Love Is Fair (song)

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"Love Is Fair"
Single by Barbara Mandrell
from the album Love Is Fair
B-side "Sometime, Somewhere, Somehow"
ReleasedJanuary 1981
Genre Country
Length3:02
Label MCA
Songwriter(s) Kye Fleming, Dennis Morgan
Producer(s) Tom Collins
Barbara Mandrell singles chronology
"The Best of Strangers"
(1980)
"Love Is Fair"
(1981)
"I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool"
(1981)

"'Love Is Fair" is a song written by Kye Fleming and Dennis Morgan, and recorded by American country music artist Barbara Mandrell. It was released in January 1981 as the third and final single and title track from the album Love Is Fair . It peaked at number 13 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles chart and number 7 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart. [1]

Chart performance

Chart (1981)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [2] 13
Canadian RPM Country Tracks7

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 213.
  2. "Barbara Mandrell Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.