I'm Gonna Love You Through It

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"I'm Gonna Love You Through It"
LoveYouThroughIt.jpg
Single by Martina McBride
from the album Eleven
ReleasedJuly 25, 2011 (2011-07-25)
Genre Country
Length3:49
Label Republic Nashville
Songwriter(s) Ben Hayslip
Sonya Isaacs
Jimmy Yeary
Producer(s) Martina McBride
Byron Gallimore
Martina McBride singles chronology
"Teenage Daughters"
(2011)
"I'm Gonna Love You Through It"
(2011)
"Marry Me"
(2012)
Music video
"I'm Gonna Love You Through It" on YouTube

"I'm Gonna Love You Through It" is a song written by Ben Hayslip, Sonya Isaacs and Jimmy Yeary and recorded by American country music artist Martina McBride. It was released in July 2011 as the second single from her album Eleven . On November 30, 2011, the song received a nomination at the 54th Grammy Awards for Best Country Solo Performance. To date, this is McBride’s final Top 10 hit.

Contents

Content

The song is about a 38-year-old woman who is supported by her husband while battling breast cancer. [1] The subject of the song survives. Co-writer Sonya Isaacs' inspiration for the song was her mother, Lily, who is a breast cancer survivor. [2] It is in F major with an approximate tempo of 70 beats per minute, a vocal range of F3-D5 and a main chord pattern of F2-B2-F2. [3]

Critical reception

Amanda Hensel of Taste of Country gave the song five stars out of five, saying that McBride "captures our hearts with this one, reminding us why she's one of the best in the business." [4] Matt Bjorke of Roughstock also gave the song a positive review, writing that it has "all the hallmarks of her best and most powerful tunes." [5]

Commercial performance

"I'm Gonna Love You Through It" debuted at number 50 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for the week of August 6, 2011. [6] In its sixth week on the Hot 100, the song ascended to number 61. [7] In January 2012, the song became McBride's first Top Ten hit since "Anyway" in 2007, nearly five years earlier. Two months later, it peaked at number 4 on the country chart. The song has sold 561,000 copies in the US as of October 2015, and has since been certified Gold by the R.I.A.A [8]

Music video

The music video was directed by Roman White and premiered in August 2011. It features appearances from cancer survivors Sheryl Crow, Robin Roberts and Hoda Kotb and cancer activist Katie Couric. [9]

Charts

Chart (2011–2012)Peak
position
Canada Country ( Billboard ) [10] 28
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [11] 4
US Billboard Hot 100 [12] 61

Year-end charts

Chart (2011)Position
US Country Songs ( Billboard ) [13] 93
Chart (2012)Position
US Country Songs ( Billboard ) [14] 45

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