"It Must Be Love"
Single by Don Williams
from the album Expressions
B-side"Not a Chance"
ReleasedJuly 1979
GenreCountry
Length2:29
LabelMCA
Songwriter(s)Bob McDill
Producer(s)
Don Williams singles chronology
"Lay Down Beside Me"
(1979) 		"It Must Be Love"
(1979) 		"Love Me Over Again"
(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

Weekly charts

Chart (1979) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[2] 1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 2

Year-end charts

Chart (1979) Position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[3] 27

Alan Jackson version

"It Must Be Love"
Single by Alan Jackson
from the album Under the Influence
ReleasedApril 24, 2000
GenreCountry
Length2:54
LabelArista Nashville
Songwriter(s)Bob McDill
Producer(s)Keith Stegall
Alan Jackson singles chronology
"The Blues Man"
(2000) 		"It Must Be Love"
(2000) 		"www.memory"
(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,[4] 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.

Chart (2000) Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[5] 4
US Billboard Hot 100[6] 37
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[7] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (2000) Position
US Country Songs (Billboard)[8] 11

References

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 386.
  2. ^ "Don Williams Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  3. ^ "Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1979". Billboard. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
  4. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 169.
  5. ^ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 7168." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. August 28, 2000. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
  6. ^ "Alan Jackson Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  7. ^ "Alan Jackson Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  8. ^ "Best of 2000: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2000. Retrieved August 15, 2012.
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