I Can Love You Like That

Not to be confused with Love You Like That.
"I Can Love You Like That"
Single by John Michael Montgomery
from the album John Michael Montgomery
Released February 27, 1995
Format CD Single
Genre Country
Length 3:55
Label Atlantic
Writer(s) Steve Diamond
Maribeth Derry
Jennifer Kimball
Producer(s) Scott Hendricks
John Michael Montgomery singles chronology
"If You've Got Love"
(1994)		 "I Can Love You Like That"
(1995)		 "Sold (The Grundy County Auction Incident)"
(1995)

"I Can Love You Like That" is a song written by Steve Diamond, Jennifer Kimball and Maribeth Derry, and recorded by American country music singer John Michael Montgomery. It was released in February 1995 as the first single from his self-titled CD. The song reached the top of the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) chart.

Music video

The music video was directed by Marc Ball and premiered in early 1995. The video is mostly showing a wedding going on with John Michael Montgomery singing.

Chart performance

The song debuted at number 59 on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart dated March 4, 1995. It charted for twenty weeks and went to Number One on the chart dated April 22, 1995, and stayed there for one week before being replaced by Brooks & Dunn's "Little Miss Honky Tonk" the next week. However, it did go back to Number One on the chart dated May 6, 1995, where it stayed for two more weeks

Charts

Chart (1995) Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[1] 3
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[2] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (1995) Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[3] 79
US Country Songs (Billboard)[4] 5
Preceded by
"The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter" by Reba McEntire
"Little Miss Honky Tonk" by Brooks & Dunn		 Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks number-one single
April 22, 1995
May 6-May 13, 1995 		Succeeded by
"Little Miss Honky Tonk" by Brooks & Dunn
"Gonna Get a Life" by Mark Chesnutt

All-4-One version

"I Can Love You Like That"
Single by All-4-One
from the album And the Music Speaks
Released June 17, 1995
Format CD Single
Recorded 1995
Genre R&B
Length 3:51
Label Atlantic
Producer(s) David Foster
All-4-One singles chronology
"Yo Te Voy a Querer"
(1994)		 "I Can Love You Like That"
(1995)		 "Yo Te Voy a Querer"
(1995)

R&B quartet All-4-One covered the song later in 1995, and their version reached a peak of number 5 on the US Billboard Hot 100. It sold 600,000 copies domestically and was certified gold by the RIAA.[5][6] Despite a live performance on the BBC's long-running music programme Top of the Pops, it only peaked at number 33 on the UK Singles Chart, becoming the band's last Top 40 entry to date.

Track listing

CD single - Europe (1995)
  1. "I Can Love You Like That" (Edit) - 3:51
  2. "All-4-1" (Non-LP Bonus Track) - 5:24
  3. "I Can Love You Like That" (LP Version) - 4:23

Charts (All-4-One)

Chart (1995–1996) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[7] 12
Canada (RPM) 4
Germany (Official German Charts)[8] 67
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[9] 33
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[10] 2
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company) 33
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 5
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks 2
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B Singles 40

References

  1. ↑ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 9017." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. May 8, 1995. Retrieved July 21, 2013.
  2. ↑ "John Michael Montgomery – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for John Michael Montgomery.
  3. ↑ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1995". RPM. December 18, 1995. Retrieved July 21, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Best of 1995: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1995. Retrieved July 21, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Best-Selling Records of 1995". Billboard (BPI Communications) 108 (3): 56. January 20, 1996. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved May 5, 2015.
  6. ↑ "American certifications – All 4 One – I Can Love You Like That". Recording Industry Association of America.
  7. ↑ "Australian-charts.com – All-4-One – I Can Love You Like That". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
  8. ↑ "Musicline.de – All-4-One Single-Chartverfolgung" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH.
  9. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – All-4-One – I Can Love You Like That" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  10. ↑ "Charts.org.nz – All-4-One – I Can Love You Like That". Top 40 Singles.

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