I Want to Know You Before We Make Love

"I Want to Know You Before We Make Love" is a song written by Becky Hobbs and Candy Parton, and recorded by American country music band Alabama on their 1985 album, 40-Hour Week. It is better known by the cover version by the American country music artist Conway Twitty. Twitty's version was released in July 1987 as the second single from his album, Borderline. The song reached #2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.[1]

"I Want to Know You Before We Make Love"
Single by Conway Twitty
from the album Borderline
B-side"Snake Boots"
ReleasedJuly 11, 1987
GenreCountry
Length3:36
LabelMCA
Songwriter(s)Becky Hobbs, Candy Parton
Producer(s)Jimmy Bowen, Conway Twitty, Dee Henry
Conway Twitty singles chronology
"Julia"
(1987)
"I Want to Know You Before We Make Love"
(1987)
"That's My Job"
(1987)

Charts edit

Weekly charts edit

Chart (1987) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[2] 2
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 2

Year-end charts edit

Chart (1987) Position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[3] 27

References edit

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 362.
  2. ^ "Conway Twitty Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  3. ^ "Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1987". Billboard. Retrieved June 27, 2021.