Amazing Love (song)

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"Amazing Love"
Single by Charley Pride
from the album Amazing Love
B-side "Blue Ridge Mountains Turning Green"
ReleasedSeptember 1973
Genre Country
Length3:11
Label RCA
Songwriter(s) John Schweers
Producer(s) Jack Clement
Charley Pride singles chronology
"Don't Fight the Feelings of Love"
(1973)
"Amazing Love"
(1973)
"We Could"
(1974)

"Amazing Love" is a song written by John Schweers, and recorded by American country music artist Charley Pride. It was released in September 1973 as the first single and title track from the album Amazing Love . The song was Pride's thirteenth number-one single on the U.S. country chart. The single went to number one for a single week and spent thirteen weeks on the chart. [1]

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Cover versions

The song also recorded by Conway Twitty on his 1974 album Honky Tonk Angel .

Chart performance

Chart (1973–1974)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [2] 1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks1

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 276.
  2. "Charley Pride Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.