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Love Knows We Tried
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Wikipedia article
"'Love Knows We Tried'" is a song originally recorded by American country artist, Tanya Tucker. It was composed by Rory Bourke, Kerry Chater and Jan Crutchfield. The song was first included on Tucker's 1980 studio album, 'Dreamlovers'. In April 1981, it was spawned as the third and final single from the album and reached the top forty of the North American country music charts.
Background, recording and chart performance
At age 13, Tanya Tucker broke through into the country music mainstream with the top ten single, "Delta Dawn". A string of singles followed on Columbia Records that reached the top ten and the number one. A record label switch in 1975 proved successful as Tucker continued having top ten and number one singles through the end of the seventies. In 1980 however, her popularity began to wane and she had only two major hits that year. In 1981, she reached the top ten only once with the single "Can I See You Tonight" from her album 'Dreamlovers'. "Love Knows We Tried" would also reach the top 40. The song was written by Rory Bourke, Kerry Chater and Jan Crutchfield. Tucker recorded the track in May 1980 in Nashville, Tennessee alongside producer Jerry Crutchfield.
"Love Knows We Tried" first appeared as an album track on Tucker's 1980 LP, 'Dreamlovers'. It was issued as the third and final single from the project in April 1981. It spent a total of eight weeks on the American 'Billboard' Hot Country Songs, climbing to the number 40 position by May 1981. It reached the same position on the Canadian 'RPM' Country chart around the same time.
Track listing
;7" vinyl single
* "Love Knows We Tried" 3:48
* "Somebody (Trying to Tell You Something)" 3:35
Chart performance
References
Category:1981 singles
Category:1980 songs
Category:Tanya Tucker songs
Category:MCA Records singles
Category:Songs written by Rory Bourke
Category:Songs written by Jan Crutchfield
Category:Songs written by Kerry Chater
Category:Song recordings produced by Jerry Crutchfield
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