"Let's Make Love" is a song recorded by American

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. The song written by

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and Bill Luther, and produced by Hill and

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. Hill recorded the song as a duet with her husband

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. It was released on June 19, 2000 as the third single from Hill's fourth studio album '' Breathe'' (1999), and was also included on McGraw's first greatest hits album. The song became a commercial success, peaking at number six and spending 45 weeks on the

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chart, becoming Hill's longest running and McGraw's second longest running single. A music video was later released, which was directed by Lili Fini Zanuck, which featured the couple in and around

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. The video became a great success and was played regularly on stations like CMT and

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. The song later won the 2001

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. The single's b-side, "There Will Come a Day" later charted on the Hot Country Songs chart in 2001, reaching as high as number 35 solely on unsolicited airplay.

Cover

Australian born Irish singer Johnny Logan covered the song as a duet with Natasja Crone. It was released as single and included on his 2001 album, ''

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''. The Italian singer Patrizio Buanne covered this song twice for his album '' Forever Begins Tonight'': in English and in a bilingual Spanglish version.

Chart positions

"Let's Make Love" debuted at number 65 on

dated for November 20, 1999 based on unsolicited airplay. As an album cut, it reached as high as number 52 and spent 20 weeks on the charts before falling off. Upon its release as a single, it re-entered on the May 20, 2000 chart at number 60.

Year-end charts

Parodies

*American country music parody artist Cledus T. Judd released a parody of "Let's Make Love" titled "Let's Shoot Dove" on his 2002 album ''

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References

2000 singles 1999 songs Faith Hill songs Tim McGraw songs Songs written by Aimee Mayo Male–female vocal duets Song recordings produced by Byron Gallimore Songs written by Marv Green Songs written by Chris Lindsey Warner Records Nashville singles Black-and-white music videos {{2000s-country-song-stub