<Table> <Tr> <Td> "Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)" (1968) </Td> <Td> "But You Know I Love You" (1968) </Td> <Td> "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town" (1969) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> "Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)" (1968) </Td> <Td> "But You Know I Love You" (1968) </Td> <Td> "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town" (1969) </Td> </Tr> <P> "But You Know I Love You" is a song written by Mike Settle, which was a 1969 pop hit for Kenny Rogers and The First Edition, a group that included Settle and Kenny Rogers . The song also became a major country hit by Bill Anderson in 1969 . Evie Sands recorded the song for her album Any Way That You Want Me and Julie Rogers for her album Once More With Feeling, both in 1970 . In 1981, a cover version of "But You Know I Love You" by singer Dolly Parton topped the country singles charts . </P> <P> In the song, "But You Know I Love You", the narrator voices regret over not being able to remain with his / her significant other, due to career demands and the need to travel for his / her job . At the time Settle was guitarist for Kenny Rogers and The First Edition, with Rogers singing lead and Settle harmonizing . The fall 1968 release, with a brass - tinged country - folk sound to broaden the group's fan base, peaked at number 19 on the Hot 100 just under a year after "Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)" peaked . In the group's rendition on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour that aired on 8 December 1968, the audience was unwittingly fooled to start clapping too soon, right after the false ending but way before the real ending . </P>

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