But Love Me

American musician Kenny Nolan had become a successful producer and songwriter in the 1960s. He had ambitions to become a recording artist himself and had a pop hit single in 1976 with "I Like Dreamin'". It was included on a self-titled album and he later released his 1978 studio album called A Song Between Us.[2] Included on the album was the self-penned track "But Love Me". The song was produced by Nolan himself and was only issued as an album track when A Song Between Us was issued. The song and album were both issued on Polydor Records in 1978.[3]

Janie Fricke would have a series of charting singles on the American country chart in the late 1970s[5] including "But Love Me". It was produced by Billy Sherrill at the Columbia Studio in August 1978.[6]

Fricke's version of the song was released as a single on Columbia Records in October 1979. It was backed on the B-side by "One Piece at a Time". It was issued as a seven inch vinyl single.[6] The song climbed to number 26 on the America's Billboard Hot Country Songs chart in January 1980 after 13 weeks on the list.[7] The song was later included on Fricke's third studio album From the Heart (1979).[8]