Two singles were spawned from Labor of Love that made charting positions on both the American and Canadian country surveys.

Janie Frickie had a string of top ten and number one country singles during the mid-1980s that helped consider her as one of the genre's most successful female artists of the decade.

[2][3] By the end of 1980s, Frickie's singles had reached progressively lower chart positions and she was eventually dropped by her long time label Columbia Records.

[6] Its opening track "Love Is One of Those Words" was co-written by Waters, along with country performer Holly Dunn.

[5] "My Old Friend the Blues" was written and originally recorded by Steve Earle for his album Guitar Town.

[7] The album also included "One of Those Things",[5] which would later be recorded and become a top ten country single for its writer Pam Tillis.