"What Kind of Love" | ||||
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Single by Rodney Crowell | ||||
from the album Life Is Messy | ||||
B-side | "Nobody's Going to Tear My Playhouse Down" | |||
Released | June 29, 1992 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 3:56 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Songwriter(s) | Rodney Crowell, Roy Orbison, Will Jennings | |||
Producer(s) | Larry Klein | |||
Rodney Crowell singles chronology | ||||
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"What Kind of Love" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Rodney Crowell. It was released in June 1992 as the second single from the album Life Is Messy . The song reached number 11 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and peaked at number 2 on the RPM Country Tracks in Canada. [1]
Crowell and co-writer Will Jennings wrote the lyrics to a recording of a melody that Roy Orbison had made before his death. [2] The song features backing vocals from Don Henley and Linda Ronstadt. [3]
Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, calling it the "first step in a major effort to immerse this rock-influenced country star into the pop and AC realm. She goes on to say that "twangy instrumentation a la Tom Petty and the late Roy Orbison (with whom this song was penned), combined with an appealing vocal, makes a strong argument for play at these and album rock formats." [4]
From Life Is Messy liner notes. [3]
"What Kind of Love" debuted at number 75 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of June 27, 1992.
Chart (1992) | Peak position |
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Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) [5] | 47 |
Canada Adult Contemporary ( RPM ) [6] | 5 |
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [7] | 2 |
US Adult Contemporary ( Billboard ) [8] | 9 |
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [9] | 11 |
Chart (1992) | Position |
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Canada Adult Contemporary Tracks ( RPM ) [10] | 42 |
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [11] | 30 |
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