"Let Me Love You (Until You Learn to Love Yourself)" | ||||||||
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from the album R.E.D. | ||||||||
Released | July 10, 2012 | |||||||
Format | Digital download | |||||||
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Length | 4:14 | |||||||
Label | Motown | |||||||
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"Let Me Love You (Until You Learn to Love Yourself)" is a song performed by American singer and songwriter Ne-Yo, taken from his fifth studio album, R.E.D. (2012). Released on July 10, 2012 by Motown Records, the song serves as the mainstream lead single from the album following the release of an R&B-tinged lead single, "Lazy Love".
"Let Me Love You" combines elements of synthpop and Europop with a celebratory chorus co-written with indie pop singer and songwriter Sia Furler and production courtesy of Ne-Yo's frequent Norwegian collaborators Stargate and British producers Mark Hadfield and Mike Di Scala (also known as Reeva & Black). A music video directed by Christopher Simms sees Ne-Yo "channeling" Michael Jackson in his dance moves, as well as showing off a toned physique. The song peaked at number six on the Billboard Hot 100. Outside the United States, "Let Me Love You (Until You Learn to Love Yourself)" topped the charts in the United Kingdom and peaked within the top ten of the charts in Australia, Japan and the Republic of Ireland.
Ne-Yo's 2012-released fifth album R.E.D. (as in "Realizing Every Dream") is the follow-up to the singer's 2010 concept-heavy studio album, Libra Scale. The album's first single titled "Lazy Love" premiered online on May 14, 2012, and was serviced to US urban radio later the same month. On June 12, 2012, the song was released for digital download in the United States, and a music video for the steamy R&B single premiered a day prior on June 11, 2012 on BET's 106 & Park.