"A Little Bit in Love" is a song recorded by American

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artist

Patty Loveless Patty Loveless (born Patricia Lee Ramey, January 4, 1957) is an American country music singer. She began performing in her teenaged years before signing her first recording contract with MCA Records' Nashville division in 1985. While her first ...

. It was released in June 1988 as the third single from her album '' If My Heart Had Windows''.

Background

"A Little Bit in Love" was originally recorded by its writer

Steve Earle Stephen Fain Earle (; born January 17, 1955) is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, author, and actor. Earle began his career as a songwriter in Nashville and released his first EP in 1982. Initially working in the country music g ...

in 1985. His version did not chart. The

version charted for 18 weeks on the

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chart, reaching #2 during the week of September 10, 1988.

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

1985 songs 1985 singles 1988 singles Patty Loveless songs Steve Earle songs MCA Nashville Records singles Song recordings produced by Tony Brown (record producer) Song recordings produced by Emory Gordy Jr. Songs written by Steve Earle {{1985-country-song-stub