"I Fall to Pieces" is a song written by Hank Cochran and Harlan Howard that was originally recorded by Patsy Cline.

Cline was initially reluctant to record "I Fall to Pieces" and believed its production (produced by Owen Bradley) lacked enough country instrumentation for her liking.

However, through targeted promotional efforts, the song was brought to the attention of several disc jockeys who began playing the track.

When the song reached its peak positions, she was recovering from her injuries in the hospital and was unable to perform the track for several months.

The song has been covered by various artists of different musical styles, including as a duet by Aaron Neville and Trisha Yearwood in 1994.

Bradley then asked rising Country star Roy Drusky to record it, but he turned it down, stating that it was not a man's song.

[6] However, when Cline began recording the song a few weeks later in November 1960, she had second thoughts about it, especially after she discovered that popular Nashville background singer group The Jordanaires would serve as the support vocalists.

Composer Harlan Howard related, On the night of the session, we absolutely did NOT want to do the standard 4:4 shuffle that had by then been done to death.

[9] As a result, Cline was able to prove that a solo female artist could have major hits on both the Country and the Pop charts.

[10] In gratitude, she bought and had engraved a bracelet for Harlan Howard and a money clip for Hank Cochran saying simply, "Thanks for the Hit - Patsy".

However, due to a major car accident in June 1961, Cline was kept in the hospital for two months, which cut into promoting "I Fall to Pieces".

[11] The success of the song helped get Cline an invitation to become a regular cast member on the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee, one of the highest honors that could be bestowed on a country singer in the early 1960s.

In 1980, Cline's vocal was lifted from the original three-track master tapes, flown over to a digital multitrack, and overdubbed with a new arrangement featuring new instrumentation and new female background vocalists.