A Long Line of Love

"A Long Line of Love"
Single by Michael Martin Murphey
from the album Americana
B-side Worlds Apart
Released April 1987
Recorded ca. October 1986
Genre Country
Length 3:27
Label Warner Bros.
Writer(s) Paul Overstreet and Thom Schuyler
Producer(s) Jim Ed Norman
Michael Martin Murphey singles chronology
"A Face in the Crowd"
(w/Holly Dunn)
(1987)
"A Long Line of Love"
(1987)
"I'm Gonna Miss You, Girl"
(1987)

"A Long Line of Love" is a song written by Paul Overstreet and Thom Schuyler, and recorded by American country music artist Michael Martin Murphey. It was released in April 1987 as the second single from his album Americana. The song reached number one on the U.S. and Canadian country charts in August 1987.

Chart performance

Chart (1987) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles 1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks Chart 1
Preceded by
"One Promise Too Late"
by Reba McEntire
Billboard Hot Country Singles
number-one single

August 15, 1987
Succeeded by
"Why Does It Have to Be (Wrong or Right)"
by Restless Heart
RPM Country Tracks
number-one single

August 22-August 29, 1987
Succeeded by
"Whiskey, If You Were a Woman"
by Highway 101

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