If It Ain't Love (Let's Leave It Alone) Explained

If It Ain't Love (Let's Leave It Alone)
Type:single
Artist:Connie Smith
Album:If It Ain't Love and Other Great Dallas Frazier Songs
B-Side:Living Without You (Is Too Much to Live with)
Released:July 1972
Genre:Country
Label:RCA Records
Producer:Bob Ferguson
Prev Title:Just for What I Am
Prev Year:1972
Next Title:Love Is the Look You're Looking for (song)
Next Year:1972
If It Ain't Love (Let's Leave It Alone)
Type:single
Artist:The Whites
Album:Whole New World
B-Side:I Don't Care (Just as Long as You Love Me)
Released:1985
Genre:Country
Label:MCA/Curb
Prev Title:Pins and Needles
Prev Year:1984
Next Title:Hometown Gossip
Next Year:1985

"If It Ain't Love (Let's Leave It Alone)" is a single originally recorded by American country music artist Connie Smith. Released in July 1972, the song reached #7 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. The song was issued onto Smith's second studio album of 1972 entitled If It Ain't Love and Other Great Dallas Frazier Songs.[1] In addition, "If It Ain't Love (Let's Leave It Alone)" peaked at #14 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart around the same time.[2]

In 1985, American country group The Whites recorded and released a cover version of "If It Ain't Love (Let's Leave It Alone)". The group's version peaked at #12 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs & Tracks chart. The song was later released on their 1985 album entitled Whole New World.[3] In addition, the single peaked at #22 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart around the same time.[4]

Chart performance

Connie Smith

Chart (1972)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles7
CAN RPM Country Tracks14

The Whites

Chart (1985)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs & Tracks12
CAN RPM Country Tracks22

Notes and References

  1. Book: Whitburn, Joel . The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 387–88.
  2. Search results for "If It Ain't Love". RPM. 23 December 2011.
  3. Book: Whitburn, Joel . The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research.
  4. Search results for "If It Aint' Love (Let's Leave It...)". RPM. 23 December 2011.