The Way You Love Me (Faith Hill song)

"The Way You Love Me"
Single by Faith Hill
from the album Breathe
B-side	"Never Gonna Be Your Lady"
Released	February 29, 2000
Format	CD single
Genre	Country pop dance-pop
Length	3:07 (album version) 3:32 (radio remix)
Label	Warner Bros. Nashville
Writer(s)	Keith Follesé Michael Dulaney
Producer(s)	Byron Gallimore Faith Hill
Faith Hill singles chronology
"Breathe" (1999) "The Way You Love Me" (2000) "Let's Make Love" (duet w/ Tim McGraw) (2000)

"The Way You Love Me" is a song written by Keith Follesé and Michael Dulaney and recorded by American country music artist Faith Hill. It was released in February 2000 as the second single from her Breathe album. This song spent four weeks at number 1 on the Billboard Country charts in May 2000 and peaked at number 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 on December 30, 2000.

Composition

"The Way You Love Me" moves at a tempo of 102 beats per minute.^[1] The song is set in the key of C major but is transposed to D major for the bridge and to E major in the chorus. The song moves in common time, and Hill's vocals span from G₃ to B₄ in the song.^[2] In the pop version of the song, Hill's backing vocals are Auto-Tuned.^[3]

Music video

The music video for "The Way You Love Me" was directed by Joseph Kahn.^[4] It first aired on television the week of August 21, 2000. The music video shows Faith as many different characters. It shows Faith as a mom, meteorologist, waitress, heiress, and nurse.

There was also a remix video using the "Love to Infinity" remix. The only difference is that Faith is shown as two extra characters, a police officer and a robber. Jennette McCurdy, best known as Sam Puckett on iCarly, was featured in the video as Hill's daughter in the backseat of a station wagon.

Track listings

US CD single

1. The Way You Love Me [Radio Remix] 3:32
2. Never Gonna Be Your Lady 5:31

US maxi-CD

1. The Way You Love Me [Love to Infinity Radio Mix] 3:00
2. The Way You Love Me [Radio Remix] 3:31
3. The Way You Love Me [Love to Infinity Master Mix] 6:30

US vinyl, 12", promo

1. The Way You Love Me [Love to Infinity Master Mix] 6:30
2. The Way You Love Me [Love to Infinity Radio Mix] 3:00
3. The Way You Love Me [Radio Remix] 3:31
4. The Way You Love Me [Love to Infinity Instrumental] 6:31

Europe maxi-CD

1. The Way You Love Me [Love to Infinity Radio Mix] 2:56
2. The Way You Love Me [Radio Remix] 3:31
3. Never Gonna Be Your Lady 5:31
4. The Way You Love Me [Love to Infinity Master Mix] 6:30

Chart performance

Peak positions Chart (2000) Peak position Australia (ARIA)[5] 31 Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)[6] 5 Belgium (Ultratip Wallonia)[7] 8 Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[8] 1 Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)[9] 9 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[10] 89 France (SNEP)[11] 58 Italy (FIMI)[12] 21 New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[13] 23 Scotland (Official Charts Company)[14] 13 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[15] 35 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[16] 49 UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[17] 15 US Billboard Hot 100[18] 6 US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[19] 1 US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)[20] 10 US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[21] 3 US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)[22] 8 US Radio Songs (Billboard)[23] 8

End of year charts End of year chart (2000) Position U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs[24] 5 U.S. Billboard Hot 100[25] 41 End of year chart (2001) Position U.S. Billboard Hot 100[26] 27

References

1. "BPM for 'the way you' by faith hill | songbpm.com". songbpm.com. Retrieved 2016-10-09.
2. Dulaney, Michael. "Faith Hill "The Way You Love Me" Sheet Music in C Major - Download & Print". Musicnotes.com. Retrieved 2016-10-09.
3. "Faith Hill (Music) - TV Tropes". tvtropes.org. Retrieved 2016-10-09.
4. The Way You Love Me - Faith Hill - Music Videos - SPIKE Powered By IFILM
5. "Australian-charts.com – Faith Hill – The Way You Love Me". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
6. "Ultratop.be – Faith Hill – The Way You Love Me" (in Dutch). Ultratip.
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8. "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 7245." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. May 15, 2000. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
9. "Top RPM Adult Contemporary: Issue 7102." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. October 30, 2000. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
10. "Dutchcharts.nl – Faith Hill – The Way You Love Me" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
11. "Lescharts.com – Faith Hill – The Way You Love Me" (in French). Les classement single.
12. "Italiancharts.com – Faith Hill – The Way You Love Me". Top Digital Download.
13. "Charts.org.nz – Faith Hill – The Way You Love Me". Top 40 Singles.
14. "Archive Chart: 2001-04-15". Scottish Singles Top 40. Retrieved October 12, 2014.
15. "Swedishcharts.com – Faith Hill – The Way You Love Me". Singles Top 100.
16. "Swisscharts.com – Faith Hill – The Way You Love Me". Swiss Singles Chart.
17. "Faith Hill: Artist Chart History" Official Charts Company.
18. "Faith Hill – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Faith Hill.
19. "Faith Hill – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Faith Hill.
20. "Faith Hill – Chart history" Billboard Pop Songs for Faith Hill.
21. "Faith Hill – Chart history" Billboard Adult Contemporary for Faith Hill.
22. "Faith Hill – Chart history" Billboard Adult Pop Songs for Faith Hill.
23. "Faith Hill – Chart history" Billboard Radio Songs for Faith Hill.
24. "Best of 2000: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2000. Retrieved August 15, 2012.
25. "Billboard Top 100 - 2000". Archived from the original on March 4, 2009. Retrieved 2010-08-31.
26. "Billboard Top 100 - 2001". Archived from the original on July 26, 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-31.