"Love Story" is the second single from Katharine McPhee

Katharine McPhee

Katharine Hope McPhee is an American pop singer, songwriter, actress, model, and television personality. She gained fame as a contestant on the fifth season of the Fox reality show American Idol in 2006, eventually finishing as the runner-up.Her self-titled debut album was released on RCA Records...

's eponymous

Eponym

An eponym is the name of a person or thing, whether real or fictitious, after which a particular place, tribe, era, discovery, or other item is named or thought to be named...

 debut album

Katharine McPhee (album)

Katharine McPhee is the eponymous debut studio album by American Idol season five runner-up, Katharine McPhee. The album was released on January 30, 2007 by RCA Records in North America. It debuted at #2 on the Billboard 200, selling 116,000 copies in its first week, only behind Norah Jones' Not...

. The R&B song was written by Nate "Danja" Hills, Kara DioGuardi

Kara DioGuardi

Kara Elizabeth DioGuardi is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, music publisher, A&R executive, composer and TV personality. She writes music primarily in the light pop-rock, dance, and R&B genres. DioGuardi has worked with many popular artists; her songs have appeared on more than 159...

 and Jean Hermanowski. The song was chosen as the second single for the album instead of "Open Toes". The single was released on May 22, 2007, in the United States.

Music video

The video begins with McPhee singing with a band and some backup singers in a gold minidress. As the song progresses, she is seen at a birthday party staring at a man and also partying with her best friends. In the second verse, she wears a revealing suit and crawls on the table, next to the man at the bridge. However viewers realize that McPhee is dreaming when she is snapped out of her daydream by a friend.

McPhee then meets the guy in a corridor. She pulls the man into the cleaning supplies closet and the two embrace and kiss.
There is a cameo appearance from the Topmodel Jean-Pascal Hermanowski.

The music video was directed by Marcus Raboy

Marcus Raboy

Marcus Raboy is an American film and music video director.Since the early 1990s, Raboy has amassed a large number music video credits directing music videos for Mary J...

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Chart performance

The single did not chart on Billboard. However, it has sold 92,000 copies to date in the US.