"Love Won't Let Me" is a song written by

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and Kasey Livingston. It was first released in 2000 by Brazilian singer

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for her self-titled debut album in English and Portuguese (retitled "O Amor Não Deixa"), then in 2002 by American

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artist

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. Cochran's version was released in December 2002 as the second single from the album '' Life Happened''. The song reached #31 on the ''

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chart.

Chart performance

Wanessa Camargo version

The first release recording of the song was in 2000 by Brazilian singer

as "O Amor Não Deixa". It was released as her first single, with the original English version "Love Won't Let Me" also appearing on her debut album ''

''. The Portuguese lyrics were written by Cesar Lemos. Camargo's English and Portuguese versions of the song were both produced by Jason Deere.

References

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