"Let You Love Me" is a song by British singer Rita Ora from her second studio album, '' Phoenix'' (2018). The song was written by Ora, Ilsey Juber, Noonie Bao, Linus Wiklund, Fred Gibson and Finn Keane, and produced by the last two. It was released on 21 September 2018 by Atlantic Records UK, as the album's fourth single. "Let You Love Me" is an

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. The song reached the top-ten in twenty countries, including Australia, Belgium, Ireland, Netherlands and the United Kingdom. "Let You Love Me" became Ora's thirteenth song to reach the United Kingdom top-ten, thus breaking the record for the most top ten songs by a British female solo artist. Ora performed the song on ''

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Background and composition

On 9 September 2018, in a backstage interview with the BBC, prior to her performance at Radio 2 Live in Hyde Park, Ora shared the title of the song and revealed that it would be released at the end of the month. On 18 September 2018, Ora announced that "Let You Love Me" was going to be released as a single on 21 September and that her second studio album, '' Phoenix'', was set for release on 23 November. "Let You Love Me" was released by Atlantic Records UK as the fourth single from the album. Ora co-wrote "Let You Love Me" with Ilsey Juber, Linus Wiklund, Noonie Bao, Fred Gibson and Finn Keane. "Let You Love Me" has been described as an

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. Lyrically, the song was described as a love song about a self-destructive relationship.

Critical reception

The critical response to "Let You Love Me" was generally positive.

Commercial performance

"Let You Love Me" debuted at number 14 on the UK Singles Chart on 28 September 2018. The song reached number four in its eight week on the chart. "Let You Love Me" became Ora's 13th song to reach the UK top-ten and broke the record for most top-ten songs by a British female solo artist. The record was previously jointly held by

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and Petula Clark. The song has been certified platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). "Let You Love Me" charted at number two in Scotland. Additionally, the song reached the top-ten in Belgium, Croatia, Estonia, Hungary, Ireland, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Ukraine. The song peaked at number three on the

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chart, becoming Ora's 11th top-ten song on the chart. "Let You Love Me" reached the top-20 in Austria, Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, New Zealand, Norway, Singapore, Sweden and Switzerland. In Australia, "Let You Love Me" peaked at number eight on the ARIA Charts and was later certified quadruple platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). The song peaked at number 12 on the US Pop Digital Songs chart and was certified gold by the

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Music video

The accompanying music video for "Let You Love Me" was filmed in London and directed by Malia James. The video was released on YouTube on 21 September 2018. A video of an acoustic performance of the song was released on YouTube on 9 November 2018.

Live performances

Ora performed "Let You Love Me" for the first time at the

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on 22 September 2018. Her first televised performance of the song was on the 6 October episode of '' The Jonathan Ross Show''. On 26 October, Ora performed the song in costume as Post Malone at

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's Haunted House Party. She later performed it on the ''

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'' results show on 28 October. Ora's first performance of the song in the US was at the People's Choice Awards, on 11 November. She performed an acoustic version of the song as part of BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge on 19 November. Ora performed the song on a float during the 2018 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City, on 22 November. She attracted criticism for lip syncing, a practice which is common during the parade, after there was an issue with the sound on her float, so it appeared that she was singing out of time with the song. She was praised for her recovery by fellow performers after the parade. Ora performed "Let You Love Me" at the 2018 ARIA Awards on 28 November. She later performed the song on ''

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on 2 December. She also performed the song with a live band on ''

'', on 5 December.

Track listings

*Digital download #"Let You Love Me" – 3:10 *Digital download – Acoustic #"Let You Love Me" (Acoustic) – 3:09 *Digital download – Remixes #"Let You Love Me" (Möwe Remix) – 3:06 #"Let You Love Me" ( James Hype Remix) – 3:42

Personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal. *Fred Gibson – producer, backing vocals, drums, guitar, keyboards, programmer *Finn Keane – producer, backing vocals, drums, keyboards, programmer *Michael Freeman – assistant mix engineer *Daniel Zaidenstadt – engineer *Alex Gordon – mastering *Mark "Spike" Stent – mixing

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

References

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