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{{Infobox song
| name       = Don't Let Our Love Start Slippin' Away
| cover      = Vince Gill - Dont Let Our Love cd single.png
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Vince Gill]]
| album      = [[I Still Believe in You (album)|I Still Believe in You]]
| B-side     = Love Never Broke Anyone's Heart
| released   = October 12, 1992
| format     =
| recorded   = 1992
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      = [[Country music|Country]]
| length     = 3:43
| label      = [[MCA Records|MCA]]
| writer     = Vince Gill, Pete Wasner
| producer   = [[Tony Brown (record producer)|Tony Brown]]
| prev_title = [[I Still Believe in You (Vince Gill song)|I Still Believe in You]]
| prev_year  = 1992
| next_title = [[The Heart Won't Lie]]
| next_year  = 1993
}}
"'''Don't Let Our Love Start Slippin' Away'''" is a song co-written and recorded by American [[country music]] singer [[Vince Gill]] that reached the top of the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Hot Country Songs|Hot Country Singles & Tracks]] (now [[Hot Country Songs]]) chart. It was released in October 1992 as the second single from his album ''[[I Still Believe in You (album)|I Still Believe in You]]''.  It reached number-one on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks and on the Canadian ''RPM'' Country Tracks chart.  The song was written by Gill and Pete Wasner.
==Critical reception==
Deborah Evans Price, of ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' magazine reviewed the song favorably saying that "Gill offers his followers an infectiously catchy package." She goes on to say that "instrumentation and production to the point of perfection."<ref>''[[Billboard magazine|Billboard]]'', October 17, 1992</ref>
==Music video==
The music video, which was directed by [[John Lloyd Miller]] and premiered in late 1992, depicts Gill performing the song at a club where he is backed by several notable singers and musicians. They include (in alphabetical order): [[Little Jimmy Dickens]], [[Steve Earle]], [[Bruce Hornsby]], [[Patty Loveless]], [[Kathy Mattea]], [[Delbert McClinton]], [[Michael McDonald (singer)|Michael McDonald]], [[Reba McEntire]], [[Lee Roy Parnell]], [[Carl Perkins]], [[Leon Russell]], [[Leland Sklar]], [[Pam Tillis]], [[Kevin Welch]], [[Kelly Willis]], members of the band [[Shenandoah (band)|Shenandoah]] and [[The Kentucky Headhunters|Kentucky Headhunters]] drummer Fred Young. McEntire was reprising her waitress role from her "Is There Life Out There" video earlier that same year. The storyline in this video was that the aforementioned performers were there to substitute for Gill's band, who were unable to show up. The video also features movie tough man & bouncer [[Randall "Tex" Cobb]] both at the beginning and then dancing later in the video.<ref>The Actual video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlUGTof2TWU</ref>
==Chart performance==
"Don't Let Our Love Start Slippin' Away" debuted at number 63 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of October 17, 1992.
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!align="left"|Chart (1992)
!align="center"|Peak<br />position
|-
{{singlechart|Canadacountry|1|chartid=1827|publishdate=January 23, 1993|accessdate=August 5, 2013}}
|-
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|}
===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!scope="col"|Chart (1993)
!scope="col"|Position
|-
| Canada Country Tracks (''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.2327&type=1&interval=24|title=RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1993|work=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|date=December 18, 1993|access-date=August 5, 2013}}</ref>
| align="center" | 27
|-
| US [[Hot Country Songs|Country Songs]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1993/hot-country-songs| title=Best of 1993: Country Songs | work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] | publisher=[[Prometheus Global Media]] | date=1993| access-date=August 5, 2013}}</ref>
| align="center" | 55
|}
==Cover versions==
Since adding Gill in their lineup, the [[Eagles (band)|Eagles]] have often played the song live in concert. A version appears on their live album [[Live from the Forum MMXVIII]].
==References==
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[[Category:1992 singles]]
[[Category:Vince Gill songs]]
[[Category:Song recordings produced by Tony Brown (record producer)]]
[[Category:Songs written by Vince Gill]]
[[Category:MCA Nashville Records singles]]
[[Category:Music videos directed by John Lloyd Miller]]
[[Category:1992 songs]]
[[Category:Songs written by Pete Wasner]]