[54][55] which comes courtesy of German producer Manuel "DJ Manian" Reuter. Despite not being released as a single, "I Can't Make You Love Me" debuted at number 53 on the UK Singles Chart week of 30 September 2012. [15] In New Zealand, the song was Raitt's highest charting-single, reaching number 22,[16] while in Netherlands, the song charted moderately at number 43. The judge was expecting something along the lines of, "I can't shoot stuff because I'm angry." Top Songs By Joe Giltrap. The judge asked him if he had learned anything, to which he replied, "I learned, Your Honor, that you can't make a woman love you if she don't. What is scrobbling? And with our sound, we gave it an R&B twist. (P) (C) 2010 Capitol Records, LLC. Upon slowing down the tempo considerably, they realized the song gained considerable power and thought about giving the song to one of three artists: Bonnie Raitt, Bette Midler or Linda Ronstadt. [8] Steve Hochman of Los Angeles Times hailed the song as one of Raitt's most elegant tracks. [64], For the unrelated song of the same name by Quiet Riot, see, The peak position is the same of its A-side single ", "I Can't Make You Love Me" by Priyanka Chopra, Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael, "Lennon track voted the best by songwriters", "Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time", "Nirvana, Bowie, R.E.M. "[40], While reviewing her iTunes Festival performance, David Smyth of London Evening Standard wrote that Adele sang the song "with raw expressiveness. [Chorus] Submit Corrections. I love that song, so does the audience. The song was a big hit for Raitt, reaching number 18 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 6 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart. F C You can't make your heart feel Am Am G Something it won't. In 2011, English singer Adele covered "I Can't Make You Love Me" for her first live album, Live at the Royal Albert Hall (2011). [56], It was released on 22 April 2014, by DesiHits, in association with 2101 Records and Interscope Records. English singer George Michael covered "I Can't Make You Love Me" and released as a B-side of his single, "Older", which was released on 20 January 1997 as the fourth single from the album of the same name. [Chorus] F C Cause I can't make you love me Dm If you don't. [55], Chopra's version of "I Can't Make You Love Me" was used to promote Beats by Dre. PLAY FULL SONG. (originally by Bonnie Raitt) Turn down the lights Turn down the bed Turn down these voices Inside my head Lay down with me Tell me no lies Just hold me closely Don’t patronize D Having finally internalized the unrequited nature of her love, she just wants to be held close a few hours longer before the relationship ends forever. "[34], A writer for Soul Bounce wrote that "The biggest surprise on this album is the bluesy interpretation of Bonnie Rait's country hit, 'I Can't Make You Love Me.' In the United Kingdom, "I Can't Make You Love Me" was originally planned to be Chopra's debut single. In 2014, Indian actress and singer Priyanka Chopra recorded a version of "I Can't Make You Love Me" for her debut studio album. [12] Raitt has continued to sing the song in all her concert tours: I mean, 'I Can't Make You Love Me' is no picnic. Music Video. Scrobbling is when Last.fm tracks the music you listen to and automatically adds it to your music profile. The song's popularity helped solidify her remarkable late-in-career commercial success that had begun two years before. [57][58] It is the third internationally released single following "In My City" (featuring will.i.am), which failed to achieve airplay in the United States,[59] and "Exotic". After the release of his second studio album, Listen Without Prejudice Vol. [27] In 1995, the singer released the song "Jesus to a Child", which became a huge hit worldwide, followed by "Fastlove" and "Spinning the Wheel", which also became successful songs from his third studio album, Older (1996). PLAY FULL SONG. [61] According to NDTV, the video charts a fictional relationship that "goes from loving to hellish". [28][29], While choosing the fourth single from the album, the title track "Older" was announced as the chosen one, with an EP also titled "Older" being released to promote the song. [31] On October 23, 2009, "I Can't Make You Love Me" was announced as Love's lead-single. ", Bonnie Raitt – I Can’t Make You Love Me Lyrics, Decades Rock Live: Bonnie Raitt and Friends, You