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( October 2016 ) `` Lookin ' for Love '' Single by Johnny Lee from the album Urban Cowboy soundtrack B - side `` Lyin ' Eyes '' ( by The Eagles ) Released June 30, 1980 Format 7 '' Recorded 1980 Genre Country Length 3 : 37 Label Full Moon 47004 Songwriter ( s ) Wanda Mallette, Bob Morrison, Patti Ryan Producer ( s ) John Boylan Johnny Lee singles chronology `` This Time '' ( 1978 ) `` Lookin ' for Love '' ( 1980 ) `` One in a Million '' ( 1980 ) `` This Time '' ( 1978 ) `` Lookin ' for Love '' ( 1980 ) `` One in a Million '' ( 1980 ) `` Lookin ' for Love '' is a song written by Wanda Mallette, Bob Morrison and Patti Ryan, and recorded by American country music singer Johnny Lee. It was released in June 1980 as part of the soundtrack to the film Urban Cowboy, released that year. Marcy Levy was one of the female singers who provided backing vocals on the track. Contents 1 Background 2 Charts 2.1 Weekly charts 2.2 Year - end charts 3 Series 4 Cover versions, parodies and tributes 5 Sources 5.1 References 5.2 Other sources Background Lee whose biggest hit to date had been a 1977 cover of Ricky Nelson 's `` Garden Party '' had previously been one of the main nightclub acts at Gilley 's, a nightclub owned by country music superstar Mickey Gilley. Record executive Irving Azoff offered Lee the chance to record `` Lookin ' For Love '', a song that 20 - plus artists had rejected. Critics were not kind to Lee nor the song. Country music historian Bill Malone once noted that `` Lookin ' for Love '' -- in his words, a `` lilting little pop song '' -- became the featured song of Urban Cowboy and a huge commercial hit largely because `` actor John Travolta ( the movie 's co-star ) expressed a liking for it. '' Critic Kurt Wolff panned the song as an example of `` watered - down cowboy music. '' Public reaction was much better. `` Lookin ' for Love '' rose to No. 1 ( for a three - week stay ) on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart, and was a No. 5 Billboard Hot 100 hit as well. On the US Cash Box Top 100, the song spent two weeks at No. 4. `` Lookin ' for Love '' was certified gold for sales of 1 million units by the Recording Industry Association of America. Charts Weekly charts Chart ( 1980 ) Peak position US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) US Billboard Hot 100 5 US Cash Box Top 100 Canadian RPM Country Tracks 18 Canadian RPM Top Singles 54 Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks 20 Year - end charts Chart ( 1980 ) Rank US Cash Box 37 Series The song was performed by Johnny Lee in an episode of Chips. It could also be heard in two episodes of Dallas. The first one is episode 274 `` To Have and to Hold '', where it plays at the bar where Bobby Ewing and Kay Lloyd are enjoying each other 's company. The second episode is episode 275 `` Dead Reckoning '', where Ray Krebbs listens to it on his car stereo after dropping off his wife Jenna and her daughter Charlie at the airport. Cover versions, parodies and tributes Country music group Sawyer Brown recorded a cover of the song on the 2000 album The Hits Live. This version peaked at No. 44 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. The song is also featured in the classic Saturday Night Live sketch Buh - Weet Sings, in which Buckwheat from Our Gang ( played by Eddie Murphy ) sings the song as `` Wookin Pa Nub ''. The Star Trek : Deep Space Nine episode `` Looking for par'Mach in All the Wrong Places '' is titled in tribute to this song ( `` par'Mach '' is defined in the episode as `` the Klingon word for love, but with more aggressive overtones '' ). Al Lowe 's second Leisure Suit Larry game, Leisure Suit Larry Goes Looking for Love ( in Several Wrong Places ), is named after the song. The song was referenced in Operation Repo in season 11 episode 7. The Mexican group, Los Felinos did a Spanish cover `` Buscando Amor. '' Sources References Jump up ^ Mark Deming ( 1946 - 07 - 03 ). `` Johnny Lee Biography & History ''. AllMusic. