Love Me Like I Am

"Love Me Like I Am" is a song by an Australian Christian pop duo For King & Country. The song was released as the second promotional single from their fifth studio album, What Are We Waiting For? (2022), on 18 February 2022.[1] The song was written by Joel Smallbone, Josh Kerr, Luke Smallbone, and Michael Pollack.[2]

"Love Me Like I Am"
Promotional single by For King & Country
from the album What Are We Waiting For?
Released18 February 2022 (2022-02-18)
Genre
Length3:05
LabelWord Entertainment
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • For King & Country
  • Josh Kerr
  • Jeff Sojka
Music videos
"Love Me Like I Am" on YouTube
"Love Me Like I Am" (Lyrics) on YouTube

"Love Me Like I Am" peaked at No. 38 on the US Hot Christian Songs chart.[3]

Background

On 18 February 2022, For King & Country released "Love Me Like I Am" as the second promotional single from What Are We Waiting For? (2022), accompanied with its music video.[4] concurrently launching the album's pre-order. The song follows the release of 2021 singles "Relate" and "For God Is with Us" as well as the first promotional track, "Unsung Hero." Joel Smallbone shared the story behind the song,[5] saying:

I was sleeping and the phrase ‘Love me Like I Am’ captured me. The following day, we went into a writing session and our producer Josh Kerr added…It’s amazing that you can, Love me like I am. It’s a beautiful story to us—the fact that God can love humanity the way He does, and we can love each other the way we do with unconditional love.

Composition

"Love Me Like I Am" is composed in the key of E with a tempo of 80 beats per minute and a musical time signature of 4
4.[6]

Commercial performance

"Love Me Like I Am" debuted at number 38 on the US Hot Christian Songs chart dated 5 March 2022,[7] concurrently charting at No. 4 on the Christian Digital Song Sales chart.[8]

Music videos

The official music video for "Love Me Like I Am" was published on For King & Country's YouTube channel on 18 February 2022.[9] The official lyric video for the song was uploaded on YouTube on 28 February 2022.[10]

Charts
Chart performance for "Love Me Like I Am"
Chart (2022) Peak
position
US Christian Songs (Billboard)[3] 38

Release history
Release dates and formats for "Love Me Like I Am"
Region Date Format Label Ref.
Various 18 February 2022
(promotional release)		 Word Entertainment [1]

References
  1. Clarks, Jessie (18 February 2022). "For KING & COUNTRY Preview Upcoming Album With "Love Me Like I Am" - TCB". The Christian Beat. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
  2. "Love Me Like I Am | Chords, Lyrics and Sheet Music | SongSelect®". SongSelect. CCLI. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  3. "For King Country Chart History (Hot Christian Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
  4. Thom, Mike (19 February 2022). "WATCH: For King & Country releases new single, 'Love Me Like I Am' - CHVNRadio: Southern Manitoba's hub for local and Christian news, and adult contemporary Christian programming". CHVNRadio. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
  5. "for KING + COUNTRY Drops Latest Track 'Love Me Like I Am' | CCM Magazine". CCM Magazine. 22 February 2022. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
  6. "Unsung Hero by for KING & COUNTRY". MultiTracks. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
  7. "Hot Christian Songs – Billboard". Billboard. 1 March 2022. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
  8. "Christian Digital Song Sales – Billboard". Billboard. 1 March 2022. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
  9. "for KING & COUNTRY - Love Me Like I Am (Official Music Video) - YouTube". YouTube. 18 February 2022. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
  10. "for KING & COUNTRY - Love Me Like I Am (Official Lyric Video) - YouTube". YouTube. 28 February 2022. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
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