True Love (Don Williams song)

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"True Love"
Single by Don Williams
from the album True Love
B-side "Learn to Let It Go"
ReleasedJanuary 1991
Genre Country
Length2:52
Label RCA
Songwriter(s) Pat Alger
Producer(s) Don Williams, Garth Fundis
Don Williams singles chronology
"Back in My Younger Days"
(1990)
"True Love"
(1991)
"Lord Have Mercy on a Country Boy"
(1991)

"True Love" is a song written by Pat Alger, and recorded by American country music artist Don Williams. It was released in January 1991 as the second single and title track from Williams' album True Love. The song reached number 4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in April 1991. [1]

Contents

Chart performance

Chart (1991)Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [2] 5
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [3] 4

Year-end charts

Chart (1991)Position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [4] 62
US Country Songs ( Billboard ) [5] 49

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References

  1. Don Williams Chart History
  2. "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 1502." RPM . Library and Archives Canada. April 27, 1991. Retrieved August 16, 2013.
  3. "Don Williams Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
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