Love in the First Degree (Alabama song)

"Love in the First Degree"
Single by Alabama
from the album Feels So Right
B-side"Ride the Train"
ReleasedOctober 2, 1981 (U.S.)
RecordedAugust 30, 1980
GenreCountry pop
Length3:19
LabelRCA Nashville 12288
Songwriter(s)Tim DuBois, Jim Hurt
Producer(s)Harold Shedd and Alabama
Alabama singles chronology
"Feels So Right"
(1981)
"Love in the First Degree"
(1981)
"Mountain Music"
(1982)

"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]

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 18.
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition. Record Research. p. 22.