Love Me or Leave Me (Donaldson and Kahn song) Inventions in the middle of the song. Ella Fitzgerald included her rendition on her 1962 Verve release "Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson" which won a Grammy Award in 1963. Love Me or Leave Me (Donaldson and Kahn song) "Love Me or Leave Me" is a popular song written in 1928 by Walter Donaldson with lyrics by Gus Kahn. The song was introduced in the Broadway play "Whoopee!", which opened in December 1928. Ruth Etting's performance of the song was so popular that she was also given the song to sing in the play "Simple Simon", which opened in February 1930.
You Must Love Me "doesn't do much outside of the film". "Spin"s Annie Zaleski noted that "[Madonna's] performances on the "Evita" soundtrack demonstrated her astronomical growth as a vocalist", citing "her fragile-sounding pleas on the Oscar-winning 'You Must Love Me'" as an example. On her review of "Evita", Janet Maslin from "The New York Times" commented that "Mr. Lloyd Webber and Mr. Rice have contributed a lilting new song, 'You Must Love Me', that's as suitable for weddings as it is for running South American countries". "Entertainment Weekly"s David Browne gave the song a rating of B and opined that "['You Must Love Me']