Song · Chris Cornell
“Nearly Forgot My Broken Heart” by Chris Cornell
From the album Higher Truth (2015)
“Nearly Forgot My Broken Heart” by Chris Cornell appears on 10 radio countdowns from 9 stations between 2015 and 2018. It was first released in 2015 on the album Higher Truth. Its best result is #8 on the WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2015. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #44 alternative song of 2015.
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"Nearly Forgot My Broken Heart" led the way for Higher Truth, Chris Cornell's fourth solo album, in 2015, and it finds him playing nearly everything himself: guitar, bass, mandolin, harmonica and percussion, with Matt Chamberlain on drums. Producer Brendan O'Brien filled in the corners with organ, piano, keyboards and even hurdy-gurdy, then mixed it, and the whole thing rolls along with a rootsy, dusty swing.
Cornell jotted down the title while on tour with Soundgarden, and the song grew out of it: someone so caught up in a new person or a new thing that they don't even notice they'd given up on life. It reached the top 5 of Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart, his first visit there since "No Such Thing" in 2007, and his first time on the Alternative Songs chart since "Can't Change Me" in 1999. Jessie Hill directed the video.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 27 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2015 | 91 |
| 2015 | 57 | 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON | 89X Top 89 Songs of 2015 | 89 |
| 2015 | 23 | WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD | WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2015 | 104 |
| 2015 | 30 | WTMD Baltimore, MD | WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2015 | 89 |
| 2015 | 40 | 92.3 WTTS Indianapolis-Bloomington, IN | WTTS Top 50 Songs of 2015 | 50 |
| 2015 | 8 | 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY | WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2015 | 107 |
| 2015 | 65 | Lightning 100 Nashville, TN | Lightning 100 Top 100 Songs of 2015 | 100 |
| 2015 | 31 | 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH | 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2015 | 88 |
| 2015 | 38 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2015 | 103 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 682 | WTMD | WTMD Listeners' Top 897 Songs, 2003-2018 | 896 |
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