Forever Love (Reba McEntire song)

"Forever Love" is a song recorded by American country music artist Reba McEntire from her studio album, If You See Him (1998). It was written by Liz Hengber, Deanna Bryant and Sunny Russ and released on July 15, 1998 as the album's second single. The song reached number four on the US Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in November 1998.[1]

"Forever Love"
Single by Reba McEntire
from the album If You See Him
B-side"All This Time"
ReleasedJuly 15, 1998
GenreCountry
Length3:53
LabelMCA Nashville 72062
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Reba McEntire singles chronology
"If You See Him/If You See Her"
(1998)		 "Forever Love"
(1998)		 "Wrong Night"
(1998)

It was also the title song to a made-for-television movie Forever Love which aired the same year, starring Reba and Tim Matheson. It is her second single to have a movie named after one of her songs, the first being 1991's "Is There Life Out There".

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."[2]

Music Video

The music video for the song was directed by Gerry Wenner,[3] 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, CA over one day, it shows footage from the movie, interspersed with scenes of Reba performing the song in a garden.

Chart performance
Chart (1998) Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[4] 4
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[5] 4

Year-end charts
Chart (1998) Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[6] 41
US Country Songs (Billboard)[7] 41

References
  1. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks
  2. "Reviews". Billboard: 27. July 25, 1998.
  3. "Reba McEntire - Forever Love". mvdbase.com. Retrieved April 18, 2019.
  4. "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 6978." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. November 16, 1998. Retrieved July 14, 2013.
  5. "Reba McEntire Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  6. "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1998". RPM. December 14, 1998. Archived from the original on March 15, 2016. Retrieved July 14, 2013.
  7. "Best of 1998: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1998. Retrieved July 14, 2013.


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