Mario Recreates ‘Let Me Love You’ for 15th Anniversary
In late 2004 Mario dropped the lead single from his sophomore album release “Turning Point.” The single “Let Me Love You” was produced by Scott Storch and co-written by Ne-Yo.
The song was certified platinum by the RIAA and topped the Billboard Hot 100 for nine consecutive weeks. The single also earned Mario a Grammy nomination for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance.
15 years and in time for Valentines day tomorrow, Mario and Storch reunited to record a new edition of “Let Me Love You.”
The single will be released tomorrow, as a part of a romantic holiday bundle (chocolate-colored CD and digital download).
“When we originally recorded the song, the engineer lost the whole session — I mean everything,” Mario told Billboard. “I had to go back to Miami and redo it all over again. The second time around, I had been living with it so I knew it like the back of my hand. So I just did three takes. I can’t say if the original version sounded better; who knows? But it happened for a reason. That’s the only song in my entire career that happened like that.”
“You should let me love you
Let me be the one to
Give you everything you want and need
Good love and protection
Make me your selection
Show you the way love’s supposed to be”
Check out the new version!
