They Call It Making Love

"They Call It Making Love"
"They Call It Making Love"
Single by Tammy Wynette
from the album Just Tammy
B-side	"Let Me Be Me"
Released	January 1979
Recorded	December 1978
Studio	Columbia Recording Studio; Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Genre	Country
Length	2:19
Label	Epic
Songwriter(s)	Bobby Braddock
Producer(s)	Billy Sherrill
Tammy Wynette singles chronology

"They Call It Making Love" is a song written by Bobby Braddock, and recorded by American country music artist Tammy Wynette. It released in January 1979 as the first single from the album Just Tammy.

Background and reception

"They Call It Making 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]

"They Call It Making Love" – 2:19
"Let Me Be Me" – 2:43

Charts

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

References

^ ^a ^b Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research.
^ Wynette, Tammy (January 1979). ""They Call It Making Love"/"Let Me Be Me" (7" vinyl single)". Epic Records. 8-50661.
^ "Search results for "Tammy Wynette" under Country Singles". RPM. Retrieved 8 December 2019.

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

[2] Wynette, Tammy (January 1979). ""They Call It Making Love"/"Let Me Be Me" (7" vinyl single)". Epic Records. 8-50661.

[RPM_Country_Songs-3] "Search results for "Tammy Wynette" under Country Singles". RPM. Retrieved 8 December 2019.

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Discography with George Jones Albums discography Singles discography
1960s	"Apartment No. 9" "Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad" "My Elusive Dreams" (with David Houston) "I Don't Wanna Play House" "Take Me to Your World" "It's All Over" (with David Houston) "D-I-V-O-R-C-E" "Stand by Your Man" "Singing My Song" "The Ways to Love a Man" "I'll See Him Through"
1970s	"He Loves Me All the Way" "Run, Woman, Run" "The Wonders You Perform" "We Sure Can Love Each Other" "Good Lovin' (Makes It Right)" "Bedtime Story" "Reach Out Your Hand (And Touch Somebody)" "My Man (Understands)" "'Til I Get It Right" "Kids Say the Darndest Things" "Another Lonely Song" "Woman to Woman" "(You Make Me Want to Be a) Mother" "I Still Believe in Fairy Tales" "'Til I Can Make It on My Own" "You and Me" "(Let's Get Together) One Last Time" "One of a Kind" "I'd Like to See Jesus (On the Midnight Special)" "Womanhood" "They Call It Making Love" "No One Else in the World"
1980s	"He Was There (When I Needed You)" "Starting Over" "Cowboys Don't Shoot Straight (Like They Used To)" "Crying in the Rain" "Another Chance" "You Still Get to Me in My Dreams" "A Good Night's Love" "Lonely Heart" "Sometimes When We Touch" (with Mark Gray) "Your Love" "Talkin' to Myself Again" "Beneath a Painted Sky"
1990s	"Justified and Ancient (Stand by the JAMS)" (The KLF featuring Tammy Wynette) "Silver Threads and Golden Needles" (with Loretta Lynn and Dolly Parton) "Every Breath You Take" (with Sting)