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 16. Jump up ^ Malone, Bill, `` Country Music U.S.A, '' 2nd rev. ed. ( University of Texas Press, Austin, 2002 ), p. 371. Jump up ^ Wolff, Kurt, `` Country Music : The Rough Guide, '' Rough Guides Ltd., London ; Penguin Putnam, New York, distributor. p. 424 ( ISBN 1 - 85828 - 534 - 8 ) ^ Jump up to : `` Archived copy ''. Archived from the original on 2012 - 04 - 14. Retrieved 2015 - 01 - 03. Jump up ^ `` Archived copy ''. Archived from the original on 2007 - 05 - 19. Retrieved 2007 - 06 - 14. Jump up ^ `` Johnny Lee -- Chart history '' Billboard Hot Country Songs for Johnny Lee. Jump up ^ `` Johnny Lee -- Chart history '' Billboard Hot 100 for Johnny Lee. Jump up ^ `` Archived copy ''. Archived from the original on 2012 - 04 - 14. Retrieved 2015 - 07 - 22. Jump up ^ Erdman, Terry J. ; Block, Paula M. ( 2000 ). Star Trek : Deep Space Nine Companion. New York : Pocket Books. p. 377. ISBN 0 - 671 - 50106 - 2. Other sources Allmusic -- `` Johnny Lee '' entry by Tom Roland. Roland, Tom, `` The Billboard Book of Number One Country Hits, '' Billboard Books, Watson - Guptill Publications, New York, 1991. ( ISBN 0 - 82 - 307553 - 2 ) Whitburn, Joel, `` Top Country Songs : 1944 - 2005, '' 2006. Preceded by `` Cowboys and Clowns '' by Ronnie Milsap Billboard Hot Country Singles number - one single September 6 - September 20, 1980 Succeeded by `` Old Flames Ca n't Hold a Candle to You '' by Dolly Parton Johnny Lee Notable singles `` Red Sails in the Sunset '' `` Country Party '' `` Lookin ' for Love '' `` One in a Million '' `` Pickin ' Up Strangers '' `` Prisoner of Hope '' `` Bet Your Heart on Me '' `` Be There for Me Baby '' `` When You Fall in Love '' `` Cherokee Fiddle '' `` Sounds Like Love '' `` Hey Bartender '' `` My Baby Do n't Slow Dance '' `` The Yellow Rose '' ( with Lane Brody ) `` You Could 've Heard a Heart Break '' `` Rollin ' Lonely '' `` Save the Last Chance '' Related articles Full Moon Records Asylum Records Warner Bros. Records Sawyer Brown Studio albums Sawyer Brown Shakin ' Out Goin ' Cattin ' Somewhere in the Night Wide Open The Boys Are Back Buick The Dirt Road Cafe on the Corner Outskirts of Town This Thing Called Wantin ' and Havin ' It All Six Days on the Road Hallelujah, He Is Born Drive Me Wild Can You Hear Me Now Mission Temple Fireworks Stand Travelin ' Band Compilation albums Greatest Hits Greatest Hits 1990 - 1995 The Hits Live True Believer Best of Sawyer Brown Notable singles `` Leona '' `` Step That Step '' `` Used to Blue '' `` Betty 's Bein ' Bad '' `` Heart Do n't Fall Now '' `` Shakin ' '' `` Out Goin ' Cattin ' '' `` Gypsies on Parade '' `` Somewhere in the Night '' `` This Missin ' You Heart of Mine '' `` Old Photographs '' `` My Baby 's Gone '' `` The Race Is On '' `` Did It for Love '' `` Puttin ' the Dark Back into the Night '' `` When Love Comes Callin ' '' `` The Walk '' `` The Dirt Road '' `` Some Girls Do '' `` Cafe on the Corner '' `` All These Years '' `` Trouble on the Line '' `` Thank God for You '' `` The Boys and Me '' `` Outskirts of Town '' `` Hard to Say '' `` This Time '' `` I Do n't Believe in Goodbye '' `` ( This Thing Called ) Wantin ' and Havin ' It All '' `` ' Round Here '' `` Treat Her Right '' `` Six Days on the Road '' `` This Night Wo n't Last Forever '' `` Drive Me Wild '' `` 800 Pound Jesus '' `` Lookin ' for Love '' `` They Do n't Understand '' Related articles Discography Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lookin%27_for_Love&oldid=799187574 '' Categories : 1980 singles Billboard Hot Country Songs number - one singles Johnny Lee ( singer ) songs Sawyer Brown songs Song recordings produced by John Boylan ( record producer ) Full Moon Records singles Curb Records singles Songs written by Bob Morrison ( songwriter ) 1980 songs Hidden categories : Articles needing additional references from October 2016 All articles needing additional references Articles with hAudio microformats Singlechart usages for Billboardcountrysongs Singlechart called without song Singlechart usages for Billboardhot100 Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 6 September 2017, at 05 : 04. 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Question: who wrote the song looking for love in all the wrong places
Answer: Wanda Mallette