Till You Love Me

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"Till You Love Me"
Single by Reba McEntire
from the album Read My Mind
B-side "I Wouldn't Wanna Be You"
ReleasedOctober 25, 1994
Genre Country
Length3:50
Label MCA 54888
Songwriter(s) Bob DiPiero
Gary Burr
Producer(s) Tony Brown
Reba McEntire
Reba McEntire singles chronology
"She Thinks His Name Was John"
(1994)
"Till You Love Me"
(1994)
"The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter"
(1995)

"Till You Love Me" is a song written by Bob DiPiero and Gary Burr, and recorded by American country music artist Reba McEntire. It was released in October 1994 as the third single from her album Read My Mind . The song reached #2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in February 1995, behind Pam Tillis' "Mi Vida Loca (My Crazy Life)". [1] It was also McEntire's first entry on the Billboard Hot 100, reaching #78.

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Music video

The music video was directed by Jon Small, and premiered in late 1994. It is a live performance, filmed at the Omaha Civic Center in Omaha, Nebraska, which was taken from the 1994 NBC special Reba: Live!. The performance shows Reba performing the song in a light pink dress with her band.

Chart performance

Chart (1994–1995)Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [2] 8
US Billboard Hot 100 [3] 78
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [4] 2

Year-end charts

Chart (1995)Position
US Country Songs ( Billboard ) [5] 40

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References

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