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I Can't Make You Love Me

original song written and composed by Mike Reid and Allen Shamblin; first recorded by Bonnie Raitt in 1990 and released in 1991
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I Can't Make You Love Me

Summary

I Can't Make You Love Me is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,150 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • I Can't Make You Love Me's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • I Can't Make You Love Me's composer is recorded as Michael Barry Reid[4].
  • I Can't Make You Love Me's composer is recorded as Allen Shamblin[5].
  • I Can't Make You Love Me's genre is popular music[6].
  • Among the performers on I Can't Make You Love Me was Bonnie Raitt[7].
  • I Can't Make You Love Me was performed by Jill Johnson[8].
  • Among the performers on I Can't Make You Love Me was Priyanka Chopra[9].
  • I Can't Make You Love Me was performed by Geneviève Racette[10].
  • I Can't Make You Love Me's language of work or name is recorded as English[11].
  • I Can't Make You Love Me was released on 1991[12].
  • I Can't Make You Love Me's lyricist is recorded as Michael Barry Reid[13].
  • I Can't Make You Love Me's lyricist is recorded as Allen Shamblin[14].
  • I Can't Make You Love Me's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': "I Can't Make You Love Me"}[15].
  • I Can't Make You Love Me's form of creative work is recorded as song[16].

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[17]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 97fe8e70-573e-3e5c-b061-3d9958f88912[18]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include Bonnie Raitt[7], Jill Johnson[8], Priyanka Chopra[9], and Geneviève Racette[10].

Publication

I Can't Make You Love Me was published on 1991[12]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[11]. Its genre is popular music[6].

Why It Matters

I Can't Make You Love Me ranks in the top 2% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,150 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19]

Related Entities

Bonnie Raitt Jill Johnson Priyanka Chopra

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_i-can-t-make-you-love-me_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{I Can't Make You Love Me}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/i-can-t-make-you-love-me}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 8w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Language of work or name → English
    Performer → Bonnie Raitt, Jill Johnson, Priyanka Chopra +1
    Form of creative work → song
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P1827]]: T0700850481, см. / see [[Template:Autofix|autofix]] на / on [[Property talk:P1827]]"
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