Your Love (Tammy Wynette song) explained

Your Love
Type:single
Artist:Tammy Wynette
Album:Higher Ground
B-Side:"I Wasn't Meant to Live My Life Again"
Recorded:March 1987
Studio:Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Genre:Country
Label:Epic
Producer:Steve Buckingham
Prev Title:Alive and Well
Prev Year:1986
Next Title:Talkin' to Myself Again
Next Year:1987

"Your Love" is a song written by Beckie Foster and Tommy Rocco, recorded by American country music artist Tammy Wynette. It was released in June 1987 as the first single from the album Higher Ground.

Background and reception

"Your Love" was recorded in March 1987 in Nashville, Tennessee. The recording session included additional tracks that would later appear on Wynette's 1987 album. Although not officially credited on the single release, "Your Love" featured harmony vocals from Ricky Skaggs. The session included several other notable artists performing on background vocals as well. The session was produced by Steve Buckingham.[1]

The song reached number 12 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. "Your Love" became Wynette's first single to become a major hit since 1985's "Sometimes When We Touch". It was released on her 1987 studio album Higher Ground.[2]

Track listing

7" vinyl single[3]

Charts

Chart (1987)Peak
position
US Hot Country Singles (Billboard)12
Canada Country Singles (RPM)[4] 13

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tammy Wynette -- Higher Ground (1987, Vinyl) . . 25 December 2019.
  2. Book: Whitburn, Joel . The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research.
  3. Wynette . Tammy . "Your Love"/"I Wasn't Mean to Live My Life Alone" (7" vinyl single) . . June 1987 . 34-07226.
  4. Web site: Search results for "Tammy Wynette" under Country Singles . . 8 December 2019.