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The Way You Love Me (Faith Hill song)

2000 single by Faith Hill

Summary

2000 single by Faith Hill

FieldValue
nameThe Way You Love Me
coverThewayyouloveme.jpg
typesingle
artistFaith Hill
albumBreathe
B-sideNever Gonna Be Your Lady
released
* Sony Music (Los Angeles)<ref>{{cite AV media notestitleBreatheyear=1999type=CD bookletpublisher=Warner Bros. Records Nashvilleid=47373}}
genreCountry pop
labelWarner Bros. Nashville
producer
prev_titleBreathe
prev_year1999
next_titleLet's Make Love
next_year2000
misc

| B-side = Never Gonna Be Your Lady

  • Ocean Way Recording, Loud Recording, Essential Sound (Nashville, Tennessee)
  • Sony Music (Los Angeles)
  • 3:07 (album version)
  • 3:32 (radio remix)
  • Keith Follesé
  • Michael Dulaney "The Way You Love Me" is a song written by Keith Follesé and Michael Dulaney and recorded by American country music singer Faith Hill. It was released on February 14, 2000, as the second single from her fourth studio album, Breathe (1999). It was later released to pop radio on August 15, 2000, becoming Hill's third single serviced to the format. The track utilizes Auto-Tune for Hill's backup vocals.

"The Way You Love Me" was a commercial success. The song spent four weeks at number one on the US Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in May 2000, becoming her eighth number-one hit. It later peaked at number six on the Billboard Hot 100 in December 2000, becoming her fourth top-10 hit. Internationally, the song reached the top 10 in Hungary and Spain. Country music website Wide Open Country ranked it as Hill's seventh-best song.

Composition

"The Way You Love Me" moves at a tempo of 102 beats per minute. The song is set in the key of C major but is transposed to D major for the pre-chorus and to E major in the chorus and bridge. The song moves in common time, and Hill's vocals span from G3 to B4 in the song. In the pop version of the song, Hill's backing vocals are Auto-Tuned.

Music video

The music video for "The Way You Love Me" was directed by Joseph Kahn. It first aired on television the week of August 21, 2000. The video shows Hill as many different characters, including a mother, police officer, robber, waitress, heiress, nurse and meteorologist. Three different edits were made, one using the album version, one using the radio remix and one using the Love to Infinity remix. American filmmaker Jennette McCurdy, who was eight years old at the time, makes a cameo in both the album version and the Love to Infinity remix music videos.

Track listings

  • US CD and cassette single
  1. "The Way You Love Me" (radio remix) – 3:31
  2. "Never Gonna Be Your Lady" – 5:31
  • Australian maxi-CD single
  1. "The Way You Love Me" (Love to Infinity Recall radio edit)
  2. "The Way You Love Me" (radio remix)
  3. "Breathe"
  4. "The Way You Love Me" (Love to Infinity Master Mix Recall)
  • European CD and cassette single
  1. "The Way You Love Me" (Love to Infinity Recall radio edit)
  2. "The Way You Love Me" (radio remix)
  • European maxi-CD single
  1. "The Way You Love Me" (Love to Infinity radio mix) – 2:56
  2. "The Way You Love Me" (radio remix) – 3:31
  3. "Never Gonna Be Your Lady" – 5:31
  4. "The Way You Love Me" (Love to Infinity Master Mix) – 6:30

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2000–2001)Peak
positionEurope (Eurochart Hot 100)Hungary (Mahasz)US Top Country Singles Sales (Billboard)
43
4
1

Year-end charts

Chart (2000)PositionUS Billboard Hot 100US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)US Hot Country Singles & Tracks (Billboard)US Top Country Singles Sales (Billboard)
41
31
64
5
8
Chart (2001)PositionCanada Radio (Nielsen BDS)US Billboard Hot 100US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)US Top Country Singles Sales (Billboard)
28
27
5
34
72
2

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref(s).United StatesUnited Kingdom
February 14, 2000Country radioWarner Bros.
August 14, 2000
August 15, 2000Contemporary hit radio
April 9, 2001

References

References

  1. (1999). "Breathe". Warner Bros. Records Nashville.
  2. Sawyer, Bobbie Jean. (January 10, 2020). "The 12 Best Faith Hill Songs, Ranked". Wide Open Country.
  3. "BPM for 'the way you' by faith hill {{!}} songbpm.com".
  4. Dulaney, Michael. "Faith Hill "The Way You Love Me" Sheet Music in C Major - Download & Print".
  5. [http://www.ifilm.com/video/2788226 The Way You Love Me – Faith Hill – Music Videos – SPIKE Powered By IFILM]
  6. Horner, Marianne. (June 12, 2010). "Faith Hill Reunites with Jennette McCurdy".
  7. (2000). "The Way You Love Me". [[Warner Records.
  8. (2000). "The Way You Love Me". Warner Bros. Records.
  9. (2000). "The Way You Love Me". Warner Bros. Records.
  10. (2000). "The Way You Love Me". Warner Bros. Records.
  11. (2000). "The Way You Love Me". Warner Bros. Records.
  12. (2000). "The Way You Love Me". Warner Bros. Records.
  13. (April 28, 2001). "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles".
  14. (May 12, 2001). "Top National Sellers".
  15. (October 14, 2000). "Billboard Top Country Singles Sales".
  16. "Billboard Top 100 – 2000".
  17. (December 22, 2000). "The Best of 2000: Most Played Adult Contemporary Songs of 2000".
  18. (December 22, 2000). "Most Played Adult Top 40 Songs of 2000".
  19. (December 30, 2000). "The Year in Music 2000: Hot Country Singles & Tracks".
  20. (December 30, 2000). "The Year in Music 2000: Top Country Singles Sales".
  21. "BDS CHART : Top 100 of 2001". [[Jam!]].
  22. "Billboard Top 100 – 2001".
  23. (December 29, 2001). "The Year in Music 2001: Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks".
  24. (December 21, 2001). "Most-Played Adult Top 40 Songs of 2001".
  25. (December 21, 2001). "Most-Played Mainstream Top 40 Songs of 2001".
  26. (December 29, 2001). "The Year in Music 2001: Top Country Singles Sales".
  27. (February 11, 2000). "Country: Going for Adds".
  28. (August 11, 2000). "Going for Adds".
  29. (August 11, 2000). "Impact Dates".
  30. (April 7, 2001). "New Releases – For Week Starting April 9, 2001: Singles".
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