There Goes Another Love Song

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"There Goes Another Love Song"
Single by Outlaws
from the album Outlaws
Released1975
Genre Southern rock, country rock
Length3:06
Label Arista
Songwriter(s) Hughie Thomasson, Monte Yoho
Producer(s) Paul A. Rothchild
Outlaws singles chronology
"There Goes Another Love Song"
(1975)		"Breaker-Breaker"
(1976)

"There Goes Another Love Song" is a song by the American Southern rock band Outlaws. Written by Hughie Thomasson and Monte Yoho, it is the opening track and lead single from the band's 1975 debut album Outlaws . It became a Top 40 hit, peaking at number 34 on the Billboard Hot 100, and peaked at #30 in November 1975 in the Netherlands. [1]

Contents

Background and composition

The song was written by Hughie Thomasson and Monte Yoho. Thomasson's voice is the one commonly associated with the group because he sang two of the band's most popular songs, "There Goes Another Love Song" and "Green Grass and High Tides". [2]

Release and reception

The song was generally well received by music critics. Ronnie D. Lankford, Jr. of Allmusic called it one of The Outlaws' best songs, while the Associated Press called it a "rock anthem". [2] [3] However, not all reviews were positive. Marley Brant was confused as to why the song was released as a single in the first place, as he thought it was "slightly inconsequential". [4]

Other versions

"There Goes Another Love Song" was included on the various artists compilation The South's Greatest Hits. [5]

Track listing

7" Vinyl
  1. "There Goes Another Love Song" (Thomasson, Yoho) – 3:06
  2. "Keep Prayin'" (O'Keefe) – 2:46

Personnel

Chart performance

Chart (1975)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [6] 34
Canada RPM [7] 56

Notes

  1. ↑ The song's performance in the Dutch Top 40
  2. 1 2 Lankford, Ronnie D. "Outlaws - Overview". Allmusic . Macrovision Corporation . Retrieved 2009-10-15.
  3. ↑ "Hughie Thomasson, 55; was Outlaws guitarist and founder". The Boston Globe. Associated Press. 2007-09-13. Retrieved 2009-10-17.
  4. ↑ Brant 2002, p. 210.
  5. ↑ "Various Artists' The South's Greatest Hits". Eugene Register-Guard . 1977-07-07. Retrieved 2009-10-17.
  6. ↑ "The Outlaws - Charts & Awards - Billboard Singles". Allmusic . Macrovision Corporation . Retrieved 2009-10-15.
  7. ↑ "RPM Top 100 Singles - October 25, 1975" (PDF).

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