Have Been Loved"/"The Strangest Thing '97, The Millennium Collection: The Best of Boyz II Men, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=I_Can%27t_Make_You_Love_Me&oldid=1010819295, Short description is different from Wikidata, Singlechart usages for Billboardadultcontemporary, Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz work identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 7 March 2021, at 14:20. At the televised Grammy Awards of 1992 Raitt performed it in an even more austere setting than on record, with just her and Hornsby highlighted. It's my ode to a classic, a song that I love, and one that says so much – this is for the actor in me. I'll close my eyes, Then I won't see The love you don't feel When you're holding me. [2] The website "Ultimate Classic Rock" placed the song at number 24 on their "25 Saddest Songs Ever", praising Bonnie Raitt vocals, writing that "she sings in one of her most impassioned vocals ever. "[10], "I Can't Make You Love Me" entered many lists of the greatest songs of all time. A pensive ballad, "I Can't Make You Love Me" was recorded against a quiet electric piano-based arrangement, with prominent piano fills and interpolations supplied by Bruce Hornsby. Released as the album's third single in 1991, "I Can't Make You Love Me" became one of Raitt's most successful singles, reaching the top-20 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and the top-10 on the Adult Contemporary. "[43], While reviewing her Live at the Royal Albert Hall DVD, critics lauded Adele's rendition. The number is definitely foot-tapping and you're going to be hearing this one at every restaurant and club in the days to come" and added that Chopra had "definitely done a great job recreating the Bonnie Ratt song". Sign-in or Try it free for 3 months. "I Can't Make You Love Me" received acclaim from music critics. In 2000, Mojo magazine placed it at number 8 on its "100 Greatest Songs of All Time" list. [60], An accompanying music video was filmed in Los Angeles in February 2014. [1] The song is ranked at number 339 on the Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. Eventually, the song made its way to Bonnie Raitt, who recorded the track for her eleventh studio album, Luck of the Draw (1991). Andy Gill of The Independent called it an "impassioned version,"[44] while Alex Young of Consequence of Sound named it "heartfelt and stunning. “I Can’t Make You Love Me” is the third song on Bonnie Raitt’s Grammy-winning album from 1991, Luck of the Draw. [54] Gensler noted that the video also contained product placement for Nokia and Beats by Dre speakers. "http":"https";t.getElementById(r)||(n=t.createElement(e),n.id=r,n.src=i+"://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js",s.parentNode.insertBefore(n,s))}(document,"script","twitter-wjs"); The peak position is the same of its A-side single "Older". [2] On 27 November 2016, the Grammy Hall of Fame announced its induction, along with that of another 24 songs. AZLyrics. Even if it's a song you might not know by name, it's hard not to be affected by its moving lyrics and emotional delivery as soon as you hear it. In this somber tune, the narrator spends one last night with a romantic partner. [32] The song was later released on October 27, 2009 through iTunes store. "I Can't Make You Love Me" is a song written by Mike Reid and Allen Shamblin and recorded by American singer Bonnie Raitt for her eleventh studio album Luck of the Draw (1991). !function(t,e,r){var n,s=t.getElementsByTagName(e)[0],i=/^http:/.test(t.location)? Released as the album's third single in 1991, "I Can't Make You Love Me" became one of Raitt's most successful singles, reaching the top-20 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and the top-10 on the Adult Contemporary. [37], On 14 June 2011, a version of the song by Justin Vernon as Bon Iver was released as the b-side to the single 'Calgary.