Your Love (Tammy Wynette song)

"Your Love"
Single by Tammy Wynette
from the album Higher Ground
B-side"I Wasn't Meant to Live My Life Again"
ReleasedJune 1987 (1987-06)
RecordedMarch 1987
StudioNashville, Tennessee, U.S.
GenreCountry
Length3:06
LabelEpic
Songwriter(s)
  • Beckie Foster
  • Tommy Rocco
Producer(s)Steve Buckingham
Tammy Wynette singles chronology
"Alive and Well"
(1986) 		"Your Love"
(1987) 		"Talkin' to Myself Again"
(1987)

"Your Love" is a song written by Beckie Foster and Tommy Rocco, recorded by American country music artist Tammy Wynette. It was released in June 1987 as the first single from the album Higher Ground.

Background and reception

"Your Love" was recorded in March 1987 in Nashville, Tennessee. The recording session included additional tracks that would later appear on Wynette's 1987 album. Although not officially credited on the single release, "Your Love" featured harmony vocals from Ricky Skaggs. The session included several other notable artists performing on background vocals as well. The session was produced by Steve Buckingham.[1]

The song reached number 12 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. "Your Love" became Wynette's first single to become a major hit since 1985's "Sometimes When We Touch". It was released on her 1987 studio album Higher Ground.[2]

Track listing

7" vinyl single[3]
  • "Your Love" – 3:06
  • "I Wasn't Meant to Live My Life Alone" – 3:25

Charts

Chart (1987) Peak
position
US Hot Country Singles (Billboard)[2] 12
Canada Country Singles (RPM)[4] 13

References

  1. ^ "Tammy Wynette -- Higher Ground (1987, Vinyl)". Discogs. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
  2. ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research.
  3. ^ Wynette, Tammy (June 1987). ""Your Love"/"I Wasn't Mean to Live My Life Alone" (7" vinyl single)". Epic Records. 34-07226.
  4. ^ "Search results for "Tammy Wynette" under Country Singles". RPM. Retrieved 8 December 2019.