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

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artist

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

. The song was written by

Ben Hayslip Ben Hayslip (born March 11, 1970, in Evans, Georgia) is an American country music songwriter. Early life Born in Evans, Georgia, Hayslip was a freshman quarterback for the 1984 state champ Valdosta Wildcats of Valdosta High School in Valdost ...

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, 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 p ...

while it was produced by McBride and

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. It was released to

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on July 25, 2011 through

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, and would be given a digital release on August 19. It was the second single from her eleventh studio album ''Eleven'' (2011). The song was universally praised by critics upon release. It reached a peak of number four on the US

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chart in early 2012, becoming McBride's 20th and last top ten country hit to date and her first since 2006's " Anyway". It would later be nominated at the

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in 2012 for Best Country Solo Performance.

Content

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

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. 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 US ''

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chart the week of August 6, 2011, debuting with 621,000 impressions and becoming the "Hot Shot Debut" of the week. In its sixth week on the Hot 100, the song ascended to number 42. The song would enter the top ten the week of January 28, 2012 at number ten, becoming McBride's first top ten single since " Anyway" peaked at number five in 2007; McBride had two close calls in 2009 and 2010 with "

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" and " Wrong Baby Wrong Baby Wrong" both peaking at number eleven. It would reach number four on the chart the week of March 10, 2012, becoming her highest peaking single since " In My Daughter's Eyes" also reached the position in 2004. It spent 33 weeks in total, tying with " I Love You" (1999) to being her longest charting single. It is also her 20th and final top ten hit on the chart. As of October 2015, the song has sold 561,000 copies in the United States and has been certified

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by the

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. At the

on February 12, 2012, "I'm Gonna Love You Through It" was nominated for Best Country Solo Performance, becoming McBride's 14th nomination. She would lose the category to

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" and it is to date her last song to be nominated. With 14 nominations, McBride holds the record of being the fourth most nominated artist of all time at the

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to never win one, behind

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(15),

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(16, tied),

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(16, tied), and

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(17).

Music video

The music video was directed by

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and premiered in August 2011. It features appearances from

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survivors

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, Robin Roberts and

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and cancer activist

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Charts

Year-end charts

References

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