"I'm Gonna Love You Through It" is a song written by

Ben Hayslip Ben Hayslip (born March 11, 1970 in Evans, Georgia) is an American country music songwriter. Early life Hayslip first attended Valdosta High School in Valdosta GA where he was a freshman quarterback for the 1984 State and National champion Val ...

Sonya Isaacs Sonya Melissa Isaacs (born July 22, 1974) is an American country, bluegrass gospel and Christian music singer. Isaacs grew up near Morrow, Ohio, and graduated from Little Miami High School in 1992. Her maternal grandparents are Polish Jewish ...

and

Jimmy Yeary James Earl Yeary (born in Hillsboro, Ohio) is an American country music singer and songwriter. In 1994, Yeary moved to Nashville, Tennessee, to begin a career as a recording artist. Although he was signed to Atlantic Records, a change in label ...

and recorded by American

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artist

Martina McBride Martina Mariea McBride (née Schiff, born July 29, 1966) is an American country music singer-songwriter and record producer. She is known for her soprano singing range and her country pop material. McBride was born in Sharon, Kansas, and reloc ...

. It was released in July 2011 as the second single from her album '' Eleven''. On November 30, 2011, the song received a nomination at the 54th Grammy Awards for

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. To date, this is McBride’s final Top 10 hit.

Content

The song is about a 38-year-old woman who is supported by her husband while battling

breast cancer Breast cancer is cancer that develops from breast tissue. Signs of breast cancer may include a lump in the breast, a change in breast shape, dimpling of the skin, milk rejection, fluid coming from the nipple, a newly inverted nipple, or a r ...

. The subject of the song survives. Co-writer

' inspiration for the song was her mother, Lily, who is a breast cancer survivor. It is in

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with an approximate tempo of 70

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, a vocal range of F3-D5 and a main chord pattern of F2-B2-F2.

Critical reception

Amanda Hensel of ''Taste of Country'' gave the song five stars out of five, saying that McBride "captures our hearts with this one, reminding us why she's one of the best in the business." Matt Bjorke of ''Roughstock'' also gave the song a positive review, writing that it has "all the hallmarks of her best and most powerful tunes."

Commercial performance

"I'm Gonna Love You Through It" debuted at number 50 on the U.S. '' Billboard'' Hot Country Songs chart for the week of August 6, 2011. In its sixth week on the Hot 100, the song ascended to number 61. In January 2012, the song became McBride's first Top Ten hit since " Anyway" in 2007, nearly five years earlier. Two months later, it peaked at number 4 on the country chart. The song has sold 561,000 copies in the US as of October 2015, and has since been certified Gold by the R.I.A.A

Music video

The music video was directed by

Roman White Roman White is a music video and film director who has directed most of Carrie Underwood's videos. He has also directed music videos for Taylor Swift, Kelly Clarkson, Florida Georgia Line, Kelsea Ballerini, Cassadee Pope, Josh Groban, Easton Corbin ...

and premiered in August 2011. It features appearances from

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survivors Sheryl Crow, Robin Roberts and

Hoda Kotb Hoda Kotb ( ; arz, هدى قطب, ''Hudā Quṭb''; ; born August 9, 1964) is an American broadcast journalist, television personality, and author. She is a main co-anchor of the NBC News morning show ''Today'' and co-host of its entertainment ...

and cancer activist

Katie Couric Katherine Anne Couric ( ; born January 7, 1957) is an American journalist and presenter. She is founder of Katie Couric Media, a multimedia news and production company. She also publishes a daily newsletter, ''Wake Up Call''. From 2013 to 2017, ...

Charts

Year-end charts

References

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