Love in the Hot Afternoon

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"Love in the Hot Afternoon"
Single by Gene Watson
from the album Love in the Hot Afternoon
B-side "Through the Eyes of Love"
ReleasedMay 1975
Recorded 1974
Genre Country
Length3:21
Label Capitol 4076
Songwriter(s) Vince Matthews and Kent Westbury
Producer(s) Russ Reeder
Gene Watson singles chronology
"Bad Water"
(1975)		"Love in the Hot Afternoon"
(1975)		"Where Love Begins"
(1975)

"Love in the Hot Afternoon" is a song written by Vince Matthews and Kent Westbury, and recorded by American country music artist Gene Watson. It was released in May 1975 as the second single and title track from the album Love in the Hot Afternoon. The song reached number three on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart, becoming his first top-40 and first top-10 hit on that chart. [1] Two years later, American contralto pop music singer Vicki Lawrence released her female version of this song, with the gender reversed as a promotional single on Private Stock Records.

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In 2010, it was covered by Bonnie "Prince" Billy and Matt Sweeney for the Adult Swim Singles Program.

Chart performance

Chart (1975)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [2] 3
Canadian RPM Country Tracks3

References

  1. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 450. ISBN   978-0-89820-177-2.
  2. ↑ "Gene Watson Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.



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