Love's the Answer

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"Love's the Answer"
Single by Tanya Tucker
from the album Delta Dawn
A-side "The Jamestown Ferry"
ReleasedOctober 20, 1972
Studio Columbia (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre Country
Length2:34
Label Columbia
Songwriter(s) Emily Mitchell
Norro Wilson
Producer(s) Billy Sherrill
Tanya Tucker singles chronology
"Delta Dawn"
(1972)
"Love's the Answer"
(1972)
"What's Your Mama's Name"
(1973)

"Love's the Answer" is a song written by Emily Mitchell and Norro Wilson, and recorded by American country music artist Tanya Tucker. It was released in October 1972 as the second single from her album Delta Dawn . The song peaked at number 5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. [1] It also reached number 1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada. [2]

Chart performance

Chart (1972–1973)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [3] 5
Canadian RPM Country Tracks1

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  2. "RPM Country Singles for January 13, 1973". RPM . Retrieved 18 March 2011.
  3. "Tanya Tucker Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.