I Want to Be Loved Like That
{{Infobox song
| name = I Want to Be Loved Like That
| cover = Shenandoah_-_Loved_Like_That_single.png
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Shenandoah
| album = Under the Kudzu
| B-side = "Just Say the Word"{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008|publisher=Record Research, Inc|date=2008|page=378|isbn=978-0-89820-177-2}}
| released = September 27, 1993
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Country
| length = {{Duration|m=3|s=43}}
| label = RCA Nashville
| writer = Phil Barnhart, Sam Hogin, Bill LaBounty
| producer = Don Cook
| prev_title = Janie Baker's Love Slave
| prev_year = 1993
| next_title = If Bubba Can Dance (I Can Too)
| next_year = 1994
}}
"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 20 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.{{cite book|last=Stambler|first=Irwin|author2=Grelun Landon|title=Country Music: The Encyclopedia|publisher=Macmillan|date=2000|pages=435–436|isbn=0-312-26487-9}} The song also peaked at number 4 on the RPM Country Tracks charts dated January 24, 1994.{{cite web |url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.2366&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=ckh4bv0p2vm0p6eusp2hqqm760 |title=Country Tracks |work=RPM |accessdate=18 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810044839/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.2366&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=ckh4bv0p2vm0p6eusp2hqqm760 |archive-date=10 August 2014 |url-status=dead }}
Content
In this ballad, the narrator gives examples of relationships like Natalie Wood and James Dean, and his mother and father, then states he wants to be loved with the same affection 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.
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!align="left"|Chart (1993–1994) !align="center"|Peak |
{{singlechart|Canadacountry|4|chartid=2366|publishdate=January 24, 1994|accessdate=August 4, 2013}} |
{{singlechart|Billboardcountrysongs|3|artist=Shenandoah}} |
=Year-end charts=
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scope="col"|Chart (1994)
!scope="col"|Position |
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Canada Country Tracks (RPM){{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.2685&type=1&interval=24|title=RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1994|work=RPM|date=December 12, 1994|accessdate=August 4, 2013}}
| align="center" | 82 |
References
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Category:Songs written by Bill LaBounty
Category:Song recordings produced by Don Cook
Category:Songs written by Sam Hogin
Category:Songs written by Phil Barnhart (songwriter)
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