Our House Is Not a Home (For It's Never Been Loved In)

"Our House Is Not a Home (For It's Never Been Loved In)"
"Our House Is Not a Home (For It's Never Been Loved In)"
Single by Lynn Anderson
from the album With Love, from Lynn
Released	February 1969
Recorded	1968
Studio	RCA Victor Studio
Genre	Country; Nashville Sound;
Length	2:40
Label	Chart
Songwriter(s)	Shirley Mayo; Curly Putman;
Producer(s)	Slim Williamson
Lynn Anderson singles chronology

"Our House Is Not a Home (For It's Never Been Loved In)" is a song written by Shirley Mayo and Curly Putman. It was recorded by American country music artist Lynn Anderson and released as a single in February 1969 via Chart Records.

Background and release[]

"Our House Is Not a Home" was recorded at the RCA Victor Studio in 1968, located in Nashville, Tennessee. The sessions was produced by Slim Williamson, Anderson's producer while recording for the Chart label.^[2]

"Our House Is Not a Home" reached number 18 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in 1969. It was Anderson's sixth major hit single as a recording artist.^[3] It also charted on the Canadian RPM Country Songs chart, reaching number three in 1969.^[4] The song was issued on Anderson's 1969 studio album, With Love, from Lynn.^[2]

Track listings[]

7" vinyl single^[5]

"Our House Is Not a Home (For It's Never Been Loved In)" – 2:25
"Wave Bye Bye to the Man" – 2:07

Chart performance[]

Chart (1968–1969)	Peak position
Canada Country Songs (RPM)^[4]	3
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[6]	18

References[]

^ "With Love, from Lynn: Lynn Anderson: Songs, Reviews, Credits". Allmusic. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Anderson, Lynn (March 1969). "With Love, From Lynn (Album Info and Liner Notes)". Chart Records.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Results under "Country Singles" for Lynn Anderson". RPM. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
^ "Lynn Anderson -- "Our House Is Not a Home" (1969, Vinyl)". Discogs. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
^ "Lynn Anderson Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved May 25, 2020.

[1] "With Love, from Lynn: Lynn Anderson: Songs, Reviews, Credits". Allmusic. Retrieved 25 May 2020.

[Liner_Notes-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b Anderson, Lynn (March 1969). "With Love, From Lynn (Album Info and Liner Notes)". Chart Records.

[Billboard_Singles-3] Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.

[RPM_Country_Songs-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Results under "Country Singles" for Lynn Anderson". RPM. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2011.

[5] "Lynn Anderson -- "Our House Is Not a Home" (1969, Vinyl)". Discogs. Retrieved 25 May 2020.

[sc_Billboardcountrysongs_Lynn_Anderson-6] "Lynn Anderson Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved May 25, 2020.

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Albums Singles
1960s	"Ride, Ride, Ride" "If I Kiss You (Will You Go Away)" "Too Much of You" "Promises, Promises" "Mother, May I" (with Liz Anderson) "No Another Time" "Big Girls Don't Cry" "Flattery Will Get You Everywhere" "Our House Is Not a Home (For It's Never Been Loved In)" "That's a No No" "He'd Still Love Me"
1970s	"I've Been Everywhere" "Stay There, Till I Get There" "Rocky Top" "No Love at All" "I'm Alright" "Rose Garden" "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" "You're My Man" "How Can I Unlove You" "Cry" "Listen to a Country Song" "Fool Me" "Keep Me in Mind" "Top of the World" "Sing About Love" "Smile for Me" "Talkin' to the Wall" "What a Man My Man Is" "He Turns It into Love Again" "I've Never Loved Anyone More" "Paradise" "All the King's Horses" "Sweet Talkin' Man" "Wrap Your Love All Around Your Man" "I Love What Love Is Doing to Me" "He Ain't You" "We Got Love" "Rising Above It All" "Isn't It Always Love" "I Love How You Love Me" "Sea of Heartbreak"
1980s	"Even Cowgirls Get the Blues" "Blue Baby Blue" "Midnight Train to Georgia" "What I Learned from Loving You" "You're Welcome to Tonight" "Read Between the Lines" "Under the Boardwalk"