Love or Something Like It (song)

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"Love or Something Like It"
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Single by Kenny Rogers
from the album Love or Something Like It
B-side "Starting Again"
ReleasedMay 29, 1978
Genre Country
Length2:51
Label United Artists
Songwriter(s) Kenny Rogers
Steve Glassmeyer
Producer(s) Larry Butler
Kenny Rogers singles chronology
"Every Time Two Fools Collide"
(1978)
"Love or Something Like It"
(1978)
"Anyone Who Isn't Me Tonight"
(1978)

"Love or Something Like It" is a song co-written and performed by American country music artist Kenny Rogers. It was released in May 1978 as the first single and title track from the album Love or Something Like It . The song was written by Rogers and Steven Glassmeyer (a member of Rogers's backing band) and was Kenny Rogers's third number one on the country chart. The single stayed at number one for one week (the only number one of his career that he had a hand in writing) and spent a total of ten weeks on the country chart. [1]

Chart performance

Chart (1978)Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100 [2] 32
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [3] 1
US Easy Listening (Billboard) [4] 12
Canadian RPM Top Singles36
Canadian RPM Country Tracks1
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks3

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