''Heard It in a Love Song'' is the twelfth studio album by American

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artist

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. Its title track is a cover of

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's single from 1977. Both it and "That Good That Bad" were released as singles, though neither charted. "A Hard Secret to Keep", originally found on Chesnutt's 2004 album ''

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'', is reprised here. "Apartment #9" is a cover of a

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song, and "Dreaming My Dreams with You" a cover of the

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song.

Track listing

Heard It in a Love Song "Heard It in a Love Song" is a song by The Marshall Tucker Band, from their 1977 album ''Carolina Dreams''; it was written by Toy Caldwell. Reception ''Cash Box'' praised the "pure-toned vocals" and "excellent work on the flute and guitars." ''R ...

" (

Toy Caldwell Toy Talmadge Caldwell Jr. (November 13, 1947 – February 25, 1993) was the lead guitarist and main songwriter of the 1970s Southern Rock group The Marshall Tucker Band.

) - 4:07 #"Dreaming My Dreams with You" (

Allen Reynolds Allen Reynolds (born August 18, 1938) is an American record producer and songwriter who specializes in country music. He has been inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum. Biography Early ...

) - 3:59 #"That Good That Bad" (Mark Chesnutt,

Roger Springer Roger Springer (born June 15, 1962, in Caddo, Oklahoma) is an American country music artist. Springer's only single as a solo artist, "The Right One Left," was released in 1992 on MCA Nashville and peaked at No. 69 on the '' Billboard'' H ...

, Clessie Lee Morrissette, Jr.) - 2:42 #"A Hard Secret to Keep" (Jim McBride,

Jerry Salley Jerry Salley is an American country and bluegrass singer-songwriter. Salley won SESAC's 2003 "Country Music Songwriter of the Year" award. Salley has been writing and singing in Nashville, Tennessee since 1982. To date, he has had 300 songs r ...

) - 3:19 #"A Day in the Life of a Fool" (Eddie Noack) - 2:14 #"You Can't Find Many Kissers" (

Hank Williams, Jr. Randall Hank Williams (born May 26, 1949), known professionally as Hank Williams Jr. or Bocephus, is an American singer-songwriter and musician. His musical style is often considered a blend of southern rock, blues, and country. He is the son of ...

) - 2:36 #"Apartment #9" (

Johnny Paycheck Johnny Paycheck (born Donald Eugene Lytle; May 31, 1938 – February 19, 2003) was an American country music singer and Grand Ole Opry member notable for recording the David Allan Coe song "Take This Job and Shove It". He achieved his greates ...

, Bobby Austin) - 2:31 #"A Shoulder to Cry On" (

Merle Haggard Merle Ronald Haggard (April 6, 1937 – April 6, 2016) was an American country music singer, songwriter, guitarist, and fiddler. Haggard was born in Oildale, California, toward the end of the Great Depression. His childhood was troubled af ...

) - 3:14 #"Goodbye Comes Hard for Me" (Tommy Collins) - 3;15 #"Lost Highway" (Leon Payne) - 2:44 {{Authority control 2006 albums Mark Chesnutt albums Albums produced by Mark Wright (record producer)