B-side "Just Say the Word" Format 7" single, CD single Length 3:43 | Released September 27, 1993 Genre Country Label RCA Nashville | |
"I Want to Be Loved Like That" is a song written by Phil Barnhart, Sam Hogin and Bill LaBounty, and recorded by American country music band Shenandoah. It was released in September 1993 as the second single from the album Under the Kudzu. The song spent twenty weeks on the Hot Country Songs charts, reaching a peak of number 3. It also went to number 2 on Gavin Report and number 1 on Radio & Records. The song also peaked at number 4 on the RPM Country Tracks charts dated for January 24, 1994.
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Content
The song is a ballad, in which the narrator gives examples of relationships like Natalie Wood and James Dean, and his mother and father, and then states that he wants to be loved with the same affection that they had for each other.
Chart performance
"I Want to Be Loved Like That" debuted on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of October 9, 1993.