I Have Loved You Girl (But Not Like This Before)

"I Have Loved You Girl (But Not Like This Before)" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Earl Thomas Conley. He first released the song in 1975 on the GRT label as Earl Conley, reaching number 87 on the Hot Country Songs chart.

In January 1983, Conley re-released the song as the third from his album Somewhere Between Right and Wrong. The re-recording went to number two on the same chart that year.^[1]

Critical reception

Kip Kirby of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, calling it one of the brightest songs on the album. He went on to say that Conley combines "an excellent melody, expressive vocals and sensitive lyrics for a fresh way of presenting a love song." He states that the "lean guitar/piano rhythms leave proper space for Conley's singing."^[2]

Chart performance

Chart (1975)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks	87
Chart (1983)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks	2
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	3

References

↑ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. pp. 102–103. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
↑ Billboard, January 8, 1983

Earl Thomas Conley

Studio albums	Blue Pearl Fire and Smoke Somewhere Between Right and Wrong Don't Make It Easy for Me Treadin' Water Too Many Times The Heart of It All Yours Truly Perpetual Emotion Should've Been Over by Now

Compilation albums	Greatest Hits The Best 1 Greatest Hits 2 Essential Love Out Loud Super Hits Live at Billy Bob's Texas

Notable singles	"Silent Treatment" "Fire and Smoke" "Tell Me Why" "After the Love Slips Away" "Heavenly Bodies" "Somewhere Between Right and Wrong" "I Have Loved You Girl (But Not Like This Before)" "Your Love's on the Line" "Holding Her and Loving You" "Don't Make It Easy for Me" "Angel in Disguise" "Chance of Lovin' You" "Honor Bound" "Love Don't Care (Whose Heart It Breaks)" "Nobody Falls Like a Fool" "Once in a Blue Moon" "Too Many Times" (with Anita Pointer) "I Can't Win for Losin' You" "That Was a Close One" "Right from the Start" "What She Is (Is a Woman in Love)" "We Believe in Happy Endings" (with Emmylou Harris) "What I'd Say" "Love Out Loud" "Bring Back Your Love to Me "Shadow of a Doubt"

Guest singles	"All Tangled Up in Love" (with Gus Hardin) "Brotherly Love" (with Keith Whitley)

Related articles	Discography RCA Records "This Time I've Hurt Her More Than She Loves Me" "All Over Me"

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