I Can't Make You Love Me is a heart-wrenching pop ballad recorded by Bonnie Raitt for her 1991 album Luck of the Draw. Written by Mike Reid and Allen Shamblin and produced by Bonnie Raitt with Don Was, the track runs 5:33 and features Bruce Hornsby on piano. The song tells the story of unrequited love, as a narrator confesses that you cannot make someone love you, even as morning comes. It was released as the album's second single and became one of Raitt's biggest hits, reaching number 18 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 6 on the Adult Contemporary chart. The tune has earned critical acclaim and enduring status, including Mojo's ranking of it as the eighth greatest song of all time in 2000, a high placement on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list, and induction into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2016. The music video was directed by Matt Mahurin.
