The Way You Love Me (Faith Hill song)

"The Way You Love Me" is a song written by Keith Follesé and Michael Dulaney and recorded by American country music artist Faith Hill. It was released in February 2000 as the second single from her album Breathe. This song spent four weeks at number one on the Billboard Country charts in May 2000 and peaked at number six on the Billboard Hot 100 on December 30, 2000. Worldwide, the song reached number four in Hungary, number nine in Spain and number 15 in the United Kingdom.

"The Way You Love Me"
Single by Faith Hill
from the album Breathe
B-side	"Never Gonna Be Your Lady"
Released	February 29, 2000
Genre	Country pop dance-pop adult contemporary
Length	3:07 (album version) 3:32 (radio remix)
Label	Warner Bros. Nashville
Songwriter(s)	Keith Follesé Michael Dulaney
Producer(s)	Byron Gallimore Faith Hill
Faith Hill singles chronology
"Breathe" (1999) "The Way You Love Me" (2000) "Let's Make Love" (2000)
Music video
"The Way You Love Me" on YouTube

Composition

"The Way You Love Me" moves at a tempo of 102 beats per minute.[1] The song is set in the key of C major but is transposed to D major for the bridge and to E major in the chorus. The song moves in common time, and Hill's vocals span from G₃ to B₄ in the song.[2] In the pop version of the song, Hill's backing vocals are Auto-Tuned.

Music video

The music video for "The Way You Love Me" was directed by Joseph Kahn.[3] 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.

Track listings

US CD single

1. The Way You Love Me (Radio Remix]) – 3:32
2. Never Gonna Be Your Lady – 5:31

US maxi-CD

1. The Way You Love Me (Love to Infinity Radio Mix) – 3:00
2. The Way You Love Me (Radio Remix] 3:31
3. The Way You Love Me (Love to Infinity Master Mix) – 6:30

US vinyl, 12", promo

1. The Way You Love Me (Love to Infinity Master Mix) – 6:30
2. The Way You Love Me (Love to Infinity Radio Mix) – 3:00
3. The Way You Love Me (Radio Remix) – 3:31
4. The Way You Love Me (Love to Infinity Instrumental) – 6:31

Europe maxi-CD

1. The Way You Love Me (Love to Infinity Radio Mix) – 2:56
2. The Way You Love Me (Radio Remix) – 3:31
3. Never Gonna Be Your Lady – 5:31
4. The Way You Love Me (Love to Infinity Master Mix) – 6:30

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2000–01) Peak position Australia (ARIA)[4] 31 Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)[5] 5 Belgium (Ultratip Wallonia)[6] 8 Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)[7] 9 Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[8] 1 Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[9] 43 France (SNEP)[10] 58 Hungary (Mahasz)[11] 4 Ireland (IRMA)[12] 40 Italy (FIMI)[13] 21 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[14] 89 New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[15] 23 Scotland (Official Charts Company)[16] 13 Spain (PROMUSICAE)[17] 9 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[18] 35 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[19] 49 UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[20] 15 US Billboard Hot 100[21] 6 US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[22] 3 US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)[23] 8 US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[24] 1 US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)[25] 20

Year-end charts Chart (2000) Position US Billboard Hot 100[26] 41 US Billboard Hot Country Songs[27] 5 Chart (2001) Position US Billboard Hot 100[28] 27

References

1. "BPM for 'the way you' by faith hill | songbpm.com". songbpm.com. Retrieved October 9, 2016.
2. Dulaney, Michael. "Faith Hill "The Way You Love Me" Sheet Music in C Major - Download & Print". Musicnotes.com. Retrieved October 9, 2016.
3. The Way You Love Me – Faith Hill – Music Videos – SPIKE Powered By IFILM
4. "Australian-charts.com – Faith Hill – The Way You Love Me". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
5. "Ultratop.be – Faith Hill – The Way You Love Me" (in Dutch). Ultratip.
6. "Ultratop.be – Faith Hill – The Way You Love Me" (in French). Ultratip.
7. "Top RPM Adult Contemporary: Issue 7102." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. October 30, 2000. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
8. "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 7245." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. May 15, 2000. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
9. "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 18 no. 18. April 28, 2001. p. 9. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
10. "Lescharts.com – Faith Hill – The Way You Love Me" (in French). Les classement single.
11. "Top National Sellers" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 18 no. 20. May 12, 2001. p. 17. Retrieved March 3, 2020. See LW column.
12. "Irish-charts.com – Discography Faith Hill". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved January 15, 2020.
13. "Italiancharts.com – Faith Hill – The Way You Love Me". Top Digital Download.
14. "Dutchcharts.nl – Faith Hill – The Way You Love Me" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
15. "Charts.nz – Faith Hill – The Way You Love Me". Top 40 Singles.
16. "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 12, 2014.
17. "Spanishcharts.com – Faith Hill – The Way You Love Me" Canciones Top 50.
18. "Swedishcharts.com – Faith Hill – The Way You Love Me". Singles Top 100.
19. "Swisscharts.com – Faith Hill – The Way You Love Me". Swiss Singles Chart.
20. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 30, 2018.
21. "Faith Hill Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
22. "Faith Hill Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard.
23. "Faith Hill Chart History (Adult Pop Songs)". Billboard.
24. "Faith Hill Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
25. "Faith Hill Chart History (Pop Songs)". Billboard.
26. "Billboard Top 100 – 2000". Archived from the original on March 4, 2009. Retrieved August 31, 2010.
27. "Best of 2000: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2000. Retrieved August 15, 2012.
28. "Billboard Top 100 – 2001". Archived from the original on July 26, 2010. Retrieved August 31, 2010.

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics