Blame It on Your Heart

"Blame It on Your Heart" is a song written by Harlan Howard and Kostas and recorded by American country music artist Patty Loveless. It was released in April 1993 as the first single from her album Only What I Feel. A cover version by Deborah Allen was featured prominently in the 1993 film The Thing Called Love.

David Keith played the ex-boyfriend in the video.

"Blame It on Your Heart" was also recorded by Heidi Raye and released on Harlan Howard Records.

Content
The song and its video describe an ex-boyfriend who has a "lying, cheating, cold dead-beating, two-timing, double-dealing, mean-mistreating, loving" heart that he should blame for whatever backstabbing he gets from any other woman he does to what he did to its narrator.

Critical reception
In 2024, Rolling Stone ranked the song at number 147 on its 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time ranking.

Chart performance
The song charted for 20 weeks on the Billboard Hot Country Singles and Tracks chart, reaching number 1 during the week of June 19, 1993.

Music video
The music video for "Blame It on Your Heart" was directed by Sherman Halsey, and premiered in early 1993.

Covers

 * American Idol Season 8 contestant Allison Iraheta performed the song during that season’s Grand Ole Opry Week.
 * River Phoenix performed the song in the 1993 film, The Thing Called Love, one of his final films before his death.
 * Angela Watson performed the song in the Step By Step fifth season episode, "Don't Ask".
 * Kiefer Sutherland performed the song on his second album, "Reckless & Me", in 2019.
 * The Mavericks covered this song for the 2019 release “The Mavericks Play the Hits”.