We Don't Live Here, We Just Love Here

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"We Don't Live Here, We Just Love Here"
Song by Big Ben Atkins
A-side "We Don't Live Here, We Just Love Here"
B-side "Baby Blue Eyes"
Published1977
Released1978
Genre Country [1]
Length3:22
Songwriter(s) Mickey Buckins
Producer(s) Sonny Limbo & Mickey Buckins
United States chronology
"There'll Never Be Another For Me"
(1976)		"We Don't Live Here, We Just Love Here"
(1978)		"I Don't Want To Lose"
(1983)

"We Don't Live Here, We Just Love Here" was a 1978 single for Big Ben Atkins. It was also a hit for him that year, registering on the Cash Box , Billboard and Record World charts.

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Background

"We Don't Live Here, We Just Love Here" was composed by Mickey Buckins and copyright registered in October, 1977. [2] It was recorded by Big Ben Atkins The recording session was produced by Sonny Limbo & Mickey Buckins with Nelson Larkin as the executive producer. Backed with the Menter Williams & Dan Penn song "Baby Blue Eyes", it was released as a single on GRT 161. [3] It would prove to be a success for him that year. [4]

When the record was charting on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart, it was one of the Star Performers from its debut on May 13, though to the following week (May 20), which was one of the Singles registering greatest proportionate upward progress on that week. [5] [6]

Beig Ben Atkins was actually a white soul singer who was once signed to the Stax label. He was actually the first white artists signed to Stax. [7] [8]

Reception

"We Don't Live Here, We Just Love Here" was one of The Top Single Picks in the Country section of the May 6 issue of Billboard. [9]

In Canada, as per RPM Weekly (July 1 issue), Al Saville of CFFM-FM in Kamloops had the song as a hit pick. [10]

Airplay

On the week of May 6, Marie Ratliff reported in her Record World Country Hotline column that a Newcomer Big Ben Atkins was doing well on stations, WPNX, WBAM, WJQS, KVOO and KSOP. [11] She reported the following week that the song was now one of the most added chart contenders. [12]

The May 19 issue of The Gavin Report showed that the single was being played on Larry James's show at WBT in Charlotte, North Carolina. [13] It had also been seeing action on Billy Parker's show at KVOO in Tulsa. [14]

Chart

The single debuted at no. 84 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart on the week ending, May 13, 1978. [15] It peaked at no. 72 on week four for the week ending June 3. [16] [17]


"We Don't Live Here, We Just Love Here" debuted at no. 99 in the Cash Box, Top 100 Country chart on the week of May 13, 1978. [18] At week four on the week of June 3, it peaked at no. 81. [19] [20]

On the week of May 20, 1977, "We Don't Live Here, We Just Love Here" made its debut at no. 89 on the Record World Country Singles Chart. [21] It peaked at no. 80 on the week of June 10 and held that position for another week. [22] [23] IT spent a total of five weeks in the chart. [24] [25]

Chart summary

PublicationChartPeakDuration
Billboard Hot Country Singles 72 [26] [27] 4 wks [28] [29]
Cash Box Top 100 Country81 [30] [31] 4 wks [32] [33]
Record World Country Singles80 [34] [35] 5 wks [36] [37]

