I Don't Care (Just as Long as You Love Me)

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"I Don't Care (Just as Long as You Love Me)"
Single by Buck Owens
from the album I Don't Care
B-side "Don't Let Her Know"
ReleasedAugust 3, 1964
Genre Country
Length2:10
Label Capitol
Songwriter(s) Buck Owens
Producer(s) Ken Nelson
Buck Owens singles chronology
"My Heart Skips a Beat"
(1964)
"I Don't Care (Just as Long as You Love Me)"
(1964)
"I've Got a Tiger By the Tail"
(1964)

"I Don't Care (Just as Long as You Love Me)" is a 1964 single by Buck Owens, and was his fourth number one on the country chart. "I Don't Care (Just as Long as You Love Me)" spent six weeks at number one and a total of twenty-seven weeks on the chart. [1] The B-side of the song, "Don't Let Her Know", peaked at number thirty-three on the country chart.

Chart performance

Chart (1964)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles1
U.S. Billboard Hot 10092
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. 257.