They Call It Making Love Explained

They Call It Making Love
Type:single
Artist:Tammy Wynette
Album:Just Tammy
B-Side:"Let Me Be Me"
Recorded:December 1978
Studio:Columbia Recording Studio
Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Genre:Country
Label:Epic
Producer:Billy Sherrill
Prev Title:One of a Kind
Prev Year:1978
Next Title:No One Else in the World
Next Year:1979

"They Call It Making Love" is a song written by Bobby Braddock, and recorded by American country music artist Tammy Wynette. It released in January 1979 as the first single from the album Just Tammy.

Background and reception

"They Call It Making Love" was first recorded in December 1978 at the Columbia Recording Studio in Nashville, Tennessee. Additional tracks were recorded during this session, which would ultimately become part of Wynette's studio album released with the single. The session was produced by Billy Sherrill and the song was issued as a single in January 1979.

The song reached number 6 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. It released on her studio album Just Tammy.[1]

Track listings

7" vinyl single[2]

Charts

Chart (1979)Peak
position
US Hot Country Singles (Billboard)6
CAN Country Singles (RPM)[3] 6

Notes and References

  1. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Joel Whitburn

    . The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research.

  2. Wynette . Tammy . "They Call It Making Love"/"Let Me Be Me" (7" vinyl single) . . January 1979 . 8-50661.
  3. Web site: Search results for "Tammy Wynette" under Country Singles . . 8 December 2019.