Don't Call It Love (song)

This article is about the Kim Carnes song covered by Dolly Parton and others. For other songs, see Don't Call It Love.
"Don't Call It Love"
Single by Dolly Parton
from the album Real Love
B-side"We Got Too Much"
ReleasedJanuary 1985
GenreCountry
Length3:13
LabelRCA
Songwriter(s)Tom Snow, Dean Pitchford
Producer(s)David Malloy
Dolly Parton singles chronology
"God Won't Get You"
(1984) 		"Don't Call It Love"
(1985) 		"Real Love"
(1985)

"Don't Call It Love" is a song first released by American singer Kim Carnes on her 1981 album Mistaken Identity. The following year it was covered by Captain and Tennille and Dusty Springfield from their albums More Than Dancing and White Heat. There is also a cover version by Venezuelan artist Jorge Aguilar recorded in 1985 on his Siempre juntos album, called "Esto es amor" with adapted lyrics sung in spanish.

Dolly Parton cover

"Don't Call It Love" was covered and released as a single by American singer Dolly Parton. It was released in January 1985 as the first single from the album Real Love. The song reached number 3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.[1] Her rendition was also an Adult Contemporary hit, reaching number 12 in the US and number seven in Canada.[2]

Chart performance

Weekly

Chart (1985) Peak
position
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 5
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary[3] 7
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[4] 3
US Billboard Adult Contemporary[5] 12

Year-End

Chart (1985) Peak
Position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[6] 34

References

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 262.
  2. ^ RPM Adult Contemporary, May 4, 1985
  3. ^ RPM Adult Contemporary, May 4, 1985
  4. ^ "Dolly Parton Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  5. ^ Billboard Adult Contemporary, April 13, 1985
  6. ^ "Billboard Hot Country Songs - Year-End Charts (1985)". Billboard. Retrieved 4 December 2020.


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