Hearts Are Gonna Roll

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"Hearts Are Gonna Roll"
Single by Hal Ketchum
from the album Sure Love
ReleasedFebruary 15, 1993
Genre Country
Length3:05
Label Curb
Songwriter(s) Hal Ketchum
Ronny Scaife
Producer(s) Allen Reynolds
Jim Rooney
Hal Ketchum singles chronology
"Sure Love"
(1992)
"Hearts Are Gonna Roll"
(1993)
"Mama Knows the Highway"
(1993)

"Hearts Are Gonna Roll" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Hal Ketchum. It was released in February 1993 as the second single from his album Sure Love . The song reached number 2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in May 1993. [1] It was written by Ketchum and Ronny Scaife.

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Chart performance

"Hearts Are Gonna Roll" debuted at number 63 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of February 20, 1993.

Chart (1993)Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [2] 5
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [3] 2

Year-end charts

Chart (1993)Position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [4] 77
US Country Songs ( Billboard ) [5] 25

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References

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