"When We Make Love" is a song written by
Troy Seals
Troy Harold Seals (born November 16, 1938, in Bighill, Madison County, Kentucky, United States) is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist.
He is a member of the prominent Seals family of musicians that includes Jim Seals (of Seals and C ...
and
Mentor Williams
Mentor Ralph Williams (June 11, 1946 – November 16, 2016) was an American songwriter and producer. He is best known for writing " Drift Away," a popular song first performed by John Henry Kurtz in 1972 and popularized by Dobie Gray the followi ...
, and 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, ...
band
Alabama
(We dare defend our rights)
, anthem = "Alabama (state song), Alabama"
, image_map = Alabama in United States.svg
, seat = Montgomery, Alabama, Montgomery
, LargestCity = Huntsville, Alabama, Huntsville
, LargestCounty = Baldwin County, Al ...
. The song — a love ballad — was released in April 1984 as the second single from the band's album ''
Roll On'', and was the group's 13th straight No. 1 single on the ''
Billboard magazine
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''
Hot Country Singles
Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by ''Billboard'' magazine in the United States.
This 50-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly by collecting airplay data from Nielsen BDS along with digital sal ...
chart that June.
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
References
*Morris, Edward, "Alabama," Contemporary Books Inc., Chicago, 1985 ()
*Roland, Tom, "The Billboard Book of Number One Country Hits" (Billboard Books, Watson-Guptill Publications, New York, 1991 ())
1984 singles
Alabama (American band) songs
Songs written by Troy Seals
Songs written by Mentor Williams
Song recordings produced by Harold Shedd
RCA Records singles
1984 songs
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