| If You Ain't Lovin' (You Ain't Livin') | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Faron Young |
| Album: | This Is Faron Young |
| B-Side: | If That's the Fashion |
| Released: | 1954 |
| Genre: | Country |
| Length: | 2:34 |
| Label: | Capitol |
| Prev Title: | A Place for Girls Like You |
| Prev Year: | 1954 |
| Next Title: | Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young |
| Next Year: | 1955 |
"If You Ain't Lovin' (You Ain't Livin')" is a song written by Tommy Collins and originally recorded by country music artist Faron Young.
| If You Ain't Lovin' (You Ain't Livin') | |
| Cover: | George Strait If You Aint single.png |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | George Strait |
| Album: | If You Ain't Lovin', You Ain't Livin' |
| B-Side: | Is It That Time Again |
| Released: | August 22, 1988 |
| Recorded: | September 30, 1987 |
| Genre: | Country |
| Length: | 2:17 |
| Label: | MCA 53400 |
| Producer: | Jimmy Bowen & George Strait |
| Prev Title: | Baby Blue |
| Prev Year: | 1988 |
| Next Title: | Baby's Gotten Good at Goodbye |
| Next Year: | 1988 |
It was also covered by George Strait on his 1988 album If You Ain't Lovin', You Ain't Livin'. His version became his 15th number 1 single in the U.S.
Kevin John Coyne of Country Universe gave the song a B− grade, saying that it "features Strait singing in such an exaggerated twang that the entire proceedings feel more campy than country."[1]
"If You Ain't Lovin'" reached number two for three weeks on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for Faron Young in 1954.[2]
George Strait's version was a chart topper in 1988, his eighth consecutive single to do so.[3] Its chart performance on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart is unknown.