Sounds Like Love

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"Sounds Like Love"
Single by Johnny Lee
from the album Sounds Like Love
B-side "The Deeper We Fall"
ReleasedJanuary 24, 1983
Genre Country
Length2:52
Label Asylum
Songwriter(s) Tommy Rocco, Charlie Black
Producer(s) Jim Ed Norman
Johnny Lee singles chronology
"Cherokee Fiddle"
(1982)
"Sounds Like Love"
(1983)
"Hey Bartender"
(1983)

"Sounds Like Love" is a song written by Tommy Rocco and Charlie Black, and recorded by American country music artist Johnny Lee. It was released in January 1983 as the second single and title track from the album Sounds Like Love. The song reached number 6 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. [1]

Chart performance

Chart (1983)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [2] 6
Canadian RPM Country Tracks9

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 198.
  2. "Johnny Lee Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.