THE JUDDS - LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT LOVE

LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT LOVE

THE JUDDS

SONGWRITERS: CARL PERKINS; PAUL KENNEDY & BRENT MAHER

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: RIVER OF TIME

LABEL: RCA NASHVILLE

GENRE: COUNTRY

YEAR: 1989

 

           The Judds were an American country music duo composed of Naomi Judd and her daughter, Wynonna Judd. The duo signed to RCA Nashville in 1983 and released six studio albums between then and 1991. The Judds were one of the most successful acts in country music history, winning five Grammy Awards for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal, and eight Country Music Association awards. They also had 25 singles on the country music charts between 1983 and 2000, of which 14 went to Nº.1. After eight successful years as a duet, the Judds ceased performing in 1991 after Naomi was diagnosed with Hepatitis C. Soon after, Wynonna embarked on a highly successful solo career. The two have occasionally reunited for special tours, the most recent of which was in 2017.

          "Let Me Tell You About Love" is a song written by Carl Perkins, Paul Kennerley and Brent Maher, and recorded by American country music duo The Judds. It was released in June 1989 as the second single from the álbum River of Time. The song was The Judds' fourteenth and final number one on the country chart. The RCA/Curb single, 8947-7-R, b/w "Water of Love", went to number one for one week and spent a total of fifteen weeks on the country chart. The record also reached number one on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart.

      Carl Perkins played lead guitar on the recording.

         The song appeared on their 1991 Greatest Hits Volume Two collection. It was also the last country number one by a duo or vocal collaboration until Brooks & Dunn's "Brand New Man" in 1991.

Well, ever since the day that time began

There's been this thing 'tween a woman and a man

Well, I don't know but I do believe

It started in the garden with Adam and Eve

 

Sampson and Delilah had their fling

'Til she cut his hair and clipped his wing

It don't matter how the story's told

Love stays young, it can't grow old

 

[Chorus]

Let me tell you about love

About the moon and stars above

It's what we've all been dreamin' of

Let me tell you about love

 

Well, Bonaparte and Josephine

I believe they had a pretty good scene

Until she said, "Bony boy, we're through!"

That's when he met his Waterloo

 

Julie baby and Romeo

Fell in love and stole the show

I know they are history

But there ain't been nothin' like you and me

 

[Repeat Chorus]

 

Now Sheba she was a beauty queen

The purtiest thing that you ever have seen

Soloman he was a mighty wise

'Til Sheba she done caught his eye

 

The world would be in a dreadful fix

If it wasn't for the love between the cats and chicks

This world wouldn't amount to much

Without a hug and a kiss and a tender touch

 

[Repeat Chorus]

 

Let me tell you about love

Let me tell you about love.