They Call It Makin' Love

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"They Call It Makin' Love"
Single by Tammy Wynette
from the album Just Tammy
B-side "Let Me Be Me"
ReleasedJanuary 1979 (1979-01)
RecordedDecember 1978
Studio Columbia Recording Studio
Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Genre Country
Length2:19
Label Epic
Songwriter(s) Bobby Braddock
Producer(s) Billy Sherrill
Tammy Wynette singles chronology
"One of a Kind"
(1978)
"They Call It Makin' Love"
(1979)
"No One Else in the World"
(1979)

"They Call It Makin' Love" is a song written by Bobby Braddock that was originally recorded by American country artist Tammy Wynette and released as a single in 1979.

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Background and reception

"They Call It Makin' Love" was first recorded in December 1978 at the Columbia Recording Studio in Nashville, Tennessee. Additional tracks were recorded during this session, which would ultimately become part of Wynette's studio album released with the single. The session was produced by Billy Sherrill and the song was issued as a single in January 1979.

The song reached number 6 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. It released on her studio album Just Tammy . [1]

Track listings

7" vinyl single [2]

Charts

Chart (1979)Peak
position
US Hot Country Singles ( Billboard ) [1] 6
CAN Country Singles ( RPM ) [3] 6

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References

  1. 1 2 Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research.
  2. "Tammy Wynette -- They Call It Makin' Love (1979, Vinyl)". Discogs . Retrieved 16 December 2019.
  3. "Search results for "Tammy Wynette" under Country Singles". RPM . Retrieved 8 December 2019.