It's Only Love (ZZ Top song)

"It's Only Love"
Single by ZZ Top
from the album Tejas
B-side	"Asleep In The Desert"
Released	1976
Genre	Blues rock
Length	4:24
Label	London
Songwriter(s)	Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill and Frank Beard
Producer(s)	Bill Ham
ZZ Top singles chronology
"Tush" (1975) "It's Only Love" (1976) "Arrested for Driving While Blind" (1977)
Official audio
"It's Only Love (2019 Remaster)" on YouTube

"It's Only Love" is a song by American blues rock band ZZ Top. It was released as the lead single from their fifth studio album Tejas (1976).

Cash Box called it a "spare and driving rocker" with "good quality." ^[1] Record World called it "a very Rolling Stones-ish number" ^[2]

Commercial performance

"It's Only Love" peaked at number 44 on the Billboard Hot 100. ^[3]

Personnel

• Billy Gibbons – guitar, harmonica, lead vocals
• Dusty Hill – bass, co-lead vocals
• Frank Beard – drums

Charts

Chart (1976)	Peak position
US Billboard Hot 100 [4]	48
US Cash Box Top 100 [5]	46

References

1. "CashBox Singles Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. August 21, 1976. p. 16. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
2. "Single Picks" (PDF). Record World. August 21, 1976. p. 12. Retrieved 2023-03-04.
3. "All Music Profile on Tejas and their singles". AllMusic . Retrieved 16 April 2014.
4. Whitburn, Joel (2011). Top Pop Singles 1955-2010. Record Research.
5. Whitburn, Joel (2014). Cash Box Pop Hits: 1952-1996. Record Research.