"If I Could Only Win Your Love" is a song written and first performed in 1958 by

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and later made a hit by American

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artist Emmylou Harris. Harris and Herb Pederson sing this as a duet, much like Charlie and his brother Ira sang it originally. It was released in June 1975 as the second single from her album ''

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''. The song peaked at number 4 on the '' Billboard''

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chart. It also reached number 1 on the ''

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'' Country Tracks chart in Canada.

Chart performance

References

1975 singles 1958 songs Emmylou Harris songs Song recordings produced by Brian Ahern (producer) Reprise Records singles Year of song missing Songs written by Ira Louvin Songs written by Charlie Louvin {{1970s-country-song-stub