"That's What Love Is For" is a song by

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-crossover singer

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. It was written by three-time Grammy-Award winner

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and Amy Grant and produced by Omartian. It was the third

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Top 10 pop single from her 5× platinum-selling album '' Heart in Motion'' and the only one from the album to be released to both Pop and Christian radio. The song topped ''

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chart and was No. 1 for three weeks, starting the week of November 29, 1991. It spent a total of 13 weeks in the Top 10 and 32 weeks on the chart overall. The song peaked at No. 7 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 the week of November 23, 1991 and ultimately spent four weeks in the Top 10. It finished the 1992 ''Billboard'' Year-End Hot 100 Singles chart ranked at No. 91. In Canada, the song also topped the charts, reaching No. 1 on the '' RPM Magazine'' Adult Contemporary Chart. It peaked at No. 7 on the Pop Chart and was No. 61 on the ''RPM Magazine''s Canadian Top 100 Singles Year-End Chart for 1991. There are two versions of the song, the album cut and the pop radio edit. For pop radio airplay, the strings were removed and the song was remixed with a new rhythm track.

Music video

A music video was produced to promote the single, and mixes shots of Grant wearing a red cloak and singing to the camera, while other shots of her singing are in black and white. The video was filmed at the Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve in Idaho. It also features a male/female couple, sitting together on a bench but not looking at each other. At the 3:12 mark of the video (just after Grant sings the bridge leading into the last chorus), the couple are seen in black and white, holding each other loosely while the music plays and Grant sings. The video fades out on a shot of Grant singing ad-libs in front of a sepia-toned background. Off in the distance is the man, and further off, presumably the woman. Behind them all are four large letters which spell the word "LOVE". There are two versions of this video. One version has additional shots of Amy. One where she is in a giant, tall green dress. Another shot shows a black & white close up of Amy in a very retro-mod hair style.

Track listings

Remixes (featuring Chris Cox) – EP #"That's What Love Is For" (featuring Chris Cox) adio edit– 3:13 #"That's What Love Is For" (featuring Chris Cox) ixshow edit– 5:33 #"That's What Love Is For" (featuring Chris Cox) lub mix– 7:26 #"That's What Love Is For" (featuring Chris Cox) ub– 5:41 UK retail single #"That's What Love Is For" (album edit) #"Baby Baby" (No Getting Over You mix) #"That's What Love Is For" (extended single mix) #"That's What Love Is For" (album version)

Personnel

* Amy Grant – lead vocals *

– keyboards * Don Kirkpatrick – guitars * David Raven – drums * Diana DeWitt – backing vocals * Gary Chapman – backing vocals

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Release history

References

{{Authority control 1990 songs 1991 singles A&M Records singles Amy Grant songs Song recordings produced by Michael Omartian Songs written by Amy Grant Songs written by Mark Mueller Songs written by Michael Omartian