Achy Breaky Heart
Choreographed by Melanie Greenwood
Description: 32 count, 4 wall, beginner line dance
Music: Achy Breaky Heart by Billy Ray Cyrus [122 bpm / Some Gave All /
CD: Millenniums Greatest Line Dance Party / CD: Simply The Best
Linedancing Album / Available on iTunes]
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VINE TO THE RIGHT AND HOLD, HIPS ROCK AND HOLD
1-4 Step right to side, cross left behind right, step right to side, hold
5-8 Bump hips left, right, left, hold (weight to left)
STAR TURN
9-11 Touch right toe back, touch right forward, cross/touch right over left
12 Unwind ¾ left (weight to right)
13-14 Step left back, step right back
15-16 Hitch left knee, turn ¼ left and step left together
17-18 Step right back, step left back
19-20 Step right back, stomp left together
HIPS ROCK AND HOLD, ¼ TURN, STOMP, AND ½ TURN
21-24 Step left to side and bump hips left, right, left, hold (weight to
left)
25-26 Turn ¼ right and step right forward, stomp/touch left together
27-28 Turn ½ left and step left forward, stomp/touch right together
VINE TO THE RIGHT WITH STOMP/CLAP
29-32 Step 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
1 Turn ¼ right and step right forward
2 Turn ½ right and step left back
3 Turn ¼ right and step right to side
4 Hold
Leaving feet apart with body weight over right foot, right leg straight, left knee slightly bent
Melanie Greenwood
Address: 2506 Joya Dr., Nashville, TN 37214 | Phone: 615-885-5675 or 675-292-9701
or 916-723-5519
