"The Way You Love Me" is a song written by
Keith Follesé
Keith Follesé (born 1951 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is an American songwriter and co-founder of Midas Records Nashville.
Early in his career, Follesé recorded with his wife, Adrienne, on A&M Records. They never released an album, and moved to ...
and Michael Dulaney and recorded by American
country music
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singer
Faith Hill
Audrey Faith McGraw (; born September 21, 1967), known professionally as Faith Hill, is an American singer and actress. She is one of the most successful country music artists of all time, having sold more than 40 million albums worldwide.
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
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''
Hot Country Songs
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chart in May 2000 and peaked at number six on the ''Billboard''
Hot 100
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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.
Composition
"The Way You Love Me" moves at a
tempo
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of 102 beats per minute. The song is set in the key of
C major
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but is transposed to
D major
D major (or the key of D) is a major scale based on D, consisting of the pitches D, E, F, G, A, B, and C. Its key signature has two sharps. Its relative minor is B minor and its parallel minor is D minor.
The D major scale is:
:
Ch ...
for the
pre-chorus
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and to
E major
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in the
chorus
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Music
* Chorus (song) or refrain, line or lines that are repeated in music or in verse
* Chorus effect, the perception of similar sounds from multiple sources as a single, richer sound
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and
bridge
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. The song moves in
common time
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, and Hill's vocals span from G
3 to B
4 in the song. In the pop version of the song, Hill's backing vocals are
Auto-Tune
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Auto-Tu ...
d.
Music video
The
music video
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for "The Way You Love Me" was directed by
Joseph Kahn Joseph Kahn may refer to:
*Joseph Kahn (director) (born 1972), a film and music video director
*Joseph Kahn (journalist) (born 1964), American journalist
* Joseph Kahn (shipping executive) (1916–1979), American businessman
See also
*Joseph Hahn ...
. 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
Jeanette McCurdy, who was eight years old at the time, makes a cameo in the remix music video.
Track listings
* US CD and cassette single
# "The Way You Love Me" (radio remix) – 3:31
# "Never Gonna Be Your Lady" – 5:31
* Australian maxi-CD single
# "The Way You Love Me" (
Love to Infinity Recall radio edit)
# "The Way You Love Me" (radio remix)
# "
Breathe"
# "The Way You Love Me" (Love to Infinity Master Mix Recall)
* European CD and cassette single
# "The Way You Love Me" (Love to Infinity Recall radio edit)
# "The Way You Love Me" (radio remix)
* European maxi-CD single
# "The Way You Love Me" (Love to Infinity radio mix) – 2:56
# "The Way You Love Me" (radio remix) – 3:31
# "Never Gonna Be Your Lady" – 5:31
# "The Way You Love Me" (Love to Infinity Master Mix) – 6:30
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Release history
References
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1999 songs
2000 singles
Faith Hill songs
Music videos directed by Joseph Kahn
Song recordings produced by Byron Gallimore
Songs written by Keith Follesé
Songs written by Michael Dulaney
Warner Records Nashville singles