It Must Be Love (Don Williams song)

"It Must Be Love"
"It Must Be Love"
Single by Alan Jackson
from the album Under the Influence
Released	April 24, 2000
Genre	Country
Length	2:54
Label	Arista Nashville
Songwriter(s)	Bob McDill
Producer(s)	Keith Stegall
Alan Jackson singles chronology

"It Must Be Love"
"It Must Be Love"
Single by Don Williams
from the album Expressions
B-side	"Not a Chance"
Released	July 1979
Genre	Country
Length	2:29
Label	MCA
Songwriter(s)	Bob McDill
Producer(s)	Don Williams; Garth Fundis;
Don Williams singles chronology

"It Must Be Love" is a song written by Bob McDill, and recorded by American country music artist Don Williams. It was released in July 1979 as the third single from the album Expressions. The song was Williams' ninth Number One single on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles charts.^[1]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1979)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[2]	1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	2

Year-end charts

Chart (1979)	Position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[3]	27

Alan Jackson version

In 2000, country music artist Alan Jackson recorded a cover of the song and released it as the third single from his album Under the Influence. Like Williams' version before it, Jackson's cover also reached Number One on the Billboard country charts,^[4] a position that it held for one week. It also managed to reach the Top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at #37.

Chart performance

"It Must Be Love" debuted at number 68 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of April 29, 2000.

Chart (2000)	Peak position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[5]	4
US Billboard Hot 100^[6]	37
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[7]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (2000)	Position
US Country Songs (Billboard)^[8]	11

References

^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 386.
^ "Don Williams Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
^ "Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1979". Billboard. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 169.
^ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 7168." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. August 28, 2000. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
^ "Alan Jackson Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
^ "Alan Jackson Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
^ "Best of 2000: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2000. Retrieved August 15, 2012.

[1] Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 386.

[sc_Billboardcountrysongs_Don_Williams-2] "Don Williams Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.

[3] "Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1979". Billboard. Retrieved July 30, 2021.

[4] Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 169.

[sc_Canadacountry_-5] "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 7168." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. August 28, 2000. Retrieved July 8, 2013.

[sc_Billboardhot100_Alan_Jackson-6] "Alan Jackson Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.

[sc_Billboardcountrysongs_Alan_Jackson-7] "Alan Jackson Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.

[8] "Best of 2000: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2000. Retrieved August 15, 2012.

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Here in the Real World	"Here in the Real World" "Wanted" "Chasin' That Neon Rainbow" "I'd Love You All Over Again"
Don't Rock the Jukebox	"Don't Rock the Jukebox" "Someday" "Dallas" "Midnight in Montgomery" "Love's Got a Hold on You"
A Lot About Livin' (And a Little 'bout Love)	"She's Got the Rhythm (And I Got the Blues)" "Tonight I Climbed the Wall" "Chattahoochee" "Mercury Blues" "(Who Says) You Can't Have It All"
Who I Am	"Summertime Blues" "Livin' on Love" "Gone Country" "Song for the Life" "I Don't Even Know Your Name"
The Greatest Hits Collection	"Tall, Tall Trees" "I'll Try" "Home"
Everything I Love	"Little Bitty" "Everything I Love" "Who's Cheatin' Who" "There Goes" "Between the Devil and Me" "A House with No Curtains"
High Mileage	"I'll Go On Loving You" "Right on the Money" "Gone Crazy" "Little Man"
Under the Influence	"Pop a Top" "It Must Be Love"
When Somebody Loves You	"www.memory" "When Somebody Loves You" "Where I Come From" "It's Alright to Be a Redneck"
Drive	"Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)" "Drive (For Daddy Gene)" "Work in Progress" "That'd Be Alright"
Greatest Hits Volume II	"It's Five O'Clock Somewhere" (w/ Jimmy Buffett) "Remember When"
What I Do	"Too Much of a Good Thing" "Monday Morning Church" "The Talkin' Song Repair Blues" "USA Today"
Like Red on a Rose	"Like Red on a Rose" "A Woman's Love"
Good Time	"Small Town Southern Man" "Good Time" "Country Boy" "Sissy's Song" "I Still Like Bologna"
Freight Train	"It's Just That Way" "Hard Hat and a Hammer"
34 Number Ones	"Ring of Fire"
Thirty Miles West	"Long Way to Go" "So You Don't Have to Love Me Anymore" "You Go Your Way"
Other songs	"Tequila Sunrise" "A Good Year for the Roses" (w/ George Jones) "Redneck Games" (w/ Jeff Foxworthy) "Margaritaville" (w/ Jimmy Buffett) "Murder on Music Row" (w/ George Strait) "Hey, Good Lookin'" (w/ Jimmy Buffett, Clint Black, Kenny Chesney, Toby Keith and George Strait) "You Ain't Just Whistlin' Dixie" (w/ The Bellamy Brothers) "As She's Walking Away" (w/ Zac Brown Band)
See also	Singles discography