About The Song
At this point, The Woman in Me had produced two No. 1 hits on its way to becoming the top-selling country album by a female artist. After “I’m Outta Here!” came two more No. 1 hits.
“You Win My Love” has enough hooks to make ABBA blush.
It’s a deliriously catchy record, using country elements to twang up a great pop production just enough for it to fit on genre radio. It has the typical “Mutt” Lange obsession with cars, written with a gender swap to make it more palatable for Shania to sing.
Her vocal performance is key here, as it provides some distinctive character to a smoothly polished backing track. Grit isn’t usually a word used to describe Shania’s singing, but it certainly applies here. It’s her delivery of an essentially ridiculous lyric that gives it a little bit of the substance it lacks on paper.
You could drop this on to country radio today and it would simultaneously be too country, too pop, and too female for them to handle.Arguably her best No. 1 single from The Woman in Me is on deck next.
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Lyrics
I’m lookin’ for a lover
Who can rev his little engine up
He can have a ’55 Chevy
Or a fancy little pick-up truck
He’s got a cool Cadillac
With a jacuzzi in the back I’m in, oh yeah
‘Cause I’m a classy little chassis
Who’s a-huntin’ for a heart to win
Oh, but if you want to win it
There’s no speed limit
Just go faster, faster, don’t be slow
Rev it up, rev it up ’til your engine blows
You win my love
You win my soul
You win my heart
Yeah, you get it all
You win my love
You make my motor run
You win my love, yeah you’re number one
Oh, I’m a crazy little lady yeah the kind you just can’t slow down
Oh no
I need a ’65 cylinder racy little run around town
Oh, but if you want to win it
Babe, there’s no speed limit
Just go faster, faster and don’t be slow
Rev it up, rev it up ’til your engine blows
You win my love
You win my soul
You win my heart
Yeah, you get it all
You win my love
You make my motor run
You win my love, yeah you’re number one, oh oh oh yeah
I want a heartbreak Harley
A full of steam dream machine
Or just a little late night
Sexy long stretch limousine
Oh, but if you want to win it
Babe, there’s no speed limit
Just go faster, faster, don’t be slow
Rev it up, rev it up ’til your engines blow
You win my love
You win my soul
You win my heart
Yeah, you get it all
You win my love
You make my motor run
You win my love, yeah you’re number one
Oh you win my love
You win my love
Oh you win my love
You win my love
I said you win my love
You win my love
Baby you win my love
I said you win my love
Yeah you win my love
You win my love