“Pretty Heart” by Parker McCollum Reigns on the Charts

“Pretty Heart” is a song recorded by American country music singer Parker McCollum. It is his first single release for MCA Nashville. McCollum wrote the song with Randy Montana.

McCollum first came up with the lyric “What does that say about me/That I could love somebody like you” in 2014, and posted a clip of himself singing the lyric on his Instagram account. Four years later, he presented the clip to Randy Montana during a songwriting session, and the two changed it to “What does that say about me/I could do you like I did”.

“What does that say about me
I could do you like I did
That I could break an angel’s wings
What does that say about me?
That I stood there like a fence post
As you drove off in your car
What does that say about me
Now that I’ve broke your pretty heart?
Your pretty heart”

According to Montana, the song is about “a guy kind of being vulnerable” and “down on himself” because he caused his relationship to end unfavorably. After the song was completed and McCollum had signed to MCA Nashville, representatives of the label encouraged him to record it as one of four songs in his first recording session for the label, with Jon Randall producing. Among the contributing musicians are Rob McNelley on slide guitar and Jedd Hughes on resonator guitar.

Due to a heavy amount of online streaming, the song had already charted on Hot Country Songs before MCA officially released it as a single.

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