"Love's Gonna Live Here" is a 1963 single by

Buck Owens Alvis Edgar Owens Jr. (August 12, 1929 – March 25, 2006), known professionally as Buck Owens, was an American musician, singer, songwriter, and band leader. He was the lead singer for Buck Owens and the Buckaroos, which had 21 No. 1 hits on ...

, who also wrote the song. The single would be Buck Owens' second number one on the country charts spending sixteen weeks at the top spot and a total of thirty weeks on the chart. After "Love's Gonna Live Here" finished its 16-week stay at No. 1, no other song would spend more than 10 weeks at No. 1 for 49 years; the closest any song came was years later, with David Houston's " Almost Persuaded" spending nine weeks at No. 1 from August to October 1966. On January 12, 2013, "

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" by

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would become the first song since "Love's Gonna Live Here" to spend at least 10 weeks at No. 1. On July 6, 2013, " Cruise" by

Florida Georgia Line Florida Georgia Line is an American country music duo founded in 2010 by Tyler Hubbard of Georgia and Brian Kelley of Florida, both of whom are vocalists and songwriters. Their 2012 debut single "Cruise" broke two major sales records: it was d ...

surpassed the 16-weeks-at-No.-1 longevity of "Love's Gonna Live Here" on the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs chart when that song logged its 17th week at No. 1, something that had not happened in more than 49 years.

Chart performance

Cover versions

* Sten & Stanley on the 1994 album '' Musik, dans & party 10'' as "Nu leker livet igen". *

Waylon Jennings Waylon Jennings (June 15, 1937 – February 13, 2002) was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. He pioneered the Outlaw Movement in country music. Jennings started playing guitar at the age of eight and performed at age f ...

- On the album '' Waylon at JD's'' (Sound Limited), released in December 1964 *

Wanda Jackson Wanda LaVonne Jackson (born October 20, 1937) is an American singer and songwriter. Since the 1950s, she has recorded and released music in the genres of rock, country and gospel. She was among the first women to have a career in rock and roll, ...

- On the album '' The Happy Side of Wanda Jackson'' (

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), released in 1969 * Emmylou Harris - On the album '' Last Date'', released in 1982. *

Martina McBride Martina Mariea McBride (née Schiff, born July 29, 1966) is an American country music singer-songwriter and record producer. She is known for her soprano singing range and her country pop material. McBride was born in Sharon, Kansas, and reloc ...

- On the album '' Timeless'' (

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), released on October 10, 2005 *

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- On the album '' Under the Influence of Buck'' ( Palo Duro Records), released on July 31, 2007 *

Dwight Yoakam Dwight David Yoakam (born October 23, 1956) is an American singer-songwriter, actor, and film director. He first achieved mainstream attention in 1986 with the release of his debut album ''Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc.''. Yoakam had considerabl ...

- On the album ''

Dwight Sings Buck ''Dwight Sings Buck'' is country music artist Dwight Yoakam's 17th studio album, and a tribute album to Buck Owens. The album was released on October 23, 2007 (Yoakam's 51st birthday), by New West Records. Background Buck Owens and the Bakersfie ...

'' (

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), released on October 23, 2007 allmusic ((( Dwight Sings Buck > Overview ))) /ref> *

Tanya Tucker Tanya Denise Tucker (born October 10, 1958) is an American country music singer and songwriter who had her first hit, "Delta Dawn", in 1972 at the age of 13. Over the succeeding decades, Tucker became one of the few child performers to mature int ...

– On the album '' My Turn'', released on June 30, 2009

References

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