"Love Affairs" is a song recorded by American

country music Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...

artist

Michael Martin Murphey Michael Martin Murphey (born March 14, 1945) is an American singer-songwriter best known for writing and performing Western music, country music and popular music. A multiple Grammy nominee, Murphey has six gold albums, including ''Cowboy Songs' ...

. It was co-written by Murphey and

Mike d'Abo Michael David d'Abo (born 1 March 1944) is an English singer and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist of Manfred Mann from 1966 to their dissolution in 1969, and as the composer of the songs "Handbags and Gladrags" and "Build Me Up Butt ...

. It was released in March 1983 as the forth and final single from the album ''

''. The song peaked at number 11 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles and at number 18 on the Canadian ''RPM'' Country Tracks chart. The backing vocals are performed by

Jennifer Warnes Jennifer Jean Warnes (born March 3, 1947) is an American singer and songwriter. She has performed as a vocalist on a number of film soundtracks. She has won two Grammy Awards, in 1983 for the Joe Cocker duet "Up Where We Belong" and in 1987 for ...

Chart performance

References

1983 singles Michael Martin Murphey songs Songs written by Mike d'Abo Songs written by Michael Martin Murphey Liberty Records singles 1982 songs {{1982-country-song-stub