It's a Love Thing

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"It's a Love Thing"
KU Itsa Love Thing single.jpg
Single by Keith Urban
from the album Keith Urban
ReleasedMay 27, 1999
Recorded1999
Genre Country
Length3:41
Label Capitol Nashville
Songwriter(s) Keith Urban
Monty Powell
Producer(s) Keith Urban
Matt Rollings
Keith Urban singles chronology
"Got It Bad"
(1991)
"It's a Love Thing"
(1999)
"Your Everything"
(2000)

"It's a Love Thing" is a song co-written and recorded by Australian country music artist Keith Urban. It was released in May 1999 as the first single from his first American self-titled album. The song peaked at number 18 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. Urban wrote this song with Monty Powell.

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Music video

The music video was directed by Thom Oliphant and premiered on CMT on May 31, 1999, during The CMT Delivery Room.

Chart performance

"It's a Love Thing" debuted at number 73 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts during the week of August 28, 1999, and peaked at number 18 in 2000, becoming Urban's lowest-charting single to date. The song is his first single to not enter the Billboard Hot 100, and his first to miss the Top Ten on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. It would also be his only single to miss the Top Ten until 2018, when "Female" reached number 12.

Chart (1999–2000)Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [1] 25
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles ( Billboard ) [2] 5
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [3] 18

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