1986)
"When You Get to the Heart"
(1986)
"You Made a Rock of a Rolling Stone"
(1986)

"When You Get to the Heart" is a song written by Tony Brown, Wayland Holyfield, and Norro Wilson, first recorded by The Oak Ridge Boys on their 1983 album Deliver. In 1985, Barbara Mandrell made it the title track of her album Get to the Heart, with The Oak Ridge Boys on backing vocals. It was released in March 1986 as the third single from her album.

Chart performance

Chart (1986) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[1] 20
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 33

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