Variations

Studio album by

Released

March 14, 1978

Genre

Country pop, country rock

Eddie Rabbitt chronology

Rabbitt
(1977)

Variations
(1978)

The Best of Eddie Rabbitt
(1979)

Singles from Variations

"Hearts on Fire"
Released: February 18, 1978
"You Don't Love Me Anymore"
Released: May 1978
"I Just Want to Love You"
Released: October 1978

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

Variations is the fourth studio album by American country music artist Eddie Rabbitt. It was released in 1978 under the Elektra Records label. The album produced three singles: "Hearts on Fire", which peaked at number two on the country charts, and two country number one hits: "You Don't Love Me Anymore", which also peaked at 18 on Adult Contemporary charts; and "I Just Want to Love You". "Kentucky Rain", a song co-written by the artist and originally recorded by Elvis Presley in 1970, was also included on the album.

Rabbitt's father, Thomas Rabbitt, plays Irish fiddle on "Song of Ireland".

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Hearts on Fire"	Eddie Rabbitt, Even Stevens, Dan Tyler	2:33
2.	"The Room at the Top of the Stairs"	Tyler, Stevens	3:42
3.	"Crossin' the Mississippi"	Rabbitt, Stevens	2:54
4.	"Plain as the Pain on My Face"	Rabbitt, Stevens	2:21
5.	"Hurtin' for You"	Rabbitt, Stevens, David Malloy	3:20
6.	"You Don't Love Me Anymore"	Alan Ray, Jeff Raymond	3:20
7.	"Kentucky Rain"	Rabbitt, Dick Heard	3:56
8.	"I Just Want to Love You"	Rabbitt, Stevens, Malloy	4:10
9.	"Caroline"	Rabbitt, Stevens, Malloy	3:12
10.	"Song of Ireland"	Rabbitt, Stevens, Malloy	4:31

Personnel

Eddie Rabbitt – lead vocals, harmony vocals, acoustic guitars
Hargus "Pig" Robbins – pianos
John Christopher – acoustic guitars
Michael Spriggs – acoustic guitars
Bobby Thompson – acoustic guitars
Steve Gibson – electric guitars
Chris Leuzinger – electric guitars
Reggie Young – electric guitars
Sonny Garrish – steel guitar
Joe Osborn – bass
Norbert Putnam – bass
Jack Williams – bass
Buster Phillips – drums
Lisa Silver – fiddle
Thomas Rabbitt – Irish fiddle (10)
David Briggs – string arrangements
David Campbell – string arrangements
Jackie Cusic – backing vocals
Janie Fricke – backing vocals
Diane Tidwell – backing vocals
Bergen White – backing vocals

Production

David Malloy – producer
Gene Eichelberger – engineer
James Stroud – assistant engineer
Quadriphonic Studios (Nashville, Tennessee) – recording location
Glenn Meadows – mastering at Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee)
Ron Coro – design
Jim Shea – photography

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1978)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[2]	143
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[3]	9

Year-end charts

Chart (1979)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[4]	43

Singles

Year	Song	Chart	Position
1978	"Hearts on Fire"	Hot Country Singles	2
1978	"You Don't Love Me Anymore"	Hot Country Singles	1
1978	"I Just Want To Love You"	Hot Country Singles	1

References

^ Allmusic review
^ "Eddie Rabbitt Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved March 10, 2021.
^ "Eddie Rabbitt Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved March 10, 2021.
^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1979". Billboard. Retrieved March 10, 2021.

v t e Eddie Rabbitt
Studio albums	Eddie Rabbitt Rocky Mountain Music Rabbitt Variations Loveline Horizon Step by Step Radio Romance The Best Year of My Life Rabbitt Trax I Wanna Dance with You Jersey Boy Ten Rounds Beatin' the Odds Songs from Rabbittland
Compilation albums	The Best of Eddie Rabbitt Greatest Hits Vol. II
Notable singles	"You Get to Me" "Forgive and Forget" "I Should Have Married You" "Drinkin' My Baby (Off My Mind)" "Rocky Mountain Music" "Two Dollars in the Jukebox" "I Can't Help Myself" "We Can't Go On Living Like This" "Hearts on Fire" "You Don't Love Me Anymore" "I Just Want to Love You" "Every Which Way But Loose" "Suspicions" "Pour Me Another Tequila" "Gone Too Far" "Drivin' My Life Away" "I Love a Rainy Night" "Step by Step" "Someone Could Lose a Heart Tonight" "I Don't Know Where to Start" "You and I" (with Crystal Gayle) "You Can't Run from Love" "You Put the Beat in My Heart" "Nothing Like Falling in Love" "B-B-B-Burnin' Up with Love" "The Best Year of My Life" "Warning Sign" "She's Comin' Back to Say Goodbye" "A World Without Love" "Repetitive Regret" "Both to Each Other (Friends and Lovers)" (with Juice Newton) "Gotta Have You" "I Wanna Dance with You" "The Wanderer" "We Must Be Doin' Somethin' Right" "That's Why I Fell in Love with You" "On Second Thought" "Runnin' with the Wind" "It's Lonely Out Tonite" "American Boy" "Tennessee Born and Bred" "Hang Up the Phone"
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