It Must Be Love (Don Williams song) explained

It Must Be Love
Type:single
Artist:Don Williams
Album:Expressions
B-Side:Not a Chance
Released:July 1979
Genre:Country
Length:2:29
Label:MCA
Prev Title:Lay Down Beside Me
Prev Year:1979
Next Title:Love Me Over Again
Next Year:1979

"It Must Be Love" is a song written by Bob McDill, and recorded by American country music artist Don Williams. It was released in July 1979 as the third single from the album Expressions. The song was Williams' ninth Number One single on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles charts.[1]

Charts

Year-end charts

Alan Jackson version

It Must Be Love
Type:single
Artist:Alan Jackson
Album:Under the Influence
Released:April 24, 2000
Genre:Country
Length:2:54
Label:Arista Nashville
Producer:Keith Stegall
Prev Title:The Blues Man
Prev Year:2000
Next Title:www.memory
Next Year:2000

In 2000, country music artist Alan Jackson recorded a cover of the song and released it as the third single from his album Under the Influence. Like Williams' version before it, Jackson's cover also reached Number One on the Billboard country charts,[3] a position that it held for one week. It also managed to reach the Top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at #37.

Chart performance

"It Must Be Love" debuted at number 68 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of April 29, 2000.

Year-end charts

Notes and References

  1. Book: Whitburn, Joel . The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 386.
  2. Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1979. Billboard. July 30, 2021.
  3. Book: Whitburn, Joel . The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 169.
  4. Best of 2000: Country Songs . . . 2000 . August 15, 2012.