Broken Promise Land
"Broken Promise Land" | ||||
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File:Mark Chesnutt - Broken Promise Land cd single.png | ||||
Single by Mark Chesnutt | ||||
from the album Too Cold at Home | ||||
B-side | "Friends In Low Places"[1] | |||
Released | October 1991 | |||
Format | CD Single, 7" | |||
Recorded | 1990 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 3:06 | |||
Label | MCA | |||
Writer(s) | Bill Rice, Sharon Vaughn | |||
Producer(s) | Mark Wright | |||
Mark Chesnutt singles chronology | ||||
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"Broken Promise Land" is a song co-written by Bill Rice and Sharon Vaughn and recorded by country music singer Waylon Jennings in 1985 for his album Turn the Page as "The Broken Promise Land". Mark Chesnutt recorded a cover of the song in 1990. It was Chesnutt's fifth and final single released from his debut album Too Cold at Home. It peaked at #10 in the United States, and #7 in Canada in their respective Country Music charts.
Content
The song begins with the narrator and a woman he shouldn't be with in a motel room. He calls his wife, who believes he's on a business trip, out of guilt and tells her he'll be gone a bit longer. In the chorus the narrator refers to where he's at is called Broken Promise Land. When the narrator returns home, he finds his wife has left, her wedding ring on the floor. He says that she's going to Broken Promise Land as well.
Chart performance
Chart (1991) | Peak position |
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Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[2] | 7 |
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[3] | 10 |
Year-end charts
Chart (1992) | Position |
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Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[4] | 75 |
References
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- ↑ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 2034." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. January 25, 1992. Retrieved August 15, 2013.
- ↑ "Mark Chesnutt – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Mark Chesnutt.
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External links
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- Singlechart usages for Canadacountry
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- Singlechart usages for Billboardcountrysongs
- 1991 singles
- Waylon Jennings songs
- Mark Chesnutt songs
- Songs written by Bill Rice
- Songs written by Sharon Vaughn
- MCA Records singles
- Song recordings produced by Mark Wright (record producer)
- 1990 songs
- 1990s country song stubs