I Fall to Pieces

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Written by: Hank Cochran
Produced by: Owen Bradley
Released: Jan. '61 on Decca
Charts: 20 weeks
Top spot: No. 12

Cline was reluctant to record this ballad, which had been turned down by Brenda Lee, until Bradley coaxed her into it. The sound was stone country but wrapped in elaborate pop, with Cline crying inside, like a nerve rubbed raw by heartbreak.

Appears on: 12 Greatest Hits (MCA)

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