That's What My Love Is For

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"That's What My Love Is For"
Single by Anne Murray
from the album Anne Murray
Released1996
Genre Country
Length3:48
Label Arista Records 0389
Songwriter(s) Amy Sky, Dave Pickell
Anne Murray singles chronology
"What Would It Take"
(1996)
"That's What My Love Is For"
(1996)
"Me Too"
(1996)

"That's What My Love Is For" is a song written by Amy Sky and Dave Pickell and performed by Anne Murray and Aaron Neville. The song reached No. 15 on the Canadian Adult Contemporary chart in 1996. The song appeared on her 1996 album, Anne Murray . [1]

Charts

Chart (1996)Peak
position
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary15

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References

  1. Anne Murray, Anne Murray Retrieved August 28, 2013