If You Ain't Lovin' (You Ain't Livin')

Kevin John Coyne of Country Universe gave the song a B- grade, saying that it "features Strait singing in such an exaggerated twang that the entire proceedings feel more campy than country."^[1]

Chart performance

"If You Ain't Lovin'" reached number two for three weeks on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for Faron Young in 1954.^[2]

George Strait's version was a chart topper in 1988, his eighth consecutive single to do so.^[3] It chart performance on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart is unknown.

Faron Young

Chart (1954–1955)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs	2

George Strait

Chart (1988)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs	1

References

↑ CountryUniverse.net Song review
↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 404.
↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 336.

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Preceded by "I Know How He Feels" by Reba McEntire	Billboard Hot Country Singles number-one single December 10, 1988	Succeeded by "A Tender Lie" by Restless Heart

Faron Young

Singles	"If You Ain't Lovin' (You Ain't Livin')" "Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young" "Sweet Dreams" "I Miss You Already (And You're Not Even Gone)" "The Shrine of St. Cecilia" "Country Girl" "Hello Walls" "Three Days" "I Just Came to Get My Baby" "Wine Me Up" "It's Four in the Morning"

George Strait 1980s singles

Strait Country	"Unwound" "Down and Out" "If You're Thinking You Want a Stranger (There's One Coming Home)"

Strait from the Heart	"Fool Hearted Memory" "Marina del Rey" "Amarillo by Morning" "A Fire I Can't Put Out"

Right or Wrong	"You Look So Good in Love" "Right or Wrong" "Let's Fall to Pieces Together"

Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind	"Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind" "The Cowboy Rides Away" "The Fireman"

Something Special	"The Chair" "You're Something Special to Me"

#7	"Nobody in His Right Mind Would've Left Her" "It Ain't Cool to Be Crazy About You"

Ocean Front Property	"Ocean Front Property" "All My Ex's Live in Texas" "Am I Blue"

If You Ain't Lovin', You Ain't Livin'	"Famous Last Words of a Fool" "Baby Blue" "If You Ain't Lovin' (You Ain't Livin')"

Beyond the Blue Neon	"Baby's Gotten Good at Goodbye" "What's Going On in Your World" "Ace in the Hole" "Overnight Success"

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