Love Is Like a Spinning Wheel

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"Love Is Like a Spinning Wheel"
Single by Jan Howard
from the album Love Is Like a Spinning Wheel
B-side "I Never Once Stopped Loving You"
ReleasedNovember 1971
Genre Country
Label Decca
Songwriter(s) Sergio Endrigo, Bill Owen
Producer(s) Owen Bradley
Jan Howard singles chronology
"Love Is a Sometimes Thing"
(1971)
"Love Is Like a Spinning Wheel"
(1971)
"Let Him Have It"
(1972)

"Love Is Like a Spinning Wheel" is a single by American country music artist Jan Howard. Released in November 1971, the song reached #36 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. The single was later released on Howard's 1972 album of the same name. The song became Howard's first solo top forty single in two years. [1] The song became a major hit in Canada, peaking at #14 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart, her last solo single to chart in Canada. [2]

Chart performance

Chart (1971-1972)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles36
CAN RPM Country Tracks14

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References

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