 | Let Me Love YouMario |
Writer(s): Scott Storch, Kameron Houff, Shaffer Smith (see lyrics here) Released: October 4, 2004 First Charted: October 9, 2004 Peak: 19 BB, 111 BA, 14 RR, 111 RB, 2 UK, 1 CN, 3 AU (Click for codes to charts.) Sales (in millions): 1.50 US, 2.40 UK, 4.95 world (includes US + UK) Airplay/Streaming (in millions): 0.50 radio, 709.0 video, 1362.77 streaming |
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About the Song:R&B singer/songwriter Mario Dewar Barrett was born in 1986 in Baltimore. He was raised primarily by his grandmother because his single mom struggle with heroin addiction. However, Mom did buy him a karaoke machine when he said he wanted to be a singer. He got his shot at 11 years old when he sang Boyz II Men’s “I’ll Make Love to You” at a talent show at Coppin State College. Troy Paterson, a music manager, signed him as a client, adopted him, and moved him to New Jersey. At 14 years old, Clive Davis signed him to J Records. SG He released his debut album, Mario, in 2002. It featured a remake of Biz Markie’s “Just a Friend” which hit #4 on the Billboard Hot 100. He found even bigger success with “Let Me Love You,” “a softly aching unrequited-love ballad” SG from his 2004 sophomore album Turning Point. “Let Me Love You” is a classic song in which the narrator pines for a woman who’s with someone else. The song features “a mechanized melodic backbeat with sturdy, clap-heavy drum track and some lost, wandering '80s-style synth-pillows. The arrangement isn’t dramatic, but it gets the job done. Over that beat, Mario sounds crushed, like he knows that he’s already lost. Mario doesn’t sound like Michael Jackson or anything, but he does sound like a kid who’s listened to a lot of Michael Jackson. There’s at least a bit of that fluidity in his delivery.” SG The chorus is”a sneaky little earworm that’ll rattle around in your mind for a while if you let it in there…The song is clearly the work of professionals. It’s not adventurous. It's not evocative. It’s definitely not exciting. But it’s got an easy warmth that's hard to dislike.” SG The song was co-written by Scott Storch and Kameron Houff, who were members of an R&B group called Madd Crop in the early ‘90s. The song’s third writer was Shaffer Smith, who later had his own successful career under the name Ne-Yo, landing twelve top-10 hits, including the #1 songs “So Sick” and “Give Me Eveything.” Resources:
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First posted 1/26/2026. |
