 
Evita Evita
[Soundtrack] [Soundtrack]
1996 (1-disc abridged version)
1997
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VIDEO by Alan
Parker
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"You Must Love Me" was
the first single to be released from Madonna's ultra-hyped
Evita project. The song was truly remarkable in that it
teamed producers Andrew
Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice for
the first time in more than a decade, and was also a
new edition to the Evita
musical. The impetus for the recording
of "You Must Love
Me" was due to the
addition of a crucial scene in the movie that director Alan Parker
felt needed a new song.
The song appears near the end of the film, as Eva is coping
with the ravaging effects of cancer, and is directed to
her husband, Juan Peron.
The ballad's unconventional,
simplistic style, made for one of Madonna's lower
peaking singles.
"You Must Love Me" peaked only at #18 on the Hot 100 and
climbed only to #25 on the airplay chart. It did manage an impressive twenty-one
week run on the sales chart, but sales and airplay were
not well aligned, as the song's
sales position peaked a full three months after its airplay
peak. Also, "You Must
Love Me" is the last of
Madonna's singles to not have any commissioned remixes.
The video, much like the
song, was very soft and simplistic.
Filmed during the final
weeks of Madonna's first pregnancy, the clip featured
Madonna merely singing the
song while sitting behind a grand piano, a prop which was
used to conceal her
protruding stomach.
It should be noted that
"You Must Love Me" benefited extensively from the
enormous amount of media attention Madonna received following
the birth of her
first child, Lourdes Maria Ciccone
Leon (radio airplay spiked up 31 positions) and a
much anticipated interview on the Oprah Winfrey show. Even though the song did
not find a place on Madonna's second album of greatest
hits, GHV2, when heard it
will forever bring to mind memories of the Material Girl
as Eva Peron, legendary first
lady of Argentina.
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