Don't Love Make a Diamond Shine
{{Infobox song
| name = Don't Love Make a Diamond Shine
| cover =
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| type = single
| artist = Tracy Byrd
| album = Big Love
| B-side = Tucson Too Soon
| released = May 17, 1997
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| genre = Country
| length = 3:21
| label = MCA
| writer = Mike Dekle, Craig Wiseman
| producer = Tony Brown
| prev_title = Don't Take Her She's All I Got
| prev_year = 1997
| next_title = Good Ol' Fashioned Love
| next_year = 1997
}}
"Don't Love Make a Diamond Shine" is a song written by Mike Dekle and Craig Wiseman, and recorded by American country music artist Tracy Byrd. It was released in May 1997 as the third and final single from the album Big Love. The song reached #19 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.{{cite book |title= The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=64}}
Critical reception
Billboard gave the single a positive review, saying that it had a "strong lyric with a sweet sentiment".{{cite book|title=Billboard|date=1997-05-03|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|issn=0006-2510|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_IQ8EAAAAMBAJ|accessdate=April 1, 2015}}
Chart performance
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!align="left"|Chart (1997) !align="center"|Peak |
| {{singlechart|Canadacountry|13|chartid=3299|publishdate=August 18, 1997|accessdate=July 17, 2013}} |
| {{singlechart|Billboardcountrysongs|17|artist=Tracy Byrd}} |
References
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Category:Songs written by Craig Wiseman
Category:Song recordings produced by Tony Brown (record producer)
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