I Can’t Make You Love Me
~ Recording by Bonnie Raitt
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 1.3 | I Can’t Make You Love Me | 5:32 | Bonnie Raitt | Luck of the Draw (BMG club edition) | Bonnie Raitt | Album |
| Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.) | CDP 7 96111 2 |
| 1.1 | I Can’t Make You Love Me | 5:35 | Bonnie Raitt | I Can't Make You Love Me | Bonnie Raitt | EP |
| Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.) | CDCLS 639 |
| 1.3 | I Can’t Make You Love Me | 5:32 | Bonnie Raitt | Luck of the Draw | Bonnie Raitt | Album |
| Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.) | CDP 596111 |
| 1.3 | I Can’t Make You Love Me | 5:33 | Bonnie Raitt | Luck of the Draw | Bonnie Raitt | Album |
| Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.) | D 115567 |
| 1.3 | I Can’t Make You Love Me | 5:33 | Bonnie Raitt | Luck of the Draw | Bonnie Raitt | Album |
| Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.) | C4-96111 |
| 1.3 | I Can’t Make You Love Me | 5:33 | Bonnie Raitt | Luck of the Draw (Columbia House Edition) | Bonnie Raitt | Album |
| Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.) | CDP 596111 |
| 1.3 | I Can’t Make You Love Me | 5:33 | Bonnie Raitt | Luck of the Draw | Bonnie Raitt | Album | Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.) | CDEST 2145, CDP 79 6111 2 | |
| 1.3 | I Can’t Make You Love Me | 5:32 | Bonnie Raitt | Luck of the Draw | Bonnie Raitt | Album |
| Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.) | C2-96111 |
| 1.3 | I Can’t Make You Love Me | 5:32 | Bonnie Raitt | Luck of the Draw | Bonnie Raitt | Album |
| Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.) | C2 96111 |
| 1.6 | I Can't Make You Love Me | 5:33 | Bonnie Raitt | Play My Music, Volume 21 (Release Me) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EVA (for use with NL/BE/FR releases only. See annotation) | 7992742 |
| 1.12 | I Can't Make You Love Me | 5:30 | Bonnie Raitt | Birds Of Paradise | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Magnum (Dutch joint venture from 1990–1997) | 477 300-2 |
| 1.3 | I Can’t Make You Love Me | 5:32 | Bonnie Raitt | Luck of the Draw | Bonnie Raitt | Album |
| DCC Compact Classics | GZS-1107 |
| 4.12 | I Can’t Make You Love Me | 5:34 | Bonnie Raitt | The Ultimate Grammy Box: From the Recording Academy’s Collection of Award Winning Music | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | C4K 69783 |
| 4.12 | I Can’t Make You Love Me | 5:34 | Bonnie Raitt | The Ultimate Grammy Box: From the Recording Academy’s Collection of Award Winning Music | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | C4K 85669 |
| 2.6 | I Can’t Make You Love Me | 5:32 | Bonnie Raitt | Lady Sings the Blues | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | 7243 543008 20 |
| 1.8 | I Can’t Make You Love Me | 5:32 | Bonnie Raitt | Lady Sings the Blues | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | 724358028423 |
| 1.6 | I Can't Make You Love Me | 5:32 | Bonnie Raitt | The Best of Bonnie Raitt | Bonnie Raitt | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | 582113 |
| 1.6 | I Can't Make You Love Me | 5:32 | Bonnie Raitt | The Best of Bonnie Raitt | Bonnie Raitt | Album + Compilation |
| Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.) | 90491 |
| 1.6 | I Can't Make You Love Me | 5:32 | Bonnie Raitt | The Best of Bonnie Raitt on Capitol 1989-2003 | Bonnie Raitt | Album + Compilation |
| Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.) | CDP 7243 5 90491 2 0, CDP 7243 5 90491 20 |
| 1.6 | I Can’t Make You Love Me | 5:32 | Bonnie Raitt | The Best of Bonnie Raitt on Capitol 1989–2003 | Bonnie Raitt | Album + Compilation |
| Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.) | 7243 5 82113 2 0 |
| 2.6 | I Can’t Make You Love Me | 5:32 | Bonnie Raitt | Lady Sings the Blues | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | 5818612 |
| 4.10 | I Can’t Make You Love Me | 5:34 | Bonnie Raitt | The Best Smooth Jazz …Ever! Vol. 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Pomaton EMI (Polish division of EMI) | 094631195723 |
| 1.3 | I Can’t Make You Love Me | 5:33 | Bonnie Raitt | Luck of the Draw | Bonnie Raitt | Album |
| Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.) | |
| 1.14 | I Can’t Make You Love Me | 5:32 | Bonnie Raitt | iTunes Originals: Bonnie Raitt | Bonnie Raitt | Album + Compilation |
| Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.) | |
| 1.15 | I Can’t Make You Love Me | 5:28 | Bonnie Raitt | Absolute Greatest Love Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008) | |
| 5.9 | Make You Love Me | 5:29 | Bonnie Raitt | Top 100 Pop Love Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.2 | I Can't Make You Love Me | 5:32 | Bonnie Raitt | Absolute Acoustic | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EVA Records (Sweden) | EVACD4131 |
| 1.22 | I Can’t Make You Love Me | 5:32 | Bonnie Raitt | Date Night: Slow Jams | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| FP | |
| Withdrawn | |||||||||
| 1.55 | I Can’t Make You Love Me | 5:32 | Bonnie Raitt | The Best 90s Album in the World…Ever! | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| FP | [none] |
Relationships
| recording engineer and mixer: | Ed Cherney |
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| assistant engineer: | Bryant Arnett Ray Blair Dan Bosworth (engineer) Christina Paakkari |
| producer: | Bonnie Raitt Don Was |
| additional keyboard and piano: | Bruce Hornsby (in 1991) |
| bass guitar: | James "Hutch" Hutchinson (in 1991) |
| drums (drum set): | Tony Braunagel (in 1991) |
| Hammond organ [C3]: | Benmont Tench (in 1991) |
| percussion: | Paulinho da Costa (Brazilian percussionist) (in 1991) |
| background vocals: | Bonnie (in 1991) David Lasley (in 1991) Arnold McCuller (in 1991) |
| vocals: | Bonnie (in 1991) |
| phonographic copyright (℗) by: | Capitol Records, Inc. (not for release label use; US company behind the “Capitol Records” imprint) (in 1991, in 2005) |
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| mixed at: | Conway Recording Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1991) |
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| part of: | Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 331) (order: 330) Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 372) (order: 372) |
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| recording of: | I Can’t Make You Love Me (in 1991) |
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Related works
I Can’t Make You Love Me
| writer: | Mike Reid (US country artist & former football player) Allen Shamblin |
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| publisher: | Universal Music–MGB Songs Almo Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP) (in 1991) Brio Blues Music (in 1991) Hayes Street Music, Inc. (in 1991) |
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| sub-publisher: | 環球音樂出版股份有限公司 |
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