Your Cheatin' Heart

"Your Cheatin' Heart" is a song written and recorded by the American country music singer and songwriter Hank Williams in 1952, but released after his death in 1953. It is often considered one of his greatest songs, and one of the great songs of country music. The song is a slow ballad, telling an unfaithful lover of the guilt that s/he will feel for cheating on the singer. The story goes that Williams was prompted to write the song when thinking about his first wife, Audrey Williams, while driving around with his second, Billie Jean Williams; she is supposed to have written down the lyrics for him in the passenger seat. Williams collaborated with Nashville songwriter Fred Rose to produce the song's final draft before recording the song in his last ever recording sessions, on September 23, 1952. It was released the following year, shortly after he died, and occupied the No. 1 slot in the US country music chart for six weeks.

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