"My Baby Loves Me (Just the Way That I Am)" is a song written by American singer-songwriter Gretchen Peters and was first recorded by Canadian country music singer Patricia Conroy on her second studio album, Bad Day for Trains (1992).
McBride's version includes slide guitar and six-string bass riffs from Paul Worley, who criticized his own performance on them and said that they "somehow never got erased".
McBride's rendition of "My Baby Loves Me" debuted at number 67 on the US Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart the week of July 31, 1993.
On December 4, 1993, the song would peak at number two on the chart behind Garth Brooks's single "American Honky-Tonk Bar Association".
[2] "My Baby Loves Me" would top the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart the week of December 18, 1993, coincidentally blocking "American Honky-Tonk Association" from the number one spot.