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It's Only Love (Tommy James and the Shondells song)

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"It's Only Love"
Single by Tommy James and the Shondells
from the album It's Only Love
B-side"Don't Let My Love Pass You By"
Released1966
GenreRock
Length2:05
LabelRoulette 4710
Songwriter(s)Morris Levy, Ritchie Cordell, Sal Trimachi
Tommy James and the Shondells singles chronology
"Say I Am (What I Am)"
(1966)
"It's Only Love"
(1966)
"I Think We're Alone Now"
(1967)

"It's Only Love" is a song written by Morris Levy, Ritchie Cordell, and Sal Trimachi and recorded by Tommy James and the Shondells for their 1966 album, It's Only Love. Levy, the owner of Roulette Records (Tommy James and the Shondells' label) often insisted that he receive a writing credit on songs in order to receive royalty payments.[citation needed] The song reached No. 31 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1966.[1] The song also reached No. 10 in Canada.

The original B-side was "Don't Let My Love Pass You By". Later releases included a remake of Lee Dorsey's song "Ya Ya".[2]

References

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  1. ^ It's Only Love Chart Position Retrieved August 17, 2012.
  2. ^ It's Only Love/Ya Ya Release Information Retrieved August 17, 2012.