Love Is No Excuse

"Love Is No Excuse"
"Love Is No Excuse"
Single by Jim Reeves and Dottie West
B-side	"Look Who's Talking"
Released	February 1964
Genre	Country
Length	2:46
Label	RCA
Songwriter(s)	Justin Tubb
Producer(s)	Chet Atkins
Dottie West singles chronology
Jim Reeves singles chronology

"Love Is No Excuse" is a song recorded by American country music artists Jim Reeves and Dottie West. It was released in February 1964 and peaked at number 7 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart and #15 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 singles listing.^[1] The song was also recorded by Ernest Tubb, John Grier, Connie Smith in French and English, Hank King, Jack Greene and Jeannie Seely, Shot Jackson, and Tiny Tim.

Chart performance

Chart (1964)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	7
U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles	15

References

^ "Dottie West singles". Allmusic. Retrieved 30 March 2011.

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Studio albums	Jim Reeves Sings (1955) Singing Down the Lane (1956) Bimbo (1957) Jim Reeves (1957) Girls I Have Known (1958) God Be with You (1959) Songs to Warm the Heart (1959) According to My Heart (1960) The Intimate Jim Reeves (1960) He'll Have to Go (1960) Tall Tales and Short Tempers (1961) Talkin' to Your Heart (1961) The Country Side of Jim Reeves (1962) A Touch of Velvet (1962) We Thank Thee (1962) Gentleman Jim (1963) The International Jim Reeves (1963) Good 'n' Country (1963) Twelve Songs of Christmas (1963) Kimberley Jim (1964) Moonlight and Roses (1964) The Jim Reeves Way (1965) Yours Sincerely, Jim Reeves (1966) Blue Side of Lonesome (1967) My Cathedral (1967) A Touch of Sadness (1968) Jim Reeves—and Some Friends (1969) Jim Reeves Writes You a Record (1971)
Live albums	Jim Reeves on Stage (1968)
Compilations	The Best of Jim Reeves (1964) Have I Told You Lately That I Love You? (1964) Up Through the Years (1965) The Best of Jim Reeves Vol. II (1965) The Best of Jim Reeves Volume III (1969) Something Special (1971) 40 Golden Greats (1975) Remembering Patsy Cline & Jim Reeves (1982)
Singles	"Mexican Joe" "Bimbo" "I Love You" "Am I Losing You" "Yonder Comes a Sucker" "Four Walls" "Anna Marie" "Blue Boy" "Billy Bayou" "He'll Have to Go" "The Blizzard" "Stand at Your Window" "Adios Amigo" "Welcome to My World" "Love Is No Excuse" "I Guess I'm Crazy" "I Love You Because" "I Won't Forget You" "This Is It" "Is It Really Over?" "Distant Drums" "Blue Side of Lonesome" "I Won't Come In While He's There" "When You Are Gone" "Missing You" "Am I That Easy to Forget" "Don't Let Me Cross Over" "Have You Ever Been Lonely?"
Related articles	Discography

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Albums Singles
1960s	"My Big John" "Touch Me" "Let Me off at the Corner" "Love Is No Excuse" (with Jim Reeves) "Here Comes My Baby" "Didn't I" "Gettin' Married Has Made Us Strangers" "No Sign of Living" "Before the Ring on Your Finger Turns Green" "Would You Hold It Against Me" "Mommy, Can I Still Call Him Daddy" "What's Come Over My Baby" "Paper Mansions" "Like a Fool" "Childhood Places" "Country Girl" "Reno" "Rings of Gold" (with Don Gibson) "There's a Story (Goin' 'Round)" (with Don Gibson)
1970s	"Till I Can't Take It Anymore" (with Don Gibson) "It's Dawned on Me You're Gone" "Forever Yours" "Careless Hands" "If It's All Right with You" "Country Sunshine" "Last Time I Saw Him" "House of Love" "Lay Back Lover" "When It's Just You and Me" "Every Word I Write" "Tonight You Belong to Me" "Every Time Two Fools Collide" (with Kenny Rogers) "Come See Me and Come Lonely" "Anyone Who Isn't Me Tonight" (with Kenny Rogers) "All I Ever Need Is You" (with Kenny Rogers) "'Til I Can Make It on My Own" (with Kenny Rogers) "You Pick Me Up (And Put Me Down)"
1980s	"A Lesson in Leavin'" "Leavin's for Unbelievers" "Are You Happy Baby?" "What Are We Doin' in Love" (with Kenny Rogers) "(I'm Gonna) Put You Back on the Rack" "It's High Time" "You're Not Easy to Forget" "She Can't Get My Love Off the Bed" "Tulsa Ballroom" "Together Again" (with Kenny Rogers)