When You Tell Me That You Love Me

"When You Tell Me That You Love Me" is a song by American singer Diana Ross, released on August 20, 1991 as the lead single from her nineteenth studio album, The Force Behind the Power (1991). The song was released on the Motown label in the United States and by EMI Records in the United Kingdom. It was written by Albert Hammond and John Bettis, and produced by Peter Asher. A sentimental ballad, it became the album's biggest hit, peaking at number 37 on the US Billboard R&B singles chart and number two on the UK Singles Chart. The UK release also included her 1985 hit "Chain Reaction". Ross considers it one of her signature songs and it was subsequently covered by various artists, such as a duet between Julio Iglesias and Dolly Parton in 1994, Westlife and Ross in 2005, and Sissel Kyrkjebø and José Carreras in 2007.