Let Me Love You (Mario song)
2004 single by Mario
"Let Me Love You" is a song by American singer Mario, released by J Records on October 4, 2004, as the lead single from his second studio album, Turning Point (2004). The song was written by then-unknown American singer Ne-Yo, Kameron Houff, and Scott Storch, while production was handled by the latter. The song garnered Mario a Grammy Award nomination for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance in 2006 and became a top-10 hit worldwide, reaching number one in the United States, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, and New Zealand.
"Let Me Love You" is considered to be Mario's signature song, as well as a prominent track in 2000s R&B music. In 2008, the song was ranked number 45 on Billboard's All-Time Top 100 Hot 100 singles, during the first 50 years of the chart. It was the eighth most successful single of the decade according to the Billboard Hot 100 Songs of the Decade chart released in December 2009. In 2013, it was ranked at number 53 on Billboard's All-Time Top 100 Hot 100 singles during the first 55 years of the chart. The remix of the song, also produced by Storch, contains rapped verses from Jadakiss and T.I.. An additional remix was released featuring verses from rapper Cuban Link and was included on Cuban's mixtape Man on Fire.
Background and composition
"Let Me Love You" was written by Kameron Houff, Ne-Yo, and Scott Storch, who also produced the track.
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