"We Don't Live Here, We Just Love Here" was composed by Mickey Buckins and copyright registered in October, 1977.
Backed with the Menter Williams & Dan Penn song "Baby Blue Eyes", it was released as a single on GRT 161.
[5][6] Big Ben Atkins was actually a white soul singer who was once signed to the Stax label.
[7][8] "We Don't Live Here, We Just Love Here" was one of The Top Single Picks in the Country section of the May 6 issue of Billboard.
[9] In Canada, as per RPM Weekly (July 1 issue), Al Saville of CFFM-FM in Kamloops had the song as a hit pick.
[10] On the week of May 6, Marie Ratliff reported in her Record World Country Hotline column that a Newcomer Big Ben Atkins was doing well on stations, WPNX, WBAM, WJQS, KVOO and KSOP.