Make Me Love You (song)

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"Make Me Love You"
Single by Taeyeon
from the album My Voice
ReleasedApril 5, 2017 (2017-04-05)
Genre
Length3:33
Label SM Entertainment
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s) Jo Yoon-kyung
Taeyeonsingles chronology
"Fine"
(2017)
"Make Me Love You"
(2017)
"Lonely"
(2017)
Music video
"Make Me Love You" on YouTube

"Make Me Love You" is a song recorded by South Korean singer Kim Tae-yeon. It was released as a single on April 5, 2017, by SM Entertainment. The song's lyrics were penned by Jo Yun-kyung while its music was composed by Matthew Tishler, Felicia Barton and Aaron Benward. The song is the title track of the Deluxe edition of Taeyeon's first studio album, My Voice , which was released on the same day.

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Background and release

On April 5, 2017, SM Entertainment released the deluxe edition of Taeyeon's first album My Voice , along with a music video for the title song "Make Me Love You". The song is described as a R&B pop song that would warm up the spring season with her charming tone and soulful vocals. [2] The song was included on the setlist of Taeyeon's first Asia tours concert "Persona", taking place in Seoul (South Korea), Taipei (Taiwan), Bangkok (Thailand) and Hong Kong in May and June 2017. [3] Taeyeon also performed "Make Me Love You" live in front of over 30,000 audiences at Busan Asiad Main Stadium during 2017 Asia Song Festival on September 24, 2017. [4]

Reception

"Make Me Love You" debuted at number 4 on South Korea's Gaon Digital Chart for the chart issue dated April 2–8, 2017. [5] It additionally peaked at number 11 on the Billboard World Digital Songs chart. [6]

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the CD booklet of My Voice (Deluxe edition). [7]

Charts

Sales

RegionSales
South Korea [10] 447,673+

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabel
Worldwide [11] [12] April 5, 2017Digital download SM Entertainment

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