If My Heart Had Windows (song)

"If My Heart Had Windows"
	From Grand Ole' Opry induction performance, 11 June 1988
Single by Patty Loveless
from the album If My Heart Had Windows
B-side	"So Good to Be in Love"
Released	February 6, 1988
Format	7in vinyl single
Recorded	1987
Genre	Country
Length	3:02
Label	MCA
Writer(s)	Dallas Frazier
Producer(s)	Emory Gordy, Jr.; Tony Brown
Patty Loveless singles chronology
Music video
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"If My Heart Had Windows"
Single by George Jones
from the album If My Heart Had Windows
B-side	"The Honky Tonk Downstairs"
Released	October 7, 1967
Genre	Country
Length	2:45
Label	Musicor
Writer(s)	Dallas Frazier
George Jones singles chronology

"If My Heart Had Windows" is the title of a country song written by Dallas Frazier and recorded by George Jones in 1967 on his album of the same name. Released as a single that year, Jones's version peaked at #7 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles charts.^[1]

In 1968, crooner Andy Russell performed a cover version (Capitol #2072) that peaked at number 29 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary Singles Chart.^[2]

Twenty-one years after the original version, Patty Loveless recorded a cover of the song on her 1987 album, also entitled If My Heart Had Windows. Loveless's version was also a Top Ten country hit — the first of her career — peaking at #10 on the country music charts.^[3] It was also the song she sang the night she was inducted into the membership of the Grand Ole Opry.

Chart positions

George Jones

Chart (1967)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	7

Andy Russell

Chart (1968)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary Singles	29

Patty Loveless

Chart (1988)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	10
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	9

References

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v t e George Jones songs
Singles	"No Money in This Deal" "Why Baby Why" "Achin', Breakin' Heart" "Seasons of My Heart" "Too Much Water" "Just One More" "Don't Stop the Music" "Color of the Blues" "White Lightning" "Window Up Above" "Tender Years" "She Thinks I Still Care" "I'll Share My World with You "The Race Is On" "Love Bug" "Walk Through This World with Me" "If My Heart Had Windows" "Good Year for the Roses" "Loving You Could Never Be Better" "A Picture of Me (Without You)" "The Grand Tour" "The Door" "He Stopped Loving Her Today" "I'm Not Ready Yet" "If Drinkin' Don't Kill Me (Her Memory Will)" "Still Doin' Time" "Same Ole Me" "Shine On (Shine All Your Sweet Love on Me)" "I Always Get Lucky with You" "Tennessee Whiskey" "You've Still Got a Place in My Heart" "She's My Rock" "Hallelujah, I Love You So" "Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes" "The One I Loved Back Then (The Corvette Song)" "Somebody Wants Me Out of the Way" "Wine Colored Roses" "The Right Left Hand" "I Turn to You" "The Bird" "I'm a One Woman Man" "I Don't Need Your Rockin' Chair" "Choices" "Funny How Time Slips Away"
Collaborative singles	"We Must Have Been Out of Our Minds" (w/ Melba Montgomery) "Let's Invite Them Over" (w/ Melba Montgomery) "What's in Our Heart" (w/ Melba Montgomery) "Blue Moon of Kentucky" (w/ Melba Montgomery) "We're Gonna Hold On" (w/ Tammy Wynette) "Golden Ring" (w/ Tammy Wynette) "Near You" (w/ Tammy Wynette) "Maybellene" (w/ Johnny Paycheck) "Two Story House" (w/ Tammy Wynette) "You Better Move On" (w/ Johnny Paycheck) "Yesterday's Wine" (w/ Merle Haggard) "C.C. Waterback" (w/ Merle Haggard)
Guest singles	"A Few Ole Country Boys" (w/ Randy Travis) "You Don't Seem to Miss Me" (w/ Patty Loveless) "A Country Boy Can Survive (Y2K version)" (w/ Chad Brock and Hank Williams, Jr.) "Murder on Music Row" (w/ Dierks Bentley)
Related articles	Albums discography Singles discography Discography with Tammy Wynette Awards

v t e Patty Loveless
Discography
Patty Loveless	"Lonely Days, Lonely Nights" "Wicked Ways" "I Did" "After All"
If My Heart Had Windows	"You Saved Me" "If My Heart Had Windows" "A Little Bit in Love"
Honky Tonk Angel	"Blue Side of Town" "Don't Toss Us Away" "Timber, I'm Falling in Love" "The Lonely Side of Love" "Chains"
On Down the Line	"On Down the Line" "The Night's Too Long" "I'm That Kind of Girl" "Blue Memories"
Up Against My Heart	"Hurt Me Bad (In a Real Good Way)" "Jealous Bone" "Can't Stop Myself from Loving You"
Only What I Feel	"Blame It on Your Heart" "Nothin' but the Wheel" "You Will" "How Can I Help You Say Goodbye"
When Fallen Angels Fly	"I Try to Think About Elvis" "Here I Am" "You Don't Even Know Who I Am" "Halfway Down"
The Trouble with the Truth	"You Can Feel Bad" "A Thousand Times a Day" "Lonely Too Long" "She Drew a Broken Heart" "The Trouble with the Truth"
Long Stretch of Lonesome	"You Don't Seem to Miss Me" "To Have You Back Again" "High on Love" "Like Water into Wine"
Classics	"Can't Get Enough" "My Kind of Woman/My Kind of Man"
Strong Heart	"That's the Kind of Mood I'm In" "The Last Thing on My Mind" "Strong Heart"
Mountain Soul	"The Boys Are Back in Town" "Out of Control Raging Fire"
On Your Way Home	"Lovin' All Night" "On Your Way Home" "I Wanna Believe"
Dreamin' My Dreams	"Keep Your Distance"
Sleepless Nights	"Why Baby Why"
Mountain Soul II	"Busted"
Compilation albums	Greatest Hits Classics Bluegrass & White Snow

If My Heart Had Windows (song)

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