Let's Make Love (song)

"Let's Make Love" is a song written by Marv Green, Aimee Mayo, Chris Lindsey and Bill Luther, and recorded by American country music artist Faith Hill and her husband Tim McGraw as a duet. It was released in 2000 as the third single from Hill's album, Breathe, and is also featured on McGraw's first greatest hits album. The song reached number 6 on Hot Country Songs. An accompanying video was released in black and white, and featured McGraw and Hill in and around Paris.

"Let's Make Love"
Single by Faith Hill with Tim McGraw
from the album Breathe
B-side"There Will Come a Day"[1]
ReleasedAugust 2000
GenreCountry
Length4:11
LabelWarner Bros. Nashville
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Faith Hill singles chronology
"The Way You Love Me"
(2000)		 "Let's Make Love"
(2000)		 "Where Are You Christmas?"
(2000)
Tim McGraw singles chronology
"My Next Thirty Years"
(2000)		 "Let's Make Love"
(2000)		 "Grown Men Don't Cry"
(2001)

The song won them a Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals in 2001.

Its b-side, "There Will Come a Day", later charted at number 35 on Hot Country Songs in 2001, based on unsolicited airplay.

Cover

Australian born Irish singer Johnny Logan covered the song as a duet with Natasja Crone. It was released as single and included on his 2001 album, Reach for Me.

The Italian singer Patrizio Buanne covered this song twice for his album Forever Begins Tonight: in English and in a bilingual Spanglish version.

Chart positions

"Let's Make Love" debuted at number 65 on Hot Country Songs dated for November 20, 1999 based on unsolicited airplay.[2] As an album cut, it reached as high as number 52 and spent 20 weeks on the charts before falling off. Upon its release as a single, it re-entered on the May 20, 2000 chart at number 60.[3]

Chart (2000) Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[4] 5
US Billboard Hot 100[5] 54
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[6] 6

Year-end charts
Chart (2000) Position
US Country Songs (Billboard)[7] 37

Parodies
  • American country music parody artist Cledus T. Judd released a parody of "Let's Make Love" titled "Let's Shoot Dove" on his 2002 album Cledus Envy.
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References
  1. Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. pp. 272–273. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
  2. "Hot Country Singles & Tracks". Billboard: 36. 20 November 1999.
  3. Jessen, Wade (20 May 2000). "Country Corner". Billboard: 60.
  4. "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 7083." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. October 9, 2000. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
  5. "Faith Hill Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  6. "Faith Hill Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  7. "Best of 2000: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2000. Retrieved August 15, 2012.
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