"(What Can I Say) To Make You Love Me" | ||||
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Single by Alexander O'Neal | ||||
from the album Hearsay | ||||
Released | 1988 | |||
Format | 7" | |||
Recorded | 1986 | |||
Genre | R&B | |||
Length | 4:25 (album version) | |||
Label | Tabu | |||
Songwriter(s) | Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis | |||
Producer(s) | Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis | |||
Alexander O'Neal singles chronology | ||||
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Hearsay track listing | ||||
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"(What Can I Say) To Make You Love Me" is a song written by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis and recorded by American recording artist Alexander O'Neal. It is the fifth single from the singer's second solo album, Hearsay (1987). The song's distinctive backing vocals were performed by Lisa Keith. Following the successful chart performances of the Hearsay singles "Fake", "Criticize", "Never Knew Love Like This", and "The Lovers", "(What Can I Say) To Make You Love Me" was released as the album's fifth single.
The song O'Neal's eleventh top 40 single which reached #27 in the UK Singles Chart in July 1988, and #68 on the R&B chart in O'Neal's native United States.
Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.