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Achy Breaky Heart (modified)

Choreographed by Melanie Greenwood🇺🇸
Music: Achy Breaky Heart by Billy Ray Cyrus
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Created: 1/1/1992
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32 Count, 4 Wall
9/27/2025
Intro: 16 counts
 
Section 1: VINE TO THE RIGHT AND HOLD, HIP BUMPS AND HOLD
1-2
Step right to side (1), cross left behind right (2)
3-4
Step right to side (3), hold (4)
5-6
Hip bump left (5), hip bump right (6)
7-8
Hip bump left (weight on left) (7), hold (8)
 
Section 2: STAR TURN, WALK BACK, HITCH AND TOGETHER
1-2
Touch right toe back (1), touch right toe to side (2)
3-4
Step right forward & pivot ¼ left (3), spin ½ left on left foot and step back on right (4)
5-6
Step left back (5), step right back (6)
7-8
Hitch left knee (7), turn ¼ left and step left together (8)
 
Section 3: WALK BACK, STOMP, HIP BUMPS AND HOLD
1-2
Step right back (1), step left back (2)
3-4
Step right back (3), stomp left together (no weight) (4)
5-6
Step left to side & hip bump left (5), hip bump right (6)
7-8
Hip bump left (weight on left) (7), hold (8)
 
Section 4: ¼ TURN & STOMP, ½ TURN & STOMP, VINE TO THE RIGHT WITH STOMP/CLAP
1-2
Turn ¼ right and step right forward (1), stomp left together (no weight) (2)
3-4
Turn ½ left and step left forward (3), stomp right together (no weight) (4)
5-6
Step right to side (5), cross left behind right (6)
7-8
Step right to side (7), stomp left together (no weight) & clap (8)
 
REPEAT
 
***
 
Optional turn: Do a full turn in stead of a wine
Substitute the vine to the right (section 1) with a full turn right for counts 1-4, as follows:
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
 
The floor movement is in a straight line to the right. Leaving feet apart with body weight over right foot, right leg straight, left knee slightly
bent
 
***
 
Variation for the Star Turn (Section 3)
The description above follows the video that Melanie Greenwood made on the VHS tape “Hot Country Dancing Vol. 2” back in 1992. It is also in line with step sheets in books like Linedancing (Paul Bottomer) and Complete Book of Line Dancing (Christy Lane). Another version of the Star Turn has surfaced. The origin of this version is unknown. The steps are as follows:
 
9-11
Touch right toe back, touch right toe forward, cross/touch right over left
12
Unwind ¾ left (weight on right)
13-14
Step left back, step right back
15-16
Hitch left knee, turn ¼ left and step left together
 
Modified by: Jacob Holm Laursen  - E-mail: jhldansevise@gmail.com