"Love Me If You Can" is a song written by Chris Wallin and Craig Wiseman

Craig Wiseman

Craig Michael Wiseman is an American country music songwriter. Active since the late 1980s as a songwriter, he has had his songs recorded by Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Kenny Chesney, LeAnn Rimes, and several other acts....

 and recorded by country music artist Toby Keith

Toby Keith

Toby Keith Covel , best known as Toby Keith, is an American country music singer-songwriter, record producer and actor. Keith released his first four studio albums — 1993's Toby Keith, 1994's Boomtown, 1996's Blue Moon and 1997's Dream Walkin, plus a Greatest Hits package for various divisions of...

. It was released in June 2007 as the second single from his 2007 album Big Dog Daddy

Big Dog Daddy

Big Dog Daddy is the twelfth studio album released by country singer Toby Keith. It was released June 12, 2007. Its first single, High Maintenance Woman, which was released before the album came out, peaked at number three on the country charts. The album debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 and the...

, and his 34th Top Ten single and his 16th Number One on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs

Hot Country Songs

Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...

 charts to date. It is also Toby's first Billboard Number One single since he started his own label (Show Dog Nashville

Show Dog Nashville

Show Dog-Universal Music is an American independent record label specializing in country music artists. It was formed from the merger of Show Dog Nashville and Universal South Records in 2009...

) in 2005.

Content

The song is a mid-tempo ballad in which Toby addresses the criticism that he received after his 2002 pro-war anthem "Courtesy of the Red, White, & Blue (The Angry American)". In the song, Toby states that he is a "man of [his] convictions" who stands beside his own views, in spite of any controversy that they might cause.

Reception

Kevin John Coyne, reviewing the song for Country Universe, gave it a B rating. He says that Keith makes "a surprisingly earnest attempt to soften his image, wishing we could all just agree to disagree before our debates turn to angry words, and praying for peace on earth, even though war is sometimes necessary."

Music video

The music video was directed by Michael Salomon

Michael Salomon

Michael Salomon is a music video/film director, who has directed many music videos, including many of Toby Keith's music videos...

and was released on July 3, 2007.

Peak positions

"Love Me If You Can" debuted at #42 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs for the week of June 23, 2007.

Chart (2007)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs	1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	48
Canadian Billboard Hot 100	76