| "Love in the First Degree" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Alabama | ||||
| from the album Feels So Right | ||||
| B-side | "Ride the Train" | |||
| Released | October 2, 1981 (U.S.) | |||
| Recorded | August 30, 1980 | |||
| Genre | Country pop | |||
| Length | 3:19 | |||
| Label | RCA Nashville 12288 | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Tim DuBois, Jim Hurt | |||
| Producer(s) | Harold Shedd and Alabama | |||
| Alabama singles chronology | ||||
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"Love in the First Degree" is a song written by Jim Hurt and Tim DuBois, and recorded by American country music band Alabama. It was released in October 1981 as the third single from the band's album Feels So Right. It became the group's fifth straight No. 1 single (and second multi-week No. 1) on the Billboard magazine Hot Country Singles chart.[1]
"Love in the First Degree" became Alabama's biggest crossover hit, peaking at No. 15 on the Billboard Hot 100 in early 1982.[2]
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 18.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition. Record Research. p. 22.
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