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Achy Breaky Heart

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Count:
32
Wall:
4
Level:
Beginner
Choreo:
Choreographer:
Melanie Greenwood (USA)
Music:
Achy Breaky Heart - Billy Ray Cyrus
 
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VINE TO THE RIGHT AND HOLD, HIPS ROCK AND HOLD
1-4Step right to side, cross left behind right, step right to side, hold
5-8Bump hips left, right, left, hold (weight to left)

STAR TURN
9-11Touch right toe back, touch right toe forward, cross/touch right over left
12Unwind ¾ left (weight to right)
 
13-14Step left back, step right back
15-16Hitch left knee, turn ¼ left and step left together
17-18Step right back, step left back
19-20Step right back, stomp left together

HIPS ROCK AND HOLD, ¼ TURN, STOMP, AND ½ TURN
21-24Step left to side and bump hips left, right, left, hold (weight to left)
25-26Turn ¼ right and step right forward, stomp/touch left together
27-28Turn ½ left and step left forward, stomp/touch right together

VINE TO THE RIGHT WITH STOMP/CLAP
29-32Step right to side, cross left behind right, step right to side, stomp left together (clap)

REPEAT
Option: Substitute a vine right turning a full turn right for counts 1-4 when repeating the dance, as follows:
The floor movement is in a straight line to the right

1Turn ¼ right and step right forward
2Turn ½ right and step left back
3Turn ¼ right and step right to side
4Hold
Leaving feet apart with body weight over right foot, right leg straight, left knee slightly bent

4 Comments

Iris Wolff May 3, 2020
Not all steps in this dance description match the video above.

hurricane May 2, 2025
Someone said this was the original. It doesn't bring back memories of the one I seen.

Rainbow Cowboy June 28, 2025
I just wanted to point out that the information in this post isn't quite accurate. Melanie Greenwood has created a fantastic choreography to this song, which you can find here on Copperknob (written in German):
https://www.copperknob.co.uk/stepsheets/115611/achy-breaky-heart-de

I believe this post should be updated to list the choreographer as "unknown" instead, since it doesn't match Melanie Greenwood's version. Just wanted to share my perspective.

Iris Wolff June 28, 2025
This can't be "unknown." I translated Melanie Greenwood's original into German and used it here on CopperKnob (the link you included here). She later updated the dance. That's why there are small changes in the video. But she didn't correct the English dance description! Hence the differences!

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