Love Lessons (song)

"Love Lessons"
Single by Tracy Byrd
from the album Love Lessons
B-side "Don't Need That Heartache"[1]
Released August 29, 1995[2]
Format CD single
Recorded 1995
Genre Country
Length 3:52
Label MCA
Writer(s) Jerry Kilgore
Monty Powell
Ted Hewitt
Sarah Majors
Producer(s) Tony Brown
Tracy Byrd singles chronology
"Walking to Jerusalem"
(1995)
"Love Lessons"
(1995)
"Heaven in My Woman's Eyes"
(1996)

"Love Lessons" is a song written by Jerry Kilgore, Monty Powell, Ted Hewitt and Sarah Majors, and recorded by American country music artist Tracy Byrd. It was released in August 1995 as the second single and title track from the album Love Lessons. The song reached #9 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.

Critical reception

Larry Flick, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, saying that Byrd slows the pace to deliver "a pretty, romantic ballad." He goes on to say that "Byrd's smooth, rich voice and Brown's solid production make this one a winner."[3]

Chart performance

Chart (1995) Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[4] 13
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)[5] 19
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[6] 9

References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 73. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
  2. http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/byrd_tracy/611492/album.jhtml
  3. Billboard, September 2, 1995
  4. "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 2841." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. December 18, 1995. Retrieved July 21, 2013.
  5. "Tracy Byrd Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 for Tracy Byrd.
  6. "Tracy Byrd Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Tracy Byrd.