I Could Make You Love Me

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"I Could Make You Love Me"
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Single by Wa Wa Nee
from the album Wa Wa Nee
Released11 August 1986
Recorded Studios 301, Sydney
Genre Synth-pop
Length2:52
Label CBS Records
Songwriter(s) Paul Gray
Producer(s) Chris Cameron
Wa Wa Nee singles chronology
"Stimulation"
(1986)
"I Could Make You Love Me"
(1986)
"Sugar Free"
(1986)

"I Could Make You Love Me" is a song from Australian pop group Wa Wa Nee. The song was released in August 1986 as the second single from their self-titled debut studio album. The song peaked at number 5 on the Australian singles chart. [1]

Contents

Track listing

7" (CBS - BA3475)

12"' (CBS - BA12212)

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1986)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [1] 5

Year-end charts

Chart (1986)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [2] [3] 43

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References

  1. 1 2 Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). St. Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 331. ISBN   0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and 19 June 1988.
  2. "National Top 100 Singles for 1986". Kent Music Report . No. 650. December 1986. Retrieved 24 January 2023 via Imgur.
  3. Scott, Gavin. "30 Years Ago This Week: December 28, 1986". blogspot.com.au. Retrieved 11 June 2017. N.B. The Kent Music Report annual charts were calculated using a points system based on chart runs rather than sales.