That's What Love Is For
{{Short description|1991 single by Amy Grant}}
{{More citations needed|date=December 2009}}
{{Infobox song
| name = That's What Love Is For
| cover = That's_What_Love_Is_For_single.PNG
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Amy Grant
| album = Heart in Motion
| B-side = "Baby Baby" (No Getting Over You mix)
| released = September 12, 1991
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = CCM
| length = 4:17
| label = A&M
| writer =
- Amy Grant
- Mark Mueller
- Michael Omartian
| producer = Michael Omartian
| prev_title = Every Heartbeat
| prev_year = 1991
| next_title = Ask Me
| next_year = 1991
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|uLVV2TaI4Wo|"That's What Love Is For"}} }}
}}
"That's What Love Is For" is a song by Christian music/pop music-crossover singer Amy Grant. It was written by three-time Grammy-Award winner Michael Omartian,{{Cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/michael-omartian|title=Michael Omartian|date=November 19, 2019|website=GRAMMY.com}} Mark Mueller and Amy Grant and produced by Omartian. It was the third Billboard Hot 100 Top 10 pop single {{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/amy-grant/chart-history|title=Amy Grant|magazine=Billboard}} from her 5× platinum-selling album Heart in Motion {{Cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/|title=Gold & Platinum|website=RIAA}} and the only one from the album to be released to both Pop and Christian radio.
The song topped Billboard Adult Contemporary chart and was No. 1 for three weeks, starting the week of November 29, 1991.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/amy-grant/chart-history/asi/|title=Amy Grant|magazine=Billboard}} It spent a total of 13 weeks in the Top 10 and 32 weeks on the chart overall. The song peaked at No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 the week of November 23, 1991 {{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1991-11-23|title=The Hot 100 Chart|magazine=Billboard}} and ultimately spent four weeks in the Top 10. It finished the 1992 Billboard Year-End Hot 100 Singles chart ranked at No. 91.{{Cite web|url=https://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1992.htm|title=Top 100 Hits of 1992/Top 100 Songs of 1992|website=www.musicoutfitters.com|accessdate=June 23, 2021}} In Canada, the song also topped the charts, reaching No. 1 on the RPM Magazine Adult Contemporary Chart. It peaked at No. 7 on the Pop Chart and was No. 61 on the RPM Magazine{{'}}s Canadian Top 100 Singles Year-End Chart for 1991.{{Cite web|url=https://musiccanada.wordpress.com/2016/03/17/top-100-singles-of-1991-in-canada/|title=Top 100 Singles of 1991 in Canada|date=March 17, 2016}}
There are two versions of the song, the album cut and the pop radio edit. For pop radio airplay, the strings were removed and the song was remixed with a new rhythm track.
Music video
A music video was produced to promote the single, and mixes shots of Grant wearing a red cloak and singing to the camera, while other shots of her singing are in black and white. The video was filmed at the Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve in Idaho. It also features a male/female couple, sitting together on a bench but not looking at each other. At the 3:12 mark of the video (just after Grant sings the bridge leading into the last chorus), the couple are seen in black and white, holding each other loosely while the music plays and Grant sings. The video fades out on a shot of Grant singing ad-libs in front of a sepia-toned background. Off in the distance is the man, and further off, presumably the woman. Behind them all are four large letters which spell the word "LOVE".
There are two versions of this video. One version has additional shots of Amy. One where she is in a giant, tall green dress. Another shot shows a black & white close up of Amy in a very retro-mod hair style.
Track listings
Remixes (featuring Chris Cox) – EP
- "That's What Love Is For" (featuring Chris Cox) [radio edit] – 3:13
- "That's What Love Is For" (featuring Chris Cox) [Mixshow edit] – 5:33
- "That's What Love Is For" (featuring Chris Cox) [club mix] – 7:26
- "That's What Love Is For" (featuring Chris Cox) [dub] – 5:41
UK retail single
- "That's What Love Is For" (album edit)
- "Baby Baby" (No Getting Over You mix)
- "That's What Love Is For" (extended single mix)
- "That's What Love Is For" (album version)
Personnel
- Amy Grant – lead vocals
- Michael Omartian – keyboards
- Don Kirkpatrick – guitars
- David Raven – drums
- Diana DeWitt – backing vocals
- Gary Chapman – backing vocals
Charts
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=Weekly charts=
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!Chart (1991) !Peak |
| scope="row"|Australia (ARIA){{cite book|last=Ryan|first=Gavin|title=Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010|year=2011|publisher=Moonlight Publishing|location=Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia}}
|68 |
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| {{single chart|Canadatopsingles|7|chartid=1696|rowheader=true|accessdate=April 13, 2019}} |
| {{single chart|Canadaadultcontemporary|1|chartid=1691|rowheader=true|accessdate=April 13, 2019}} |
| {{single chart|Germany|78|artist=Amy Grant|song=That's What Love Is For|songid=18343|rowheader=true}} |
| {{single chart|UK|60|date=19911109|rowheader=true|accessdate=April 13, 2019}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardhot100|7|artist=Amy Grant|rowheader=true}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardadultcontemporary|1|artist=Amy Grant|rowheader=true}} |
| scope="row"|US Cash Box Top 100{{cite web|url=https://www.popmusichistory.co.uk/usa-cashbox-summaries|title=USA Cashbox Charts Summaries|website=popmusichistory|access-date=December 16, 2022}}
|align="center"|2 |
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=Year-end charts=
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!Chart (1992) !Position |
| scope="row"|US Billboard Hot 100{{cite web|url=http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1992|title=Billboard Top 100 – 1992|accessdate=July 30, 2010}}
|91 |
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| scope="row"|US Adult Contemporary (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1992/Billboard-1992-12-26.pdf|title=1992 The Year in Music|magazine=Billboard|volume=104|issue=52|page=YE-38|date=December 26, 1992|accessdate=August 13, 2021}}
|26 |
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Release history
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| scope="row"|United States
|September 12, 1991 |{{hlist|7-inch vinyl|cassette}} |rowspan="2"|A&M |{{citation needed|date=August 2022}} |
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| scope="row"|United Kingdom
|October 14, 1991 |{{hlist|7-inch vinyl|CD|cassette}} |{{cite magazine|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=25|date=October 12, 1991}} |
References
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