 In 1980 , " You Lift Me Up ( To Heaven ) " brought her to the Top 10 for the first time . Her third studio album , Feel the Fire was released in October and spawned two additional Top 20 hit singles that year . In September 1981 , McEntire 's fourth album , Heart to Heart was issued and became her first album to chart the Billboard Top Country Albums list , peaking at No. 2 . Its lead single , " Today All Over Again " became a top five country hit . The album received mainly negative reviews from critics . William Ruhlmann of AllMusic gave it two @-@ and @-@ a @-@ half out of five stars , stating she did not get creative control of her music . Ruhlmann called " There Ain 't No Love " " essentially a soft pop ballad " . Most of the album 's material consisted of mainly country pop @-@ styled ballads , which was not well liked by McEntire herself . Her fifth album , Unlimited was issued in June 1982 , and spawned her first Billboard number one single in early 1983 : " Can 't Even Get the Blues " and " You 're the First Time I 've Thought About Leaving " . The following year her sixth album , Behind the Scene was released and was positively received by music critics . In 1983 , McEntire announced her departure from Mercury , criticizing the label 's country pop production styles . 
