I Love the Way You Love Me

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"I Love the Way You Love Me"
Single by John Michael Montgomery
from the album Life's a Dance
ReleasedMarch 1, 1993 (1993-03-01)
Genre Country
Length4:01
Label Atlantic
Songwriter(s) Victoria Shaw, Chuck Cannon
Producer(s) Doug Johnson
John Michael Montgomery singles chronology
"Life's a Dance"
(1992)
"I Love the Way You Love Me"
(1993)
"Beer and Bones"
(1993)
Music video
"I Love the Way You Love Me" on YouTube

"I Love the Way You Love Me" is a song recorded by American country music singer John Michael Montgomery from his debut album, Life's a Dance (1992). It was written by Victoria Shaw and Chuck Cannon, and released in March 1993 as the album's second single. The song reached the top of the US Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. It became Montgomery's first number-one single and was named Song of the Year by the Academy of Country Music. [1] In 2024, Montgomery's son Walker released a cover version of his father's song. [2]

Contents

Music video

The music video was directed by Marc Ball and premiered in early 1993.

Charts

Boyzone version

"I Love the Way You Love Me"
Boyzone I Love The Way You Love Me.jpeg
Single by Boyzone
from the album Where We Belong
ReleasedNovember 23, 1998 (1998-11-23) [8]
Length4:06
Label Polydor
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Steve Mac
Boyzone singles chronology
"No Matter What"
(1998)
"I Love the Way You Love Me"
(1998)
"When the Going Gets Tough"
(1999)

"I Love the Way You Love Me" was covered by the Irish boyband Boyzone. It was released on November 23, 1998, as the fifth single from their third album, Where We Belong (1998). The song has received a gold certification in the UK, where it charted at number two, and in New Zealand, where it topped the RIANZ Singles Chart for two weeks. "I Love the Way You Love Me" was re-produced by Steve Mac for its single release, with the album version being produced by Rose & Foster.

Track listings

UK CD1 [9]

  1. "I Love the Way You Love Me" (Victoria Shaw, Chuck Cannon)
  2. "Waiting for You" (Phil Harding, Ian Curnow, Stephen Gately)
  3. "Let the Message Run Free" (Ronan Keating, Ray Hedges, Martin Brannigan)

UK CD2 [10]

  1. "I Love the Way You Love Me" (Shaw, Cannon)
  2. "Grease Medley" (live from Wembley) (Barry Gibb, Jim Jacobs, Warren Casey, John Farrar)
  3. "No Matter What" (live from Wembley) (Andrew Lloyd Webber, Jim Steinman)

UK cassette single [11]

  1. "I Love the Way You Love Me" (Shaw, Cannon)
  2. "Waiting for You" (Harding, Curnow, Gately)

Personnel

Personnel are lifted from the By Request album booklet. [12]

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
New Zealand (RMNZ) [30] Gold5,000*
United Kingdom (BPI) [31] Gold400,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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