Love Me Like I Am

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I was sleeping and the phrase ‘Love me Like I Am’ captured me. The following day, we went into a writing session and our producer Josh Kerr added…It’s amazing that you can, Love me like I am. It’s a beautiful story to us—the fact that God can love humanity the way He does, and we can love each other the way we do with unconditional love.

On 27 August 2022, a new version of the song featuring Jordin Sparks exclusively premiered on K-Love radio. [6] This version impacted Christian radio in the United States on 31 August 2022, before finally releasing on 7 October 2022.

Composition

"Love Me Like I Am" is composed in the key of E with a tempo of 80 beats per minute and a musical time signature of 4
4. [7]

Commercial performance

"Love Me Like I Am" debuted at number 38 on the US Hot Christian Songs chart dated 5 March 2022, [8] concurrently charting at number four on the Christian Digital Song Sales chart. [9]

The version of "Love Me Like I Am" with Jordin Sparks debuted at No. 25 on the US Christian Airplay chart dated 10 September 2022, [10] and registered at No. 48 on the Hot Christian Songs chart that same week. [11]

Music videos

The official music video for "Love Me Like I Am" was published on For King & Country's YouTube channel on 18 February 2022. [12] The official lyric video for the song was uploaded on YouTube on 28 February 2022. [13]

Charts

"Love Me Like I Am"
Love Me Like I Am.jpg
Single by For King & Country and Jordin Sparks
from the album What Are We Waiting For?
Released7 October 2022 (2022-10-07)
Genre
Length3:05
Label Word Entertainment
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • For King & Country
  • Josh Kerr
  • Jeff Sojka
For King & Country singles chronology
"Heavenly Hosts"
(2022)		"Love Me Like I Am"
(2022)		"What Are We Waiting For?"
(2023)
Jordin Sparks singles chronology
"You Still Think of Me"
(2021)		"Love Me Like I Am"
(2022)

Release history

Release dates and formats for "Love Me Like I Am"
RegionDateVersionFormatLabelRef.
Various18 February 2022Album(promotional release) Word Entertainment
[1]
United States31 August 2022Single
(with Jordin Sparks)		 Christian radio
7 October 2022Digital download
13 February 2023 Hot adult contemporary radio Curb Records

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