"Achy Breaky Heart"
Single by Billy Ray Cyrus
from the album Some Gave All
Released	1992
Format	Cassette and CD
Recorded	1991
Genre	Country
Length	3:23
Label	Mercury
Writer(s)	Don Von Tress
Peak chart positions
#1 - US Country #4 - US Hot 100 #23 - US AC
Billy Ray Cyrus singles chronology
"Achy Breaky Heart" (1992) "Could've Been Me" (1992)

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History

The song came about when a friend of Billy Ray Cyrus split up with his wife. Cyrus went to see him to make sure he was okay. When Cyrus asked his friend how he was feeling his friend said: "My heart's all achy, breaky". The music video for the song was filmed during a concert at the Paramount Arts Center in Ashland, Kentucky. Billy Ray Cyrus (born August 25, 1961 in Flatwoods, Kentucky) is an American country singer and film and television actor, who is best known for his hit single Achy Breaky Heart (1992). ... A music video is a short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music, most commonly a song. ... The Paramount Arts Center is a historic theater located in Ashland, Kentucky. ... Motto: A proud past. ... Official language(s) English[1] Capital Frankfort Largest city Louisville Area  Ranked 37th  - Total 40,444 sq mi (104,749 km²)  - Width 140 miles (225 km)  - Length 379 miles (610 km)  - % water 1. ...

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Chart performance

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In other media

• "Achy Breaky Heart" was rated number 89 in VH1's "100 Greatest One-Hit Wonders".
• Cyrus has often poked fun at the song. In the pilot for the show Doc, Dr. Clint Cassidy (Cyrus' character) said he hated the song, which was playing in the background.
• In addition, the song has been referenced numerous times in Hannah Montana, a show he co-stars in with his daughter, Miley. In the episode It's a Mannequin's World it showed him trying to do the limbo only for him to pull a back muscle and exclaim, "My achy breaky back!" In another episode, Robby Stewart (Billy Ray's character) trying to catch a mouse loose in the house, before he discovers the mouse can play the piano and asks it if it knows "Achy Breaky Heart", which the mouse then stops playing. Also, one episode is titled "Achy Jakey Heart", a reference to the song
• "Weird Al" Yankovic has written a parody called "Achy Breaky Song". The lyrics describe the annoyingness of Achy Breaky Heart, where he states he would rather be tied to a chair and kicked down a set of stairs than listen to Achy Breaky Heart. It appears on his album Alapalooza.
• Popular performer, the Big Rizz, is renowned for playing this song frequently in Australia.
• In The Simpsons episode, "Homer's Barbershop Quartet", a flashback episode, Homer sets up the story by explaining, "Rock music had become stagnant. 'Achy Breaky Heart' was only seven years away and there needed to be something to fill the void."
• In The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy episode, "Nobody Loves Grim," after Grim loses his body he hears a slow country song in a nearby saloon and mentions that about his "Achy Breaky Heart."
• A group called Run C&W recorded a parody titled "Itchy Twitchy Spot" ("Don't touch that spot/That itchy twitchy spot/That spot that's swellin' up and turnin' red...").
• In the 1993 movie adaptation of Stephen Kings Needful Things, the character of Hugh Priest gets thrown out of the "The Mellow Tiger" bar after he kicks repeatedly against a jukebox, in which "Achy Breaky Heart" hangs.
• The song was used in the 2006 film "Crank;" main character Chev half-dances to it in order to boost his adrenaline.
• In the tv show "South Park," Stan served the OC crew with this song in the episode "You Got F'd in the A"

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