You Win My Love

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"You Win My Love"
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US promotional and Australian CD cover
Single by Shania Twain
from the album The Woman in Me
B-side
ReleasedJanuary 27, 1996
Studio Soundstage (Nashville, TN) [1]
Genre
Length3:45
Label
Songwriter(s) Robert John "Mutt" Lange
Producer(s) Robert John "Mutt" Lange
Shania Twain singles chronology
"(If You're Not in It for Love) I'm Outta Here!"
(1995)
"You Win My Love"
(1996)
"No One Needs to Know"
(1996)
Music video
"You Win My Love" on YouTube

"You Win My Love" is a song recorded by Canadian country music singer Shania Twain. It was released on January 27, 1996, as the fifth single from her second studio album The Woman in Me. The song was written solely by then-husband and producer Robert John "Mutt" Lange, making it one of Twain's only songs she did not write. Lyrically, the song uses car metaphors to describe a fruitful relationship.

Contents

"You Win My Love" marked Twain's third and fifth number ones on the US Hot Country Songs and Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart, spending two and three weeks at number one respectively; notably, the song completely fell out the top ten after its two weeks at number one in the US. Like prior single "(If You're Not in It for Love) I'm Outta Here!", the song was remixed by Mutt Lange for international audiences; it was later released in Australia in 1997. Twain performed the song on both the Come On Over Tour and Rock This Country Tour and both of her Vegas residencies.

Critical reception

Kevin John Coyne of Country Universe rated the song a B+, saying it has enough hooks to "make ABBA blush." [2]

Music video

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Twain in a race car for the "You Win My Love" video

The music video for "You Win My Love" was shot in Orlando, Florida and directed by Steven Goldmann. It was filmed on January 14 and 15, 1996 and debuted on CMT on January 27 of that same year. The video is set at a race track where Twain drives around in a race car in a skin-tight leather outfit, and is based on the lyrics to the song which are vehicle-related. Two versions of the video were released, one with the 'Album Version' and one with the 'Mutt Lange Mix'. The 'Mutt Lange Mix' version is available on Twain's DVD The Platinum Collection , while the 'Album Version' is available on YouTube.

Chart performance

"You Win My Love" debuted on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart the week of February 24, 1996, at number 47, garnering the "Hot Shot Debut" note. [3] It would top the chart the week of May 4, 1996, becoming her third-number one single following "Any Man of Mine" and "I'm Outta Here!"; it is also the only of her seven number one singles she did not have a writer's credit on. [2] It spent 20 weeks in total. The track was also released commercially, where it would reach number eight on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart; combining with the mainline Billboard Hot 100, "You Win My Love" peaked at number 108.

"You Win My Love" debuted at number 67 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart on the week of February 19, 1996. [4] The song went on to reach the top spot of the chart the week of April 8, 1996, where it spent three weeks at the top spot, marking Twain's fifth consecutive number one song in her home country. "You Win My Love" was also released in Australia in its remix form, where Twain had previous success with the remix of "I'm Outta Here!"; it was not successful however, only peaking at number 67.

Official versions

Track listings

All major releases of "You Win My Love" as noted. [5]

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for "You Win My Love"
Chart (1996)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [12] 67
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [13] 1
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles ( Billboard ) [14] 8
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [15] 1
US Top Country Singles Sales ( Billboard ) [16]
2
US Country Top 50 ( Radio & Records ) [17] 1

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for "You Win My Love"
Chart (1996)Position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [18] 3
US Country Songs ( Billboard ) [19] 11

Notes

  1. "Studio Action: Production Credits". Billboard . Vol. 108, no. 19. May 11, 1996. p. 39. ISSN   0006-2510.
  2. 1 2 Coyne, Kevin John (May 31, 2022). "Every No. 1 Single of the Nineties: Shania Twain, "You Win My Love"". Country Universe. Retrieved October 21, 2024.
  3. "Hot Country Singles & Tracks". Billboard . Vol. 108, no. 8. Nielsen Business Media. February 24, 1996. p. 33.
  4. "RPM 100 Country Tracks". Library and Archives Canada. February 19, 1996. Retrieved October 18, 2023.
  5. Williams, Dallas (1997). Shania Twain: On My Way. ECW Press. p. 217. ISBN   9781550222975.
  6. You Win My Love (US promotional CD liner notes). Shania Twain. Mercury Nashville. 1996. MNCD 110.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  7. You Win My Love (US CD single liner notes). Shania Twain. Mercury Nashville. 1996. 422 852 138-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  8. You Win My Love (US cassette single liner notes). Shania Twain. Mercury Nashville. 1996. 422-852138-4.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  9. You Win My Love (Australian CD single liner notes). Shania Twain. Mercury Records. 1997. 574 321-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  10. You Win My Love (Australian alternate CD single liner notes). Shania Twain. Mercury Records. 1997. 574 521-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  11. You Win My Love (Australian cassette single liner notes). Shania Twain. Mercury Records. 1997. 574 521-4.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  12. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 286.
  13. "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 2937." RPM . Library and Archives Canada. April 8, 1996. Retrieved July 20, 2013.
  14. "Shania Twain Chart History (Bubbling Under Hot 100)". Billboard.
  15. "Shania Twain Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  16. "Billboard Top Country Singles Sales" (PDF). Billboard . Retrieved October 16, 2023.
  17. "R&R Country" (PDF). Radio & Records . April 26, 1996. p. 50.
  18. "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1996". RPM . December 16, 1996. Retrieved July 20, 2013.
  19. "Best of 1996: Country Songs". Billboard . Prometheus Global Media. 1996. Retrieved July 20, 2013.

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