A Little Bit in Love

1988 single by Patty Loveless

"A Little Bit in Love"

Single by Patty Loveless

from the album If My Heart Had Windows

B-side

"I Can't Get You Off My Mind"

Released

June 4, 1988 (1988-06-04)

Recorded

1987

Genre

Country

Length

2:26

Label

MCA Nashville

Songwriter(s)

Steve Earle

Producer(s)

Emory Gordy Jr., Tony Brown

Patty Loveless singles chronology

"If My Heart Had Windows"
(1987)

"A Little Bit in Love"
(1988)

"Blue Side of Town"
(1988)

"A Little Bit in Love" is a song recorded by American country music artist Patty Loveless. It was released in June 1988 as the third single from her album If My Heart Had Windows.

Background

"A Little Bit in Love" was originally recorded by its writer Steve Earle in 1985. His version did not chart.

The Patty Loveless version charted for 18 weeks on the Billboard Hot Country Singles and Tracks chart, reaching #2 during the week of September 10, 1988.^[1]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1988)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[2]	2

Year-end charts

Chart (1988)	Position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[3]	17

References

^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006 (2nd ed.). Record Research. p. 206.
^ "Patty Loveless Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
^ "Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1988". Billboard. Retrieved July 10, 2021.

Steve Earle

Studio albums

Guitar Town
Exit 0
Copperhead Road
The Hard Way
Train a Comin'
I Feel Alright
El Corazón
The Mountain (with the Del McCoury Band)
Transcendental Blues
Jerusalem
The Revolution Starts Now
Washington Square Serenade
Townes
I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive
The Low Highway
Terraplane
Colvin & Earle (with Shawn Colvin)
Ghosts of West Virginia
J.T.
Jerry Jeff

Compilation albums

Early Tracks
Essential Steve Earle
Ain't Ever Satisfied: The Steve Earle Collection
The Devil's Right Hand: An Introduction to Steve Earle
Sidetracks
20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Steve Earle

Live albums

Shut Up and Die Like an Aviator
BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert
Together at the Bluebird Café (with Guy Clark and Townes Van Zandt)
Just an American Boy
Live from Austin, TX
Live at Montreux 2005

Notable singles

"What'll You Do About Me"
"A Little Bit in Love"
"Hillbilly Highway"
"Guitar Town"
"Someday"
"Goodbye's All We've Got Left"
"Nowhere Road"
"Sweet Little '66"
"Copperhead Road"
"Six Days on the Road"

Other songs

v t e Patty Loveless
Discography Awards and nominations
Studio albums	Patty Loveless If My Heart Had Windows Honky Tonk Angel On Down the Line Up Against My Heart Only What I Feel When Fallen Angels Fly The Trouble with the Truth Long Stretch of Lonesome Strong Heart Mountain Soul Bluegrass & White Snow: A Mountain Christmas On Your Way Home Dreamin' My Dreams Mountain Soul II
Compilation albums	Greatest Hits Classics
Notable singles	"If My Heart Had Windows" "A Little Bit in Love" "Blue Side of Town" "Don't Toss Us Away" "Timber, I'm Falling in Love" "The Lonely Side of Love" "Chains" "On Down the Line" "The Night's Too Long" "I'm That Kind of Girl" "Blue Memories" "Hurt Me Bad (In a Real Good Way)" "Jealous Bone" "Can't Stop Myself from Loving You" "Blame It on Your Heart" "Nothin' but the Wheel" "You Will" "How Can I Help You Say Goodbye" "I Try to Think About Elvis" "Here I Am" "You Don't Even Know Who I Am" "Halfway Down" "You Can Feel Bad" "A Thousand Times a Day" "Lonely Too Long" "She Drew a Broken Heart" "The Trouble with the Truth" "You Don't Seem to Miss Me" "To Have You Back Again" "High on Love" "Can't Get Enough" "My Kind of Woman/My Kind of Man" "That's the Kind of Mood I'm In" "The Last Thing on My Mind" "Lovin' All Night" "Why Baby Why" "Busted"
Related articles	"You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive" "Dear Miss Loretta" Emory Gordy Jr.