| I'll Be Your Shelter | |
| Cover: | Taylor Dayne – I'll Be Your Shelter (single cover).jpg |
| Caption: | CD single cover |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Taylor Dayne |
| Album: | Can't Fight Fate |
| B-Side: | Ain't No Good |
| Genre: | Rock |
| Length: | 4:43 |
| Label: | Arista |
| Producer: | Rick Wake |
| Prev Title: | Love Will Lead You Back |
| Prev Year: | 1990 |
| Next Title: | Heart of Stone |
| Next Year: | 1990 |
"I'll Be Your Shelter" is a song by American singer Taylor Dayne from her second studio album, Can't Fight Fate (1989). Written by Diane Warren and produced by Ric Wake, the song was released on March 20, 1990, by Arista Records as the third single from Can't Fight Fate.
"I'll Be Your Shelter" was a commercial success. In the United States, the single reached number four on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number 15 on the Adult Contemporary chart. In Canada, it topped the RPM 100 Singles chart on the week dated August 4, 1990, becoming Dayne's only chart-topper there. Outside North America, the song reached number four in Australia, number 33 in New Zealand, and number 43 in the United Kingdom.
People Magazine wrote, "She has the spirit and rhythmic sense to turn "I'll Be Your Shelter", a tune by all-the-rage pop composer Diane Warren, into a vivacious party track. (The song’s only shortcoming is that the arrangement, by Dayne's producer Ric Wake, makes the sound a bit too reminiscent of Lone Justice's "Shelter".)"[1] Steven Daly from Spin commented, "A brazen move onto Tina Turner's tuff turf, the track almost stalls thanks to some ham-fisted synth bass and clumsy drums, but by the sheer force of her personality the great Dayne gives Dianne Warren what she deserved—one more classic record in her favourite color, platinum."[2]
In the United States, "I'll Be Your Shelter" was Dayne's seventh consecutive top-10 single on the Billboard Hot 100, where it peaked at number four during the summer of 1990. On the Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1990, the track ranked at number 63. The song also reached number one in Canada for one week in August 1990 and peaked at number four in Australia.
| Chart (1990) | Position | |
|---|---|---|
| Australia (ARIA)[3] | 57 | |
| Canada Top Singles (RPM)[4] | 19 | |
| Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)[5] | 61 | |
| US Billboard Hot 100[6] | 63 |
| Region | Date | Format(s) | Label(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arista | ||||
| Japan | June 21, 1990 | Mini-CD | [7] |
