Promise Me Love

Album: Love Somebody (2015)
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  • Reba McEntire is best known for her heartbreak and breakup cuts, partly because she finds the more positive love songs harder to find. That's why she was so keen to record this Nicole Fernandez, Jason Miller and Susan Ruth penned tune. "I'll never forget when [former MCA promotion executive and head of Decca] Sheila Biddy was going to get married, and she said, 'Reba, I tried to find one of your songs to put in the wedding, but I couldn't find one. I'm sorry,'" Reba recalled to Billboard magazine with a laugh. "Sometimes, I have tried to make a conscious effort to sing more romantic songs, but they just didn't touch my heart at the time. That's what has to happen with me: A song has to touch my heart with some kind of emotion, and that way when I sing it, you'll feel that emotion too, hopefully."

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