I'm Gonna Make You Love Me

Album

I'm Gonna Make You Love Me

Label

Philips Records

Genre

Soul

Composer(s)

Jerry Ross, Kenny Gamble, Jerry Williams

Entered Chart

Feb 10, 1968

Peak Date

Mar 23, 1968

Released

Unknown

Recorded

Unknown

Catalog #

Philips 40517

B-Side

Picture Me Gone

"I'm Gonna Make You Love Me" is a soul song most popularly released as a joint single performed by Diana Ross & the Supremes and The Temptations for the Motown label. This version peaked for two weeks at #2 on the Hot 100 in the United States (behind Marvin Gaye's "I Heard It Through the Grapevine") and at #3 on the UK Singles Chart in January 1969. Written by Kenny Gamble and Jerry Ross, it was originally a top 20 R&B hit for Dee Dee Warwick in 1966 (U. S. #88 Pop). Madeline Bell's cover peaked at #26 on the Hot 100 on 23 March 1968.

I'm gonna do all the things for you a man wants a girl to do
Oh baby, oh baby.
I'll sacrifice for you, I'd even do wrong too, oh baby.
Every minute, every hour, I'm gonn'a shower
You with love and affection, look out it's comin' in your direction!
I'm gonn'a make you love me. Yes I will, (yes I will) yes, I will!
I'm gonn'a make you love me. Yes I will, yes I will.
My love is strong you see I know you'll never get tired of me
Oh baby, oh baby.
I'm going to use every trick in the book .
To try my best to get you hooked
Oh baby.
Every night, every day, I'm gonna say
I'm gonn'a get you, I'm gonn'a get you,
Look out boy 'cause I'm gonn'a get you.
I'm gonn'a make you love me. Yes I will (yes I will) Yes I will!
I'm gonn'a make you love me. Yes I will (yes I will) Yes I will.
woooooooo, woooooo,
Every night, every day, I'm gonn'a say
I'm gonn'a get you, I'm gonn'a get you,
Look out boy 'cause I'm gonn'a get you.
I'm gonn'a make you love me. Yes I will (yes I will)
Believe i will (yes i will)
You know that I'm gonn'a make you love me,
Yes I will woooo, yes, I will
I'm gonn'a make you...