I Can't Make You Love Me - Teddy Swims - MP3 instrumental karaoke

"I Can't Make You Love Me" is a late-night take on the 1991 classic from Georgia-raised YouTuber Teddy Swims, who has covered everything from Marvin Gaye to Mario in his online repertoire. Written by Mike Reid and Allen Shamblin and recorded by multiple Grammy-winning singer Bonnie Raitt for her eleventh studio album, Luck of the Draw(1991), "I Can't Make You Love Me" is a painful tearjerker in which the protagonist must accept, with a heavy heart, that the relationship is over: "'Cause I can't make you love me if you don't / You can't make your heart feel something it won't / Here in the dark in these final hours / I will lay down my heart and I'll feel the power / But you won't, no you won't / 'Cause I can't make you love me if you don't." Teddy Swims follows a long line of artists who have put their stamp on this emotional ballad, including George Michael – who went to Number 3 in the UK with the song in 1997 – Boyz II Men, who recorded the song for their third cover album, Love in 2009 – and Adele, who famously covered the song for her first live album, Live at the Royal Albert Hall, in 2011.