| "I Can't Make You Love Me" | ||||
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| Single by Bonnie Raitt | ||||
| from the album Luck of the Draw | ||||
| Released | 22 October 1991 | |||
| Recorded | 1990−91 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 5:33 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
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| "I Can't Make You Love Me" on YouTube | ||||
"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). Released as the album's second 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 chart.
In August 2000, Mojo magazine voted "I Can't Make You Love Me" the eighth best track on its The 100 Greatest Songs of All Time list.[1] The song was ranked at number 339 on the Rolling Stone magazine's 2004 list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, later placing at number 372 on the 2021 ranking.[2][3] On 27 November 2016, the Grammy Hall of Fame announced its induction, along with that of another 24 songs.[4]
- ^ "Lennon track voted the best by songwriters". The Independent. Archived from the original on 18 December 2007.
- ^ "Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time".
- ^ "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". Rolling Stone. 15 September 2021. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
- ^ Kreps, Daniel (29 November 2016). "Nirvana, Bowie, R.E.M. Songs Among Grammy Hall of Fame's 2017 Inductees". Rolling Stone.