I Won't Take Less Than Your Love

"I Won't Take Less Than Your Love"
"I Won't Take Less Than Your Love"
Single by Tanya Tucker with Paul Davis and Paul Overstreet
from the album Love Me Like You Used To
B-side	"Heartbreaker"
Released	October 1987
Genre	Country
Length	3:40
Label	Capitol Nashville
Songwriter(s)	Paul Overstreet; Don Schlitz
Producer(s)	Jerry Crutchfield
Tanya Tucker singles chronology
Paul Davis singles chronology
Paul Overstreet singles chronology

"I Won't Take Less Than Your Love" is a song written by Paul Overstreet and Don Schlitz, and recorded by American country music artist Tanya Tucker with Paul Davis & Overstreet. It was released in October 1987 as the second single from the album Love Me Like You Used To. The single reached number one for the week of February 27, 1988, and spent fifteen weeks on the country chart.^[1]

Content

The song showcases three examples of servitude and gratitude, and the receiver—a man devoted to his wife, a grateful son, and a Christian deeply committed to serving God—seeking a way to repay the giver. Each one responds with the song's title line, the lesson being that love is worth more than all of the riches, comforts and treasures of the world.

The first verse (about the married couple) was sung by Davis, the second verse (about the mother-son relationship) by Tucker, and the final verse (the Christian) by Overstreet.

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1987–1988)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[2]	1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	10

Year-end charts

Chart (1988)	Position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[3]	29

References

^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 358.
^ "Tanya Tucker Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
^ "Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1988". Billboard. Retrieved July 9, 2021.

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[1] Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 358.

[sc_Billboardcountrysongs_Tanya_Tucker-2] "Tanya Tucker Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.

[3] "Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1988". Billboard. Retrieved July 9, 2021.

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v t e Tanya Tucker singles
Albums Singles Songs
1970s	"Delta Dawn" "Love's the Answer"/"The Jamestown Ferry" "What's Your Mama's Name" "Blood Red and Goin' Down" "Would You Lay with Me (In a Field of Stone)" "The Man That Turned My Mama On" "I Believe the South Is Gonna Rise Again" "Lizzie and the Rainman" "Spring" "San Antonio Stroll" "Greener Than the Grass (We Laid On)" "Don't Believe My Heart Can Stand Another You" "You've Got Me to Hold On To" "Here's Some Love" "Ridin' Rainbows" "It's a Cowboy Lovin' Night" "You Are So Beautiful" "Dancing the Night Away" "Not Fade Away"/"Texas (When I Die)" "I'm the Singer, You're the Song" "Lay Back in the Arms of Someone"
1980s	"Pecos Promenade" "Dream Lover" (with Glen Campbell) "Can I See You Tonight" "Love Knows We Tried" "Should I Do It" "Feel Right" "Baby I'm Yours" "One Love at a Time" "Just Another Love" "I'll Come Back as Another Woman" "It's Only Over for You" "Love Me Like You Used To" "I Won't Take Less Than Your Love" (with Paul Davis and Paul Overstreet) "If It Don't Come Easy" "Strong Enough to Bend" "Highway Robbery" "Call on Me" "Daddy and Home" "My Arms Stay Open All Night"
1990s	"Walking Shoes" "Don't Go Out" (with T. Graham Brown) "It Won't Be Me" "Oh What It Did to Me" "Down to My Last Teardrop" "(Without You) What Do I Do with Me" "Some Kind of Trouble" "If Your Heart Ain't Busy Tonight" "Two Sparrows in a Hurricane" "It's a Little Too Late" "Tell Me About It" (with Delbert McClinton) "Soon" "We Don't Have to Do This" "Hangin' In" "You Just Watch Me" "Between the Two of Them" "Find Out What's Happenin'" "Little Things"
2000s-2020s	"A Memory Like I'm Gonna Be" "Love's Gonna Live Here" (with Jim Lauderdale) "Bring My Flowers Now" "The House That Built Me" "Ready as I'll Never Be"
Featured singles	"Romeo" (credited as Dolly Parton and Friends) "You Ain't Woman Enough" (with Loretta Lynn)

v t e Paul Davis
Studio albums	Cool Night
Singles	"A Little Bit of Soap" "I Go Crazy" "Sweet Life" "Do Right" "Cool Night" "'65 Love Affair" "Love or Let Me Be Lonely"
Related articles	"You're Still New to Me" "I Won't Take Less Than Your Love"

v t e Paul Overstreet
Discography
Studio albums	Sowin' Love Heroes Love Is Strong Time
Compilation albums	The Best of Paul Overstreet
Notable singles	"Love Helps Those" "Sowin' Love" "All the Fun" "Seein' My Father in Me" "Richest Man on Earth" "Daddy's Come Around" "Heroes" "Ball and Chain" "If I Could Bottle This Up" "Me and My Baby"
Guest singles	"I Won't Take Less Than Your Love"
S-K-O (Schuyler, Knobloch, and Overstreet) singles	"You Can't Stop Love" "Baby's Got a New Baby" "Givers and Takers"
Related articles	List of songs written Chord Overstreet S-K-O