"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

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singer

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. 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 ''

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chart in May 2000 and peaked at number six on the ''Billboard''

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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

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of 102 beats per minute. The song is set in the key of

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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

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and to

E major E major (or the key of E) is a major scale based on E, consisting of the pitches E, F, G, A, B, C, and D. Its key signature has four sharps. Its relative minor is C-sharp minor and its parallel minor is E minor. Its enharmonic equivalent, ...

in the

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and

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. The song moves in

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, and Hill's vocals span from G₃ to B₄ in the song. In the pop version of the song, Hill's backing vocals are

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Music video

The

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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

{{DEFAULTSORT:Way You Love Me, The 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