Forever Love (Reba McEntire song)

"Forever Love"
"Forever Love"
Single by Reba McEntire
from the album If You See Him
B-side	"All This Time"
Released	July 13, 1998
Genre	Country
Length	3:53
Label	MCA Nashville 72062
Songwriter(s)	Liz Hengber; Deanna Bryant; Sunny Russ;
Producer(s)	David Malloy; Reba McEntire;
Reba McEntire singles chronology

"Forever Love" is a song by American country music artist Reba McEntire from her 22nd studio album, If You See Him (1998). It was written by Liz Hengber, Deanna Bryant and Sunny Russ and produced by McEntire and David Malloy. It was released on July 13, 1998, as the second single from the album.

The song reached number four on the US Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in November 1998.^[2] It was also the title song to a made-for-television movie Forever Love which aired the same year, starring McEntire and Tim Matheson.

Critical reception

Deborah Evans Price of Billboard gave the song a mixed review, praising the "sentimental lyric" and "pretty melody" while criticizing the "overly lush pop production". She also criticized McEntire's vocal by saying that it "bounces between being appropriately vulnerable and intimate during the verses to going a little too far on the soaring chorus."^[3]

Music video

The music video for the song was directed by Gerry Wenner,^[4] and was filmed to coincide with the movie's release. It is the only solo video released from Reba's If You See Him record. Filmed in Pasadena, California over one day, it shows footage from the movie, interspersed with scenes of Reba performing the song in a garden. The video premiered to CMT on August 2, 1998.^[5]

Commercial performance

"Forever Love" debuted on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs chart the week of July 25, 1998 at number 55, becoming the "Hot Shot Debut" of the week.^[6] It would peak at number 4 on November 14, 1998. On Radio & Records, the track would reach the top for the week of October 30, 1998.^[7]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1998)	Peak position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[8]	4
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[9]	4

Year-end charts

Chart (1998)	Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[10]	41
US Country Songs (Billboard)^[11]	41

References

^ "Going for Adds: Country". Radio & Records. No. 1256. July 10, 1998. p. 66.
^ Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks
^ "Reviews". Billboard. July 25, 1998. p. 27.
^ "Reba McEntire - Forever Love". mvdbase.com. Retrieved April 18, 2019.
^ "Video Monitor: New Ons". Billboard. Vol. 110, no. 33. Nielsen Business Media. August 15, 1998. p. 83. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved August 6, 2024.
^ "Hot Country Singles & Tracks". Billboard. Vol. 110, no. 30. Nielsen Business Media. July 25, 1998. p. 42. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved August 6, 2024.
^ Coyne, Kevin John (September 16, 2022). "Every No. 1 Single of the Nineties: Reba McEntire, "Forever Love"". Country Universe. Retrieved August 6, 2024.
^ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 6978." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. November 16, 1998. Retrieved July 14, 2013.
^ "Reba McEntire Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
^ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1998". RPM. December 14, 1998. Archived from the original on March 15, 2016. Retrieved July 14, 2013.
^ "Best of 1998: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1998. Retrieved July 14, 2013.

[1] "Going for Adds: Country". Radio & Records. No. 1256. July 10, 1998. p. 66.

[2] Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks

[3] "Reviews". Billboard. July 25, 1998. p. 27.

[4] "Reba McEntire - Forever Love". mvdbase.com. Retrieved April 18, 2019.

[5] "Video Monitor: New Ons". Billboard. Vol. 110, no. 33. Nielsen Business Media. August 15, 1998. p. 83. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved August 6, 2024.

[6] "Hot Country Singles & Tracks". Billboard. Vol. 110, no. 30. Nielsen Business Media. July 25, 1998. p. 42. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved August 6, 2024.

[7] Coyne, Kevin John (September 16, 2022). "Every No. 1 Single of the Nineties: Reba McEntire, "Forever Love"". Country Universe. Retrieved August 6, 2024.

[sc_Canadacountry_-8] "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 6978." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. November 16, 1998. Retrieved July 14, 2013.

[sc_Billboardcountrysongs_Reba_McEntire-9] "Reba McEntire Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.

[10] "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1998". RPM. December 14, 1998. Archived from the original on March 15, 2016. Retrieved July 14, 2013.

[11] "Best of 1998: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1998. Retrieved July 14, 2013.

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Albums Singles Videos
1970s	"I'd Really Love to See You Tonight" (with Jacky Ward) "Sweet Dreams"
1980s	"(You Lift Me) Up to Heaven" "I Can See Forever in Your Eyes" "I Don't Think Love Ought to Be That Way" "Today All Over Again" "Only You (And You Alone)" "I'm Not That Lonely Yet" "Can't Even Get the Blues" "You're the First Time I've Thought About Leaving" "Why Do We Want (What We Know We Can't Have)" "There Ain't No Future in This" "Just a Little Love" "He Broke Your Memory Last Night" "How Blue" "Somebody Should Leave" "Have I Got a Deal for You" "Only in My Mind" "Whoever's in New England" "Little Rock" "What Am I Gonna Do About You" "Let the Music Lift You Up" "One Promise Too Late" "The Last One to Know" "Love Will Find Its Way to You" "A Sunday Kind of Love" "I Know How He Feels" "New Fool at an Old Game" "Cathy's Clown" "'Til Love Comes Again" "Little Girl"
1990s	"Walk On" "You Lie" "Rumor Has It" "Fancy" "Fallin' Out of Love" "For My Broken Heart" "Is There Life Out There" "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" "The Greatest Man I Never Knew" "Take It Back" "The Heart Won't Lie" (with Vince Gill) "It's Your Call" "Does He Love You" (with Linda Davis) "They Asked About You" "Why Haven't I Heard from You" "She Thinks His Name Was John" "Till You Love Me" "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter" "And Still" "On My Own" "Ring on Her Finger, Time on Her Hands" "Starting Over Again" "You Keep Me Hangin' On" "The Fear of Being Alone" "How Was I to Know" "I'd Rather Ride Around with You" "What If It's You" "If You See Him/If You See Her" (with Brooks & Dunn) "Forever Love" "Wrong Night" "One Honest Heart" "What Do You Say"
2000s	"I'll Be" "We're So Good Together" "I'm a Survivor" "Sweet Music Man" "I'm Gonna Take That Mountain" "Somebody" "He Gets That from Me" "My Sister" "You're Gonna Be (Always Loved by Me)" "Love Needs a Holiday" "Because of You" (with Kelly Clarkson) "The Only Promise That Remains" (with Justin Timberlake) "Every Other Weekend" (with Kenny Chesney or Skip Ewing) "Strange" "Consider Me Gone"
2010s	"I Keep On Loving You" "Turn On the Radio" "If I Were a Boy" "When Love Gets a Hold of You" "Somebody's Chelsea" "Going Out Like That" "Until They Don't Love You" "Just Like Them Horses" "Softly and Tenderly" "Back to God" "God and My Girlfriends" "Freedom"
2020s	"Does He Love You" (with Dolly Parton) "I Can't"
Other singles	"Mind Your Own Business" (with Hank Williams Jr.) "Oklahoma Swing" (with Vince Gill) "Cowgirls Don't Cry" (with Brooks & Dunn) "Forever Country" (with Various artists) "Be a Light" (with Thomas Rhett) "What If"