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References

  1. ↑ Billboard, May 6, 1978 - Page 96 Billboard's Top Single Picks, Country, BIG BEN ATKINS -We Don't Live Here, We Just Love Here
  2. ↑ Catalogue of Copyright Entries: Third Series Volume 31, Part 5, Number 2, Section 2
    Music, Current and Renewal Registrations, July-December 1977 ISSN 0041-7866 - Page 2548 We don't live here (we just love here) w & m Mickey Buckins
  3. ↑ Hideki Watanabe Archives - GRT -AS BIG BEN ATKINS
  4. ↑ Record World, October 21, 1978 - Page 82 Red O'Donnell's Year in Review (Continued from page 68), MAY
  5. ↑ Billboard, May 13, 1978 - Page 44 Billboard SPECIAL SURVEY For Week Ending 5/13/78, Billboard Hot Country Singles, This Week 86, NEW ENTRY
  6. ↑ Billboard, May 20, 1978 - Page 60 Billboard SPECIAL SURVEY For Week Ending 5/20/78, Billboard Hot Country Singles, This Week 75, Last Week 86, Weeks on Chart 2
  7. ↑ Any Major Dude With Half A Heart, June 5th, 2013 - In Memoriam – May 2013, (8)
  8. ↑ The Guardian, 21 Mar 2012 - Old music: Smith Perkins Smith – Say No More by Paul Nettleton
  9. ↑ Billboard, May 6, 1978 - Page 96 Billboard's Top Single Picks, Country, BIG BEN ATKINS -We Don't Live Here, We Just Love Here
  10. ↑ RPM Weekly, Volume 29 No. 14 July 1, 1978 - Page 32 COUNTRY HIT PICKERS
  11. ↑ Record World, May 6, 1978 - Page 68 COUNTRY HOTLINE By MARIE RATLIFF
  12. ↑ Record World, May 13, 1978 - Page 74 COUNTRY HOTLINE By MARIE RATLIFF, MOSTADDEDCHARTCONTENDERS
  13. ↑ The Gavin Report, # 1201 May 5, 1978, - -5- Country Music (Associate Editor, Elma Greer) (5/19/78) Roundup, Charlotte (Larry James-WBT)
  14. ↑ The Gavin Report, # 1201 May 5, 1978, - -6- (5/12/78) Roundup ( cont'd. from pg. 5), Tulsa ( Billy Parker-KVOO)
  15. ↑ Billboard, May 13, 1978 - Page 44 Billboard SPECIAL SURVEY For Week Ending 5/13/78, Billboard Hot Country Singles, This Week 86, NEW ENTRY
  16. ↑ Billboard, June 3, 1978 - Billboard SPECIAL SURVEY For Week Ending 6/3/78, Billboard Hot Country Singles, This Week 72, Last Week 75, Weeks on Chart 4
  17. ↑ Billboard, June 10, 1978 - Page 50 Billboard SPECIAL SURVEY For Week Ending 6/10/78, Billboard Hot Country Singles
  18. ↑ Cash Box, May 13, 1978 - Page 37 CASH BOX TOP 100 COUNTRY, 99, 4/29 -, Weeks on Chart 1
  19. ↑ Cash Box, June 3, 1978 - CASH BOX TOP 100 COUNTRY, 81, 5/27 83, Weeks on Chart 4
  20. ↑ Cash Box, June 10, 1978 - Page 32 CASH BOX TOP 100 COUNTRY
  21. ↑ Record World, May 20, 1978 - Page 116 RECORD WORLD COUNTRY SINGLES CHART, 89, MAY 13 -, WKS. ON CHART 1
  22. ↑ Record World, June 3, 1978 - Page 88 RECORD WORLD COUNTRY SINGLES CHART, 80, MAY 27 84, WKS. ON CHART 3
  23. ↑ Record World, June 19, 1978 - Page 110 RECORD WORLD COUNTRY SINGLES CHART, 80, JUNE 3 80, WKS. ON CHART 4
  24. ↑ Record World, June 17, 1978 - Page 84 RECORD WORLD COUNTRY SINGLES CHART, 81, JUNE 10 80, WKS. ON CHART 5
  25. ↑ Record World, June 24, 1978 - Page 86 RECORD WORLD COUNTRY SINGLES CHART
  26. ↑ Billboard, June 3, 1978 - Billboard SPECIAL SURVEY For Week Ending 6/3/78, Billboard Hot Country Singles, This Week 72, Last Week 75, Weeks on Chart 4
  27. ↑ Billboard, June 10, 1978 - Page 50 Billboard SPECIAL SURVEY For Week Ending 6/10/78, Billboard Hot Country Singles
  28. ↑ Billboard, June 3, 1978 - Billboard SPECIAL SURVEY For Week Ending 6/3/78, Billboard Hot Country Singles, This Week 72, Last Week 75, Weeks on Chart 4
  29. ↑ Billboard, June 10, 1978 - Page 50 Billboard SPECIAL SURVEY For Week Ending 6/10/78, Billboard Hot Country Singles
  30. ↑ Cash Box, June 3, 1978 - CASH BOX TOP 100 COUNTRY, 81, 5/27 83, Weeks on Chart 4
  31. ↑ Cash Box, June 10, 1978 - Page 32 CASH BOX TOP 100 COUNTRY
  32. ↑ Cash Box, June 3, 1978 - CASH BOX TOP 100 COUNTRY, 81, 5/27 83, Weeks on Chart 4
  33. ↑ Cash Box, June 10, 1978 - Page 32 CASH BOX TOP 100 COUNTRY
  34. ↑ Record World, June 3, 1978 - Page 88 RECORD WORLD COUNTRY SINGLES CHART, 80, MAY 27 84, WKS. ON CHART 3
  35. ↑ Record World, June 19, 1978 - Page 110 RECORD WORLD COUNTRY SINGLES CHART, 80, JUNE 3 80, WKS. ON CHART 4
  36. ↑ Record World, June 17, 1978 - Page 84 RECORD WORLD COUNTRY SINGLES CHART, 81, JUNE 10 80, WKS. ON CHART 5
  37. ↑ Record World, June 24, 1978 - Page 86 RECORD WORLD COUNTRY SINGLES CHART
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