The Way You Love Me (Faith Hill song)

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"The Way You Love Me"
Single by Faith Hill
from the album Breathe
B-side"Never Gonna Be Your Lady"
ReleasedFebruary 14, 2000 (2000-02-14)
GenreCountry pop[1]
Length
  • 3:07 (album version)
  • 3:32 (radio remix)
LabelWarner Bros. Nashville
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Faith Hill singles chronology
"Breathe"
(1999) 		"The Way You Love Me"
(2000) 		"Let's Make Love"
(2000)
Music video
"The Way You Love Me" on YouTube

"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). The song spent four weeks at number one on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs chart in May 2000 and peaked at number six on the Billboard Hot 100 in December 2000. Worldwide, the song reached number four in Hungary, number nine in Spain, and number 15 in the United Kingdom. Country music website Wide Open Country ranked it as Hill's seventh-best song.[1]

Composition[edit]

"The Way You Love Me" moves at a tempo of 102 beats per minute.[2] 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.[3] In the pop version of the song, Hill's backing vocals are Auto-Tuned.

Music video[edit]

The music video for "The Way You Love Me" was directed by Joseph Kahn.[4] 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, and nurse. A remix video was also made using the Love to Infinity remix, featuring Hill as one extra character: a meteorologist. American filmmaker Jennette McCurdy, who was eight years old at the time, makes a cameo in the remix music video.[5]

Track listings[edit]

Charts[edit]

Release history[edit]

Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref(s).
United States February 14, 2000 Country radio Warner Bros. [40]
August 14, 2000
[41][42]
August 15, 2000 Contemporary hit radio
United Kingdom April 9, 2001
  • CD
  • cassette
 [43]

References[edit]

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