Bonnie Raitt - I Can't Make You Love Me

Anyone listening to this in 2024?

A beautiful song , not much of a Bonnie Raitt fan but her voice is therapy for a lonely 62 year old male who has high blood pressure and hates his job . Very tired thank you any one who reads this.

For all the people who loved someone who didn't love them back. This is your song.

It’s like grieving someone who’s still alive and boy does that hurt.

If you're watching this in 2021, I love you and you're not alone

Lyrically, this is one of the saddest songs ever written. Nothing hurts quite as much as unrequited love.

Pov 2024: Dear future generations, please let this masterpiece rise again

This is one of those songs where you want to sing along *but keep your mouth shut so your heart can feel it instead...

Fun fact: Raitt recorded the vocal track for this in one take. One. Take.

The worst hurt is when someone awakens your love with no intention of loving you back and then leaves without no explanation; just cut you off like you never meant anything to them.

It's a terrible feeling to wake up and realize that you've been loving someone who never loved you or cared for you the same way you loved them and it's true you can't make the heart feel something that's not there. you can give your all but if it is not reciprocated dry your eyes, swallow your hurt, and move on because you deserve better. spoken from the heart that you need to protect.

I am 72 and have been listening to this for a long time. It is so simple and blames no one. Heartbreaking.

There comes a time when you have to stop crossing oceans for people who wouldn't even jump puddles for you.

This is the saddest, most heartbreaking song ever recorded. A true masterpiece of emotions. Great artists like Adele and Prince have covered this song, but Bonnie's original is untouchable.

Of course we’re listening to Bonnie in 2024…one of the greatest songs ever!

A haunting sadness. Something everyone can relate to. To love and not be loved back….even in 2024

She perfectly captures the excruciating pain of a broken heart

I don't think that there is a greater pain in life than loving someone that doesn't love you. We think it's us or if we just love them enough that they'll love us back. The bottom line is that you can't make someone love you if they don't.

That is one of the most beautiful songs ever written.

In 1996 I met this tall gorgeous blue eyed guy at a diner I worked at when I was 16. I fell totally and completely in love with this man. But I worried he didn't love me the way I loved him and i would play this song over and over and cry so hard...but you know 29 years and 2 children later, he is still with me and I have to honestly say...this man loves me so much more now than I loved him then..he does everything for me and our children he is a hard working provider. I can walk up to him and put my hand on his shoulder and he seems to forget everything and anything just to touch me back with chills all over his skin. Every single day when he's gone to work I can almost guarantee you that he calls me at least 5 times or more just to tell me he loves me. he's a construction worker so sometimes he will put me on (Duo) so I can watch him work and so he can see me. He has never been mean to me or violent This man loves me beyond words!!! He was diagnosed with heart disease a year ago....what will i do without him by my side. I trust in my lord and savior Jesus to keep him with me.💔 ❤❤❤ I love you Lenny!