| "(It's Just) The Way That You Love Me" | ||||||||||
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| Single by Paula Abdul | ||||||||||
| from the album Forever Your Girl | ||||||||||
| Released | May 7, 1988 October 2, 1989 (re-release) |
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| Format | CD, cassette | |||||||||
| Genre | Pop/R&B | |||||||||
| Length | Album Version 5:21 Single Version 4:07 |
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| Label | Virgin | |||||||||
| Certification | Gold (US) | |||||||||
| Paula Abdul singles chronology | ||||||||||
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"(It's Just) The Way That You Love Me" written by Oliver Leiber is Paula Abdul's second single, taken from the album Forever Your Girl.
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After the moderate success of Abdul's first single, "Knocked Out", her record company, Virgin Records, gave her the green light to finish the rest of her debut album. In June 1988, Forever Your Girl was released, along with the followup single "(Its Just) The Way That You Love Me". Virgin and Abdul's producers felt that it was necessary to remix the song for its single release, hence the addition of (It's Just) to the song's title. The song failed to attract much attention, despite its dance-pop remix, and it further alienated the small R&B fan base that "Knocked Out" had generated. The song stalled at #88 on the Billboard Hot 100.
In the UK, "(It's Just) The Way That You Love Me" was also Abdul's second single release, following "Knocked Out" in 1988. It failed to chart in the Top 100, although after the success of "Straight Up", "Forever Your Girl" and the rerelease of "Knocked Out" in 1989, this song was also rereleased but it was not a success. It charted at #86 on 25 November 1989, going on to peak at #74 the following week, becoming Abdul's least successful single in the UK.
In the autumn of 1989 in the US, "The Way That You Love Me" was rereleased in its original edit. This time, it became a huge success, peaking at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 on December 2, 1989, blocked from the top by Milli Vanilli's "Blame It On The Rain". It was subsequently included as the demonstration song on several Casio keyboards (e.g. CT-670 ToneBank Keyboard).
The song's video was Abdul's first with director David Fincher, who would later direct her most successful videos. It consisted of Abdul dancing and singing with male dancers at a photo shoot, while expensive product shots were flashed in and out. It also featured Abdul's first tap dancing sequence, which she would go on to use even more notably in her follow up video, "Straight Up".
A new video was made with the same director and theme for the single's rerelease. It consisted of less dancing and more interaction between Abdul and her material world.
US 12"
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US promo/Euro 5"/3" CD singles
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