"There Goes Another Love Song" is a song by the American Southern rock

Southern rock

Southern rock is a subgenre of rock music, and genre of Americana. It developed in the Southern United States from rock and roll, country music, and blues, and is focused generally on electric guitar and vocals...

 band Outlaws. Written by Hughie Thomasson

Hughie Thomasson

Hugh Edward Thomasson, Jr. was an American guitarist and singer, best known as a founding member of Outlaws and as a guitarist for Lynyrd Skynyrd....

 and Monte Yoho

Monte Yoho

Monte Yoho is an American southern rock and country musician. He is best known as being a member of Outlaws and Blackhawk.-Early life:...

, it is the opening track and lead single

Single (music)

In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

 from the band's 1975 debut album Outlaws. It became a Top 40 hit, peaking at number 34 on the Billboard

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Hot 100

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Background and composition

The song was written by Hughie Thomasson

Hughie Thomasson

Hugh Edward Thomasson, Jr. was an American guitarist and singer, best known as a founding member of Outlaws and as a guitarist for Lynyrd Skynyrd....

 and Monte Yoho

Monte Yoho

Monte Yoho is an American southern rock and country musician. He is best known as being a member of Outlaws and Blackhawk.-Early life:...

. Despite singing few of The Outlaws' songs, Thomasson's voice is the one commonly associated with the group because he sang two of the band's most popular songs, There Goes Another Love Song and Green Grass and High Tides

Green Grass and High Tides

"Green Grass and High Tides" is a song by the southern rock band Outlaws. It is the tenth and final track on the band's debut album, Outlaws. The song is one of their best known, and has received extensive play on album-oriented radio stations, although it was never released as a single...

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Release and reception

The song was generally well received by music critics. Ronnie D. Lankford, Jr. of Allmusic called it one of The Outlaws' best songs, while the Associated Press

Associated Press

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 called it a "rock anthem". However, not all reviews were positive. Marley Brant was confused as to why the song was released as a single in the first place, as he thought it was "slightly inconsequential".

Other versions

"There Goes Another Love Song" was included on the various artists compilation The South's Greatest Hits.

Track listing

7" Vinyl

1. "There Goes Another Love Song" (Thomasson, Yoho) – 3:06
2. "Keep Prayin'" (O'Keefe) – 2:46

Personnel

• Hughie Thomasson
  Hughie Thomasson
  Hugh Edward Thomasson, Jr. was an American guitarist and singer, best known as a founding member of Outlaws and as a guitarist for Lynyrd Skynyrd....
  
   - lead guitar, vocals
• Billy Jones - lead guitar, vocals
• Monte Yoho - drums
• Frank O'Keefe - bass guitar
• Henry Paul
  Henry Paul (musician)
  Henry Paul is an American southern rock and country singer/songwriter who was a founding member of the Southern rock band Outlaws, the front man and founder of the Henry Paul Band and the lead singer for the country band BlackHawk.-Early life:Henry was born in Kingston, New York and lived on a...
  
  - electric and acoustic guitar, vocals

Chart performance

Chart (1975)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Chart	34