Let Me

"Let Me"
Single by Pat Green
from the album What I'm For
Released June 23, 2008 (2008-06-23)
Format CD Single
Genre Country
Length 3:54 (album version)
Label BNA
Writer(s) Marc Beeson
Danny Orton
Producer Dann Huff
Pat Green singles chronology
"Way Back Texas"
(2007)
"Let Me"
(2008)
"Country Star"
(2009)

"Let Me" is a country music song written by Marc Beeson and Danny Orton, and recorded by American singer Pat Green. It is the lead-off single to his eighth studio album What I'm For, which was released on January 27, 2009. The song peaked at #12 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, becoming his biggest hit since 2003's Wave on Wave.

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Content

"Let Me" is a mid-tempo ballad in which the narrator promises to offer emotional support to the one that he loves.

Describing the song in a cut-by-cut synopsis of the album on Sony BMG Nashville's website, Green said that he liked the melody of the chorus (which contains multiple repetitions of the same note). He also said that the song drew his attention because it was a love song that did not explicitly use the word "love".[1]

Reception

The song received a "thumbs down" review from the country music site The 9513. Reviewer Brady Vercher criticized the song for being overproduced and trying to "garner radio success than pushing both [Green's and the producer's] boundaries to create something worthwhile." He also thought that vocally, Green got "lost" in the song and was unable to add any personality to the delivery.[2] Washington Post critic Chris Richards said that Green's vocal delivery did not "sit right" in the "slow-burn" of the song, [3] and Joey Guerra of the Houston Chronicle called it "stock country loverboy stuff."[4]

Chart performance

Chart (2008-2009) Peak
position
US Country Songs (Billboard)[5] 12
US Billboard Hot 100[6] 81

References