You Can't Make a Heart Love Somebody

As the second single off of his 15th album, Lead On, George Strait scored another # 1 hit. What single was it? "You Can't Make a Heart Love Somebody". So true to its word, "You can lead a heart to love, but you can't make it fall". The single was written by Steve Clark and Johnny MacRae and was released on December 5, 1994. It spend one week at #1 starting week of March 11, 1995. What else? It gave Lead On a back-to-back #1 starting with the lead off single, "The Big One".

Lead On was released November 8, 1994 with only two #1 hits (as mentioned earlier), "The Big One" and "You Can't Make a Heart Love Somebody". Two other singles were released, "Adalida" and the self title as well. All four made Top 10 single list. The album also peaked # 1 on the U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums. What's cool about this album, is the title track, was written by Teddy Gentry. Sounds familiar? At the time, Gentry was a member of the former country band, Alabama. George Strait might have the most # 1 hits, but Alabama has the most consecutive # 1 hits. Put these two together and what do you get? A feeling like a  nuclear bomb just ended the world because they are that good. Don't believe me? look at both of their records. These numbers cannot lie.

Earlier, you read the name Steve Clark. If you're like me, you probably didn't think much about the name. In fact, there are so many other people name Steve Clark, "Steve might just be shorter to say than, Stephen, Steven, Stevo, etc. Then, you see the picture above, and think, "no way!" Well, your eyes are not deceiving you. Yes! That is in fact, the very Steve Clark, the guitarist from Def Leppard! Now, the song was release in 1994, Clark died on January 8, 1991. So how is it possible that this is the same Steve? When it comes to songwriting, there's a lot more to publishing the song than just writing it and having someone record and release it the next day. In fact, a lot (and I mean a lot) of songs usually take days, weeks, months, years, and even decades after being published before they even get recorded. So it's very possible this is how the amazing Steve Clark is the co-writer for, "You Can't Make a Heart Love Somebody" and it not be released until years later. Due to Steve Clark is very famous in the music world with Def Leppard, I really couldn't blog about him in this section. It be paragraph after paragraph after paragraph about him. However, if I had to pick what to write about him when it comes to country music, I'd write this:

Steve Clark, the co-writer for George Strait, "You Can't Make a Heart Love Somebody", has also written songs for many other artist such as Bill Anderson, Waylon Jennings, Doug Stone, and Confederate Railroad. If your mind not blown by this, you're either that kind of fan of Steve Clark, or you've done your research on him as well. One way or another, it safe to state, Steve may not be country, but he is one helluva awesome writer for any genre. May he rest in peace.

Who in the world would not want a funeral for them? Believe it or not, there are people out there. Johnny MacRae was one of them. Passing away on July 3, 2013, MacRaes' wife stated he requested there not be one for him. Johnny have also written many great hits such as, "Goodbye Says It All", "Pinebox (I'd Be Better Off)", "Tonight's the Heartaches on Me", "Whiskey, If You Were a Women", and many more.

Both of these man have lived a life full of awesomeness. It's amazing what comes to being conquer when two of the greatest minds comes together. As proven in just about every single one of my blogs. Can't wait to hear my blog on George Strait? Possibly things that you might not have known about him? I can't wait either. Until next time, farewell.

Resource

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Can%27t_Make_a_Heart_Love_Somebody
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead_On
• http://www.musicvf.com/songs.php?page=artist&artist=Steve+Clark&tab=songaswriterchartstab
• http://www.marymacrae.com/aboutjohnny.htm