"My Baby Loves Me (Just the Way That I Am)" is a song written by American singer-songwriter

Gretchen Peters Gretchen Peters is an American singer and songwriter. Early life Peters was born in Bronxville, New York on November 14, 1957. She wrote her first song with her sister at the age of 5. In 1970, her parents broke up, and Peters moved with her ...

and was first recorded by Canadian

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singer

Patricia Conroy Patricia Conroy (born January 30, 1964) is a Canadian singer-songwriter. In her career, she has released five studio albums, and one compilation album. She has also released 25 singles, including the ''RPM (magazine), RPM'' Country Tracks number o ...

on her second studio album, ''

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'' (1992). Her version was released in May 1992 as the first single from her album and peaked at number eight on the Canadian ''

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'' Country Tracks.

Martina McBride version

American country music artist

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would the song in 1993 and re-titled it to simply "My Baby Loves Me". Her rendition was released on July 12, 1993 as the lead single and pseudo-title track from her second studio album ''

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'' (1993). McBride's version became her breakthrough hit, topping the Canadian country chart while peaking at number two on the US country singles chart. McBride's version includes slide guitar and six-string bass riffs from

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, who criticized his own performance on them and said that they "somehow never got erased".

Personnel

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– bass guitar *

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– electric guitar *

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– electric guitar * Mary Ann Kennedy – backing vocals *

– lead and backing vocals *

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– keyboards *

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– backing vocals *

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– drums *

– electric and acoustic guitars

Music video

A music video was filmed for this version of the song. It was directed by

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Commercial performance

McBride's rendition of "My Baby Loves Me" debuted at number 67 on the US ''Billboard''

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chart the week of July 31, 1993. The track would go on to enter the top ten at number eight the week of November 20, 1993, becoming her first top ten hit. On December 4, 1993, the song would peak at number two on the chart behind

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's single " American Honky-Tonk Bar Association". According to producer

, had the song been played just three more times, it would have gone number one. "My Baby Loves Me" would top the Canadian ''RPM'' Country Tracks chart the week of December 18, 1993, coincidentally blocking "American Honky-Tonk Association" from the number one spot. It also became McBride's first number one single in the country, and her last until " Still Holding On" in 1997.

Charts

Patricia Conroy

Year-end charts

Martina McBride

Year-end charts

References

1992 singles 1993 singles Patricia Conroy songs Martina McBride songs Songs written by Gretchen Peters Song recordings produced by Paul Worley Warner Records singles RCA Records Nashville singles Music videos directed by Steven Goldmann 1992 songs {{1993-country-song-stub