Never Givin' Up on Love

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"Never Givin' Up on Love"
Murphey Never Giving single.png
Single by Michael Martin Murphey
from the album Land of Enchantment / Pink Cadillac (soundtrack)
B-side "Desperation Road"
ReleasedApril 18, 1989
Genre Country
Length4:47
Label Warner Bros.
Songwriter(s) Michael Smotherman
Producer(s) Jim Ed Norman
Michael Martin Murphey singles chronology
"From the Word Go"
(1988)
"Never Givin' Up on Love"
(1989)
"Family Tree"
(1989)

"Never Givin' Up on Love" is a song written by Michael Smotherman, and recorded by American country music artist Michael Martin Murphey. It was released in April 1989 as the lead single from the album Land of Enchantment . The song peaked at number 9 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles chart and at number 21 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart. [1] The song also appears on the soundtrack of the 1989 Clint Eastwood film Pink Cadillac .

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Chart performance

Chart (1989)Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [2] 21
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [3] 9

Year-end charts

Chart (1989)Position
US Country Songs ( Billboard ) [4] 96

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