It Must Be Love (Don Williams song)

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"It Must Be Love"
Single by Don Williams
from the album Expressions
B-side "Not a Chance"
ReleasedJuly 1979
Genre Country
Length2:29
Label MCA
Songwriter(s) Bob McDill
Producer(s)
Don Williams singles chronology
"Lay Down Beside Me"
(1979)
"It Must Be Love"
(1979)
"Love Me Over Again"
(1979)

"It Must Be Love" is a song written by Bob McDill, and recorded by American country music artist Don Williams. It was released in July 1979 as the third single from the album Expressions. The song was Williams' ninth Number One single on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles charts. [1]

Contents

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1979)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [2] 1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks2

Year-end charts

Chart (1979)Position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard) [3] 27

Alan Jackson version

"It Must Be Love"
Single by Alan Jackson
from the album Under the Influence
ReleasedApril 24, 2000
Genre Country
Length2:54
Label Arista Nashville
Songwriter(s) Bob McDill
Producer(s) Keith Stegall
Alan Jackson singles chronology
"The Blues Man"
(2000)
"It Must Be Love"
(2000)
"www.memory"
(2000)

In 2000, country music artist Alan Jackson recorded a cover of the song and released it as the third single from his album Under the Influence . Like Williams' version before it, Jackson's cover also reached Number One on the Billboard country charts, [4] a position that it held for one week. It also managed to reach the Top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at #37.

Chart performance

"It Must Be Love" debuted at number 68 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of April 29, 2000.

Chart (2000)Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [5] 4
US Billboard Hot 100 [6] 37
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [7] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (2000)Position
US Country Songs ( Billboard ) [8] 11

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