This day in 1980, Johnny Lee’s “Looking For Love” which was featured in the movie, “Urban Cowboy,” reached #1 on the country charts.

Written by Wanda Mallette, Bob Morrison and Patti Ryan, it was released in June 1980 as part of the soundtrack to the film Urban Cowboy, released that year. Marcy Levy was one of the female singers who provided backing vocals on the track. “Lookin’ for Love” was reissued as the lead song on his October 1980 album of the same name.

Country music group Sawyer Brown recorded a cover of the song on the 2000 album ‘The Hits Live’. This version peaked at No. 44 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. The song is also featured in the classic Saturday Night Live sketch Buh-Weet Sings, in which Buckwheat from Our Gang (played by Eddie Murphy) sings the song as “Wookin Pa Nub”.