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{{Infobox Singlesong

| Namename = Heartbreak Express

| Covercover = =

| alt =

| Artist = [[Dolly Parton]]

| type = single

| from Album = [[Heartbreak Express]]

| B-side artist = "Act Like a[[Dolly Fool"Parton]]

| fromalbum Album = [[Heartbreak Express]]

| Released = May 1982

| B-side = Act Like a Fool

| Format =

| Releasedreleased = May 3, 1982

| Recorded = 1981

| format =

| Genre = [[Country music|Country]]

| Lengthrecorded = 1981

| Labelstudio = [[RCA]] =

| Writervenue = Dolly Parton =

| Producergenre = [[GregCountry Perrymusic|Country]]

| length = 3:14

| Chart position = <ul><li>#1 <small>([[Hot Country Songs|U.S. Country Singles]])</small></li></ul>

| label = [[RCA Records|RCA]]

| Last single = "[[Single Women]]" <br />(1982)

| Artistwriter = [[Dolly Parton]]

| This single = "Heartbreak Express" <br />(1982)

| producer = Greg Perry

| Next single = "[[I Will Always Love You]]" <br />(1982)

| Last singleprev_title = "[[Single Women]]" <br />(1982)

| prev_year = 1982

| next_title = [[I Will Always Love You#1982 version|I Will Always Love You]]

| next_year = 1982

}}

'''"Heartbreak Express"''' is a song written and recorded by American entertainer [[Dolly Parton]]. It was released in May 1982 as the second single and title track from her album ''[[Heartbreak Express]]''. The song peaked at number 7 on the U.S. country chart.<ref>{{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=262}}</ref>

==Content==

'''"Heartbreak Express"''' was a [[1982]] song, written and performed by [[Dolly Parton]] that served as the title song of her '''''[[Heartbreak Express]]''''' album, and was also a top-ten single on the U.S. country charts. The song, in which a woman bids farewell to an ill-fated relationshiop and departs on the "Heartbreak Express", was released as the album's second single, following the success of 'Single Women".

The song tells the story of a woman who bids farewell to a failed relationship and departs on the "Heartbreak Express".

==Chart performance==

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!Chart (1982)

!Peak<br />position

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{{singlechart|Billboardcountrysongs|7|artist=Dolly Parton}}

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|Canadian ''RPM'' Country Tracks

|align="center"|1

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==References==

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==External links==

*[http://www.dollyon-line.com/archives/lyrics/heartbex.shtml Heartbreak Express lyrics at Dolly Parton On-Line]

{{Dolly Parton songs}}

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[[Category:1982 singles]]

[[Category:1982 songs]]

[[Category:Dolly Parton songs]]

[[Category:Songs written by Dolly Parton]]

[[Category:RCA Records singles]]

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