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"That's What Love Is For" | ||||
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Single by Amy Grant | ||||
from the album Heart in Motion | ||||
B-side | "Baby Baby" (No Getting Over You mix) | |||
Released | September 12, 1991 | |||
Genre | CCM | |||
Length | 4:17 | |||
Label | A&M | |||
Songwriter(s) |
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Producer(s) | Michael Omartian | |||
Amy Grant singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"That's What Love Is For" on YouTube |
"That's What Love Is For" is a song by Christian music/pop music-crossover singer Amy Grant. It was written by three-time Grammy-Award winner Michael Omartian,[1] Mark Mueller and Amy Grant and produced by Omartian. It was the third Billboard Hot 100 Top 10 pop single [2] from her 5× platinum-selling album Heart in Motion [3] and the only one from the album to be released to both Pop and Christian radio.
The song topped Billboard Adult Contemporary chart and was No. 1 for three weeks, starting the week of November 29, 1991.[4] It spent a total of 13 weeks in the Top 10 and 32 weeks on the chart overall.[4] The song peaked at No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 the week of November 23, 1991 [5] and ultimately spent four weeks in the Top 10. It finished the 1992 Billboard Year-End Hot 100 Singles chart ranked at No. 91.[6] In Canada, the song also topped the charts, reaching No. 1 on the RPM Magazine Adult Contemporary Chart. It peaked at No. 7 on the Pop Chart and was No. 61 on the RPM Magazine's Canadian Top 100 Singles Year-End Chart for 1991.[7]
There are two versions of the song, the album cut and the pop radio edit. For pop radio airplay, the strings were removed and the song was remixed with a new rhythm track.