"Nobody Loves Me Like You Do" is a song written by

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an
Pamela Phillips-Oland
and originally performed on the

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'' by Dunne himself with series regular

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. It was later recorded by

Jermaine Jackson Jermaine La Jaune Jackson (born December 11, 1954) is an American singer-songwriter and bassist. He is best known for being a member of the Jackson family. From 1964 to 1975, Jermaine was second vocalist after his brother Michael of The Jackso ...

with a then-unknown

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, and also by Canadian

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artist

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with singer-songwriter

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. Jackson and Houston actually premiered their version on ''As the World Turns'' as well, on the August 1, 1984 episode, while the Murray-Loggins version was released as a country single shortly thereafter, in September of '84. The former appeared on Houston's 1985 self-titled debut album and on the 2009 compilation album
''The Collection''
The latter was the first single from Murray's album '' Heart Over Mind'', peaking at number one on December 15, 1984. It was Murray's ninth American number-one country hit, and it also hit the top ten on the '' Billboard'' Adult Contemporary chart. The song was Loggins' only hit on the country chart. In live performances, Murray sang the duet with

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. The song also appears on Murray's 2007 album '' Anne Murray Duets: Friends & Legends'', performed as a duet with her daughter, Dawn Langstroth.

Charts (for the Murray-Loggins version)

References

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