Don't Call It Love (song) explained

Don't Call It Love
Cover:Don't_Call_It_Love_-_Dolly_Parton.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Dolly Parton
Album:Real Love
B-Side:We Got Too Much
Released:January 1985
Genre:Country
Length:3:13
Label:RCA
Producer:David Malloy
Prev Title:God Won't Get You
Prev Year:1984
Next Title:Real Love
Next Year: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 Tracks5
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary[3] 7
US Billboard Adult Contemporary[4] 12

Year-End

Notes and References

  1. Book: Whitburn, Joel . The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 262.
  2. http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.8309&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.8309.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.8309 RPM Adult Contemporary, May 4, 1985
  3. http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.8309&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.8309.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.8309 RPM Adult Contemporary, May 4, 1985
  4. http://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1985-04-13 Billboard Adult Contemporary, April 13, 1985
  5. Billboard Hot Country Songs - Year-End Charts (1985) . Billboard . 4 December 2020.