Love Me If You Can

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"Love Me If You Can"
Single by Toby Keith
from the album Big Dog Daddy
Released June 26, 2007
Format CD single
Recorded 2007
Genre Country
Length 3:36
Label Show Dog Nashville
Writer(s) Chris Wallin
Craig Wiseman
Producer(s) Toby Keith
Toby Keith singles chronology
"High Maintenance Woman"
(2007)		 "Love Me If You Can"
(2007)		 "Get My Drink On"
(2007)

"Love Me If You Can" is a song written by Chris Wallin and Craig Wiseman, and recorded by American country music artist Toby Keith. It was released in June 2007 as the second single from album Big Dog Daddy. The song became his 34th Top Ten single and his 16th Number One on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. It is also Keith's first Billboard Number One single since he started his own label (Show Dog Nashville) in 2005.

Content

The song is a mid-tempo ballad in which Keith addresses the criticism that he received after his 2002 pro-war anthem "Courtesy of the Red, White, & Blue (The Angry American)".[1][2][3] In the song, Keith states that he is a "man of [his] convictions" who stands beside his own views, in spite of any controversy that they might cause.[4]

Reception

Kevin John Coyne, reviewing the song for Country Universe, gave it a B rating. He says that Keith makes "a surprisingly earnest attempt to soften his image, wishing we could all just agree to disagree before our debates turn to angry words, and praying for peace on earth, even though war is sometimes necessary." [5]

Music video

The music video was directed by Michael Salomon and was released on July 3, 2007.

Peak positions

"Love Me If You Can" debuted at number 42 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs for the week of June 23, 2007.

Chart (2007) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[6] 1
US Billboard Hot 100[7] 48
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[8] 76

Year-end charts

Chart (2007) Position
US Country Songs (Billboard)[9] 18

References

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External links

Preceded by Billboard Hot Country Songs
number-one single
October 20, 2007		 Succeeded by
"Don't Blink"
by Kenny Chesney
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