(It's Just) The Way That You Love Me

"(It's Just) The Way That You Love Me" (shortened simply as "The Way That You Love Me" for its 1989 re-release) is a song by American singer and dancer Paula Abdul. It is taken from her debut studio album Forever Your Girl (1988) and was the album's second single. Written and produced by Oliver Leiber, son of Jerry Leiber of Leiber and Stoller fame, it was released on August 2, 1988, via Virgin Records America in its remixed form. The parentheses (It's Just) was added to avoid confusion with Karyn White's "The Way You Love Me" which was also climbing the charts the same time.

The track was initially a moderate success, peaking within the top ten of the US Hot Black Singles chart but stalled at number 88 on the Billboard Hot 100 and alienated the little fanbase Abdul had built up from her debut single "Knocked Out". Following the release of the preceding three singles from Forever Your Girl which all topped the Billboard Hot 100, the track was re-released on September 15, 1989, in its original version. This version peaked at number three, and became her longest charting single to date. The track had little success internationally.