Love Me Anyway

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"Love Me Anyway"
P!nk - Love Me Anyway.png
Single by Pink featuring Chris Stapleton
from the album Hurts 2B Human
ReleasedSeptember 17, 2019
Recorded2015, 2019
Studio
Length3:09
Label RCA
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Pink
  • Sal Oliveri
  • Simon Gooding
Pink singles chronology
"Hurts 2B Human"
(2019)
"Love Me Anyway"
(2019)
"One Too Many"
(2020)
Chris Stapleton singles chronology
"Blow"
(2019)
"Love Me Anyway"
(2019)
"Starting Over"
(2020)

"Love Me Anyway" is a song by American singer Pink from her eighth studio album, Hurts 2B Human (2019). It features American country singer Chris Stapleton and was released as the fourth and final single from the album.

Contents

Composition

The song was written by Pink, Allen Shamblin, and Tom Douglas. It runs for three minutes and nine seconds and was produced by Sal Oliveri and Simon Gooding. Strings were arranged, recorded and performed by Stevie Blacke.

Release

The song was officially released to country radio on September 17, 2019, after already charting on the Billboard Country Airplay chart in May and June 2019. [1]

Commercial performance

"Love Me Anyway" reached No. 20 on the Billboard Adult Top 40 chart. [2] The song had sold 171,000 copies in the United States as of December 2019. [3]

Live performances

"Love Me Anyway" was performed at Madison Square Garden by Pink and Chris Stapleton on May 22, 2019.[ citation needed ]

On November 13, 2019, Pink and Stapleton performed the song at the 53rd Annual Country Music Association Awards. [4]

Charts

Chart (2019–2020)Peak
position
Canada AC ( Billboard ) [5] 47
Canada Digital Song Sales ( Billboard ) [6] 5
Canada Hot AC ( Billboard ) [7] 44
New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ) [8] 24
US Billboard Hot 100 [9] 96
US Adult Top 40 ( Billboard ) [2] 20
US Country Airplay ( Billboard ) [10] 52

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [11] Gold35,000Double-dagger-14-plain.png
Canada (Music Canada) [12] Gold40,000Double-dagger-14-plain.png

Double-dagger-14-plain.png Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United StatesSeptember 17, 2019 Country radio RCA [1]
November 18, 2019 Adult contemporary radio [13]

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