Because You Love Me

"Because You Love Me"
Single by Jo Dee Messina
from the album I'm Alright
ReleasedOctober 11, 1999
GenreCountry
Length3:50
LabelCurb
Songwriter(s)Kostas
John Scott Sherrill
Producer(s)Byron Gallimore
Tim McGraw
Jo Dee Messina singles chronology
"Lesson in Leavin'"
(1999)
"Because You Love Me"
(1999)
"That's the Way"
(2000)

"Because You Love Me" is a song written by Kostas and John Scott Sherrill, and recorded by American country music singer Jo Dee Messina. It was released in October 1999 as the fifth and final single from her album I'm Alright. The song peaked at number 8 on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) chart[1] and peaked at number 11 on the Canadian RPM Country Singles. It also peaked at number 53 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 making it a minor crossover hit.

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 229.