[38]. TRACK. "I Can't Make You Love Me" is a song written by Mike Reid and Allen Shamblin and recorded by American singer Bonnie Raitt for her eleventh studio album Luck of the Draw (1991). Dm Gsus G Don't patronize me. [39], After the positive response of the iTunes Festival performance, Adele covered once again the track, during her first live album, Live at the Royal Albert Hall, recorded on 22 September 2011. Bonnie Raitt's 'I Can't Make You Love Me' is one of the finest ballads of the past few decades. Filmed in black-and-white with vibrant lighting effects, it features Raitt performing the song in front of a curtain with a silhouette of a pianist in the background (played by Bruce Hornsby, who actually plays piano on the record), while in other scenes, a scorching fire is taking place outdoors and many shadows of trees, branches, and even people at times are seen swaying to the song's rhythm. "I Can't Make You Love Me" is a sorrowful ballad of heartbreak that depicts rejection at its most intimate level. American R&B vocal group Boyz II Men recorded "I Can't Make You Love Me" for their third cover album, Love (2009). Having a more R&B approach, "I Can't Make You Love Me" received generally favorable reviews from music critics, while it has achieved minor success on the Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. [9] Elysa Gardner wrote for Rolling Stone that "Raitt's gorgeously understated rendering of 'I Can't Make You Love Me,' in which sentiments such as 'I will lay down my heart and I'll feel the power/But you won't' are delivered with a quiet resignation that's worth a hundred glissandi in emotional weight. Connect with Apple Music. While promoting the album and its third single, "Set Fire to the Rain", Adele performed on the iTunes Festival London 2011. Writer(s): Michael Reid, Shamblin James Allen . For Raitt, the song was notoriously difficult to sing, due to its required vocal range, difficult phrasing and breathing, and the emotional content involved. LYRICS. Speaking about the song, Chopra said "This is one of my favorite tracks on the album. "[41] Andrew Leahey of Allmusic wrote that the cover "made all the more tender by the rarely heard frailties in Adele's voice. Joe Giltrap 'For Dave' (We Miss Our Friend) Featured In. The song has charted on the UK Singles Chart, reaching the top-forty, although it was never released as a single. It makes me think of my fondest and best times in my life, and it makes me think of the worst as well, and combined, probably is a recipe for disaster, but I do love this song. It's always been a favorite of ours, and we hope people will fall in love with it again. "We wrote, most every week, in Mike's basement," Shamblin told Peter Cooper in an interview with the Nashville Tennessean. In addition to receiving positive reviews from music critics, Adele's second album 21 became one of the most successful albums of the 2010s, being the biggest selling musical release for both 2011 and 2012 and entering the Guinness World Records. "And we'd worked on this song for more than six months. I mean, it hit me in a hard way ... Instantly, I knew it was the best thing I'd ever been a part of. "[47] Chris Willman of The Wrap called it "a classic of unrequited love that you'd have to swear she wrote if Bonnie Raitt hadn't turned it into the ultimate female weepie back when Adele was 2."[48]. Album . 'Cuz I can't make you love me If you don't. Their version was released as the album's first single on October 27, 2009. He sat down and started playing this melody, and it was one of the most moving pieces of music I'd heard. After releasing their second cover album in 2007, Motown: A Journey Through Hitsville USA, which was well received by critics, but failed to produce a successful single, the band announced plans for a new cover album, that features cover versions of songs by "artists I don't think people would expect us to cover," according to member Shawn Stockman. The EP features four tracks, including "Older", "The Strangest Thing" (also from the album "Older") and two covers: the famous Brazilian song "Desafinado" and Bonnie Raitt's "I Can't Make You Love Me",[30] which became the official B-side of the single. "[45] Kit O'Toole of Blogcritics praised her rendition, writing that it "retains its heart-wrenching, devastating mood thanks to Adele's multi-layered voice. In the time since, "I Can't Make You Love Me" has gone on to become a pop standard and a mainstay of adult contemporary radio formats. "[53] Chopra's version of the song incorporates electronic dance music (EDM) and electropop in its production,. [61] It was conceptualised and directed by duo Jeff Nicholas and Jonathan Craven of The Uprising Creative. Chopra and her new track would be featured in the national ad campaign, that ran nationwide from May 1 through May 25. G No, you don't. [33] For the band members, "We wanted to stay true to our roots, and it's a very beautiful song. 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