If Love Was Like Guitars

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"If Love Was Like Guitars"
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Single by Ian McNabb
from the album Truth and Beauty
ReleasedJanuary 1993
Recorded1992
Genre Rock
Label This Way Up
Songwriter(s) Robert Ian McNabb
Producer(s) Robert Ian McNabb
Ian McNabb singles chronology
"These Are the Days"
(1991)
"If Love Was Like Guitars"
(1993)
"I'm Game"
(1993)

"If Love Was Like Guitars" is the third solo single released by Ian McNabb. The song was taken from the album Truth and Beauty . It charted at number 67 on the UK Singles Chart. [1]

Track listings

7"

  1. "If Love Was Like Guitars" (4:06)
  2. "Trams in Amsterdam" (3:45)

CD

  1. "If Love Was Like Guitars" (4:06)
  2. "Trams in Amsterdam" (3:45)
  3. "Great Dreams of Heaven" (Acoustic) (4:58)

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References

  1. "If love was like guitars | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Official Charts .