Desperado Love
"Desperado Love" | ||||
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Single by Conway Twitty | ||||
from the album Fallin' for You for Years | ||||
B-side | "I Can't See Me Without You" | |||
Released | June 1986 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 2:25 | |||
Label | Warner Bros. | |||
Songwriter(s) | Michael Garvin Sammy Johns | |||
Producer(s) | Conway Twitty, Dee Henry, Ron Treat | |||
Conway Twitty singles chronology | ||||
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"Desperado Love" is a song written by Michael Garvin and Sammy Johns, and recorded by American country music artist Conway Twitty. It was released in June 1986 as the first single from his album Fallin' for You for Years. The song was Twitty's 35th and final solo number one country hit on the Billboard chart and 51st overall (he also reached number 1 five more times on Billboard in duets with Loretta Lynn during the 1970s, giving him an overall total of 40 Billboard number ones) The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of 13 weeks on the country chart.[1]
When factoring in the other music publications "Desperado Love" was Conway's 51st number 1 hit. He would have four more number 1 singles through 1990; even though 1986's "Desperado Love" would be his last chart topper on Billboard.
Vince Gill sings the harmony vocal on this song, according to the jacket of the 1986 "Falling for You for Years" album.
Chart performance
Chart (1986) | Peak position |
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US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[2] | 1 |
Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 1 |
References
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- Sings
- Saturday Night with Conway Twitty
- Lonely Blue Boy
- The Rock & Roll Story
- I Can't See Me Without You
- Honky Tonk Angel
- I'm Not Through Loving You Yet
- Linda on My Mind
- The High Priest of Country Music
- Now and Then
- I've Already Loved You in My Mind
- Georgia Keeps Pulling on My Ring
- Cross Winds
- Heart & Soul
- Rest Your Love on Me
- Mr. T
- Southern Comfort
- Dream Maker
- Lost in the Feeling
- By Heart
- Don't Call Him a Cowboy
- Chasin' Rainbows
- Fallin' for You for Years
- Borderline
- Still in Your Dreams
- House on Old Lonesome Road
- Crazy in Love
- Even Now
- Final Touches
- We Only Make Believe
- Lead Me On
- Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man
- Country Partners
- Dynamic Duo
- Number Ones
- Classic Conway
- Conway's Latest Greatest Hits Volume 1
- Greatest Hits Volume III
- 25 Number Ones
- "It's Only Make Believe"
- "Mona Lisa"
- "Danny Boy"
- "Lonely Blue Boy"
- "What Am I Living For"
- "Next in Line"
- "I Love You More Today"
- "To See My Angel Cry"
- "Hello Darlin'"
- "Fifteen Years Ago"
- "How Much More Can She Stand"
- "I Can't See Me Without You"
- "(Lost Her Love) On Our Last Date"
- "I Can't Stop Loving You"
- "She Needs Someone to Hold Her (When She Cries)"
- "You've Never Been This Far Before"
- "There's a Honky Tonk Angel (Who'll Take Me Back In)"
- "I'm Not Through Loving You Yet"
- "I See the Want To in Your Eyes"
- "Linda on My Mind"
- "Touch the Hand"
- "This Time I've Hurt Her More Than She Loves Me"
- "After All the Good Is Gone"
- "The Games That Daddies Play"
- "I Can't Believe She Gives It All to Me"
- "Play Guitar Play"
- "I've Already Loved You in My Mind"
- "Georgia Keeps Pulling on My Ring"
- "Boogie Grass Band"
- "Your Love Had Taken Me That High"
- "Don't Take It Away"
- "I May Never Get to Heaven"
- "Happy Birthday Darlin'"
- "I'd Love to Lay You Down"
- "Rest Your Love on Me"
- "Tight Fittin' Jeans"
- "Red Neckin' Love Makin' Night"
- "The Clown"
- "Slow Hand"
- "We Did But Now You Don't"
- "The Rose"
- "We Had It All"
- "Lost in the Feeling"
- "Heartache Tonight"
- "Three Times a Lady"
- "Somebody's Needin' Somebody"
- "I Don't Know a Thing About Love (The Moon Song)"
- "Ain't She Somethin' Else"
- "Don't Call Him a Cowboy"
- "Between Blue Eyes and Jeans"
- "Desperado Love"
- "Fallin' for You for Years"
- "Julia"
- "I Want to Know You Before We Make Love"
- "That's My Job"
- "Goodbye Time"
- "Saturday Night Special"
- "I Wish I Was Still in Your Dreams"
- "She's Got a Single Thing in Mind"
- "House on Old Lonesome Road"
- "Fit to Be Tied Down"
- "Crazy in Love"
- "I Couldn't See You Leavin'"
- "Rainy Night in Georgia"
- "After the Fire Is Gone"
- "Lead Me On"
- "Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man"
- "Feelins'"
- "The Letter"
- "I Can't Love You Enough"
- "Making Believe"
- "Don't Cry Joni"
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