Perfect Love

{{about|the Trisha Yearwood song|other similarly titled songs|Perfect Love (disambiguation)}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Perfect Love

| cover =

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Trisha Yearwood

| album = (Songbook) A Collection of Hits

| B-side = I Need You

| released = {{Start date|1998|1|12}}

| recorded = 1997

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Country

| length = 2:56

| label = MCA Nashville

| writer = Sunny Russ, Stephony Smith

| producer = Tony Brown, Trisha Yearwood

| prev_title = In Another's Eyes

| prev_year = 1997

| next_title = There Goes My Baby

| next_year = 1998

}}

"Perfect Love" is a song written by Sunny Russ and Stephony Smith, and recorded by American country music artist Trisha Yearwood. It was released in January 1998 as the third and final single from her compilation album (Songbook) A Collection of Hits. The song reached the top of the US 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 |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=403}}

Critical reception

Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, calling it an "infectious, uptempo tune that celebrates the joys of being in love." She goes on to say that Yearwood delivers the song with "her usual passion and vibrancy."Billboard, January 17, 1998: Vol. 110 Iss. 3 - p. 66

Music video

The music video was directed by Gerry Wenner and premiered in January 1998. It shows Yearwood performing the song in a vintage novelty shop, and a young couple, an elderly couple, and two kids walking through the shop, trying on clothes, dancing, and looking at the toys and pictures that eventually come to life.

Chart positions

"Perfect Love" debuted at number 61 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of January 17, 1998.

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US Country Songs (Billboard){{Cite web \| url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1998/hot-country-songs\| title=Best of 1998: Country Songs \| work=Billboard \| publisher=Prometheus Global Media \| date=1998\| accessdate=July 14, 2013}} \| align="center" \| 19

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Canada Country Tracks (RPM){{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.6973&type=1&interval=24|title=RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1998|work=RPM|date=December 14, 1998|accessdate=July 14, 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315194458/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.6973&type=1&interval=24|archivedate=March 15, 2016}}

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US Country Songs (Billboard){{Cite web | url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1998/hot-country-songs| title=Best of 1998: Country Songs | work=Billboard | publisher=Prometheus Global Media | date=1998| accessdate=July 14, 2013}}

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References

Category:1998 singles

Category:1997 songs

Category:Trisha Yearwood songs

Category:Songs written by Sunny Russ

Category:Songs written by Stephony Smith

Category:Song recordings produced by Tony Brown (record producer)

Category:MCA Nashville Records singles