Heart Half Empty

{{Infobox song

| name = Heart Half Empty

| cover =

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Ty Herndon with Stephanie Bentley

| album = What Mattered Most

| B-side = Love at 90 Miles an Hour

| released = October 14, 1995

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Country

| length = 4:56 (album version)

| label = Epic

| writer = Gary Burr, Desmond Child

| producer = Doug Johnson, Ed Seay

| chronology = Ty Herndon

| prev_title = I Want My Goodbye Back

| prev_year = 1995

| next_title = In Your Face

| next_year = 1996

| misc = {{Extra chronology

| artist = Stephanie Bentley

| type = singles

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| title = Heart Half Empty

| year = 1995

| next_title = Who's That Girl

| next_year = 1996

}}

}}

"Heart Half Empty" is a song written by Gary Burr and Desmond Child, and recorded by American country music artists Ty Herndon and Stephanie Bentley. It was released in October 1995 as the third single from his debut album What Mattered Most. The song reached number 21 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.{{cite book |title= The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=157}} It later appeared on Bentley's debut album Hopechest, which like What Mattered Most was released on Epic Records.

Content

The song is a ballad about two lovers who, in the emotion following a breakup, ask "Is my heart half full of the love you gave me / Or is my heart half empty, because your love is gone?"{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=huXRARoi8vcC&dq=%22heart+half+empty%22&pg=PA160|title=Country Music's Most Wanted|last=Peppiatt|first=Francesca|date=19 February 2004|publisher=Potomac Books |isbn=9781612342412|accessdate=26 June 2013}}

Chart performance

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!align="left"|Chart (1995–1996)

!align="center"|Peak
position

{{singlechart|Canadacountry|12|chartid=2855|publishdate=January 15, 1996|accessdate=July 20, 2013}}
{{singlechart|Billboardcountrysongs|21|artist=Ty Herndon}}

References