That's Why I Fell in Love with You

"That's Why I Fell in Love with You"
Single by Eddie Rabbitt
from the album I Wanna Dance with You
B-side	"She's an Old Cadillac"
Released	May 13, 1989
Format	7"
Genre	Country
Length	2:46
Label	RCA Records
Writer(s)	Billy Joe Walker, Jr. Even Stevens Eddie Rabbitt
Producer(s)	Richard Landis
Eddie Rabbitt singles chronology
"We Must Be Doin' Somethin' Right" (1988) "That's Why I Fell in Love with You" (1989) "On Second Thought" (1989)

"That's Why I Fell in Love with You" is a song co-written and recorded American country music singer Eddie Rabbitt.^[1] was released in May 1989 as the fourth and final single from Rabbitt's eleventh studio album I Wanna Dance with You.^[2] The song was written by Rabbitt, Even Stevens and Billy Joe Walker, Jr.

Background

Since Rabbitt's rise to fame in 1974, "That's Why I Fell in Love with You" was the singer's lowest charting single on both the American Billboard Hot Country Songs as well as the Canadian RPM Country Singles Chart.^[3] The song peaked at #66 on the American Billboard Hot Country Songs in late May 1989.^[3][4] In Canada, the song peaked at #65 on the RPM Country Singles Chart at the end of May 1989.^[5] It debuted at #99 in early May 1989^[6] and lasted in the top 100 for a total of approximately four weeks.^[5]

The song was written by the American songwriter Billy Joe Walker, Jr., Even Stevens and Rabbitt.^[7] Both Walker and Stevens had worked with Rabbitt before, mainly collaborating on songwriting.^[8][9] The song was produced by Richard Landis and arranged by Charlie Calello.^[10] Landis also produced Rabbitt's 1986 album Rabbitt Trax and the two following albums, Jersey Boy (1990) and Ten Rounds (1991).^[11]

"That's Why I Fell in Love With You" was later covered by the Dutch singer Piet Veerman for his 1993 album A Winter's Tale.^[12] In 1994, the song was used as the B-side to Veerman's single "Recuerda", issued via Columbia Holland.^[13]

Release

The single was released in America and Canada only, by RCA Records on 7" vinyl.^[1][14] The single featured the I Wanna Dance with You album track "She's an Old Cadillac" as the B-Side, which was written solely by Rabbitt.^[7]

As well as the main 7" vinyl release, a promotional 7" vinyl single was also released, with "That's Why I Fell in Love with You" on both sides.^[15][16] Neither 7" vinyl release had artwork.

Following the song's original release as a single and on the I Wanna Dance with You album, the song appeared on three Rabbitt's compilations: the 1989 compilation album The Great Hits of Eddie Rabbitt,^[17] the 1995 compilation Branson Sound^[18][19] and the 2003 compilation All American Country.^[20]

Promotion

No music video was created for the single, and no television performances were filmed or broadcast.

Track listing

7" single

1. "That's Why I Fell in Love with You" - 2:46
2. "She's an Old Cadillac" - 3:24

7" single (promo)

1. "That's Why I Fell in Love with You" - 2:46
2. "That's Why I Fell in Love with You" - 2:46

Critical reception

In the May 12, 1988, issue of the Ocala Star-Banner, a daily newspaper for Ocala, Florida, an article on Rabbitt spoke of the I Wanna Dance with You album and the song, stating "More country pop comes with "That's Why I Fell in Love with You," a man's tender tribute to the woman he loves." The B-side "She's an Old Cadillac" was also mentioned, as an "uptempo, ultra-modern country about the joyful connection of a good girlfriend and a glamorous car".^[21]

In the May 22, 1988, issue of the Chicago Tribune, a review of the I Wanna Dance with You album mentioned the song and the single B-side, stating "Beginning with the sizzling "She's an Old Cadillac," side one winds on through the also-hot "The Wanderer" and the mid-tempo "We Must Be Doin' Something Right". Then it slows for the beautiful "That's Why I Fell in Love With You," which is certain to re-endear Rabbitt to his female partisans."^[22][23]

Chart performance

Personnel

• Eddie Rabbitt - vocals
• Richard Landis - producer
• Charlie Calello - arranger

References