"Edge of a Broken Heart" | ||||
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Single by Vixen | ||||
from the album Vixen | ||||
B-side |
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Released | 1988 | |||
Recorded | 1988 | |||
Genre | Glam metal[1][2] | |||
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Label | Manhattan (US), EMI (UK) | |||
Songwriter(s) | Richard Marx, Fee Waybill | |||
Producer(s) | Richard Marx | |||
Vixen singles chronology | ||||
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"Edge of a Broken Heart" is a power ballad[3] by the American glam metal band Vixen, that was released as a single in 1988. It was written by Richard Marx, who was also on keyboards, and Fee Waybill.[4] The song peaked at No. 26 on the Billboard Hot 100, and although the band had another top 40 hit on that chart, "Cryin'", they are often cited as a one-hit wonder, with this song "being their one hit".[5][6] According to Marx's memoir Stories to Tell, Michael Landau, not the band's Jan Kuehnemund, played lead guitar on this song.[7]
The song's video received heavy rotation on MTV.[8] Richard Marx, a popular soft rock artist and co-writer/producer of this song, has a cameo in the video.[9]
In 2018, Vixen released a new acoustic version of the song on their Live Fire album.[10]
Year | Chart | Position |
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1988 | Billboard Hot 100[11] | 26 |
Mainstream Rock[12] | 24 | |
UK Singles Chart[13] | 51 | |
1989 | UK Singles Chart[13] | 59 |