"What Kind of Love" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Rodney Crowell.

[1] Crowell and co-writer Will Jennings wrote the lyrics to a recording of a melody that Roy Orbison had made before his death.

[2] The song features backing vocals from Don Henley and Linda Ronstadt.

[3] Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, calling it the "first step in a major effort to immerse this rock-influenced country star into the pop and AC realm.

She goes on to say that "twangy instrumentation a la Tom Petty and the late Roy Orbison (with whom this song was penned), combined with an appealing vocal, makes a strong argument for play at these and album rock formats.