| Let Me Love You for Tonight | |
| Cover: | Kariya Let Me Love You for Tonight 1988 single cover.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Kariya |
| Released: | 1988 |
| Label: | Sleeping Bag Records |
| Producer: | Bob Ferrer Jerry Ferrer |
| Next Title: | I Can't Wait |
| Next Year: | 1990 |
"Let Me Love You for Tonight" is a song by American singer Kariya, which was released in 1988 as her debut, non-album single by Sleeping Bag Records. It was written by Jerry Ferrer, and produced by Bob and Jerry Ferrer.
The song was a success across the US and European club scene during 1988 and also in the UK when it was re-released in 1989.[1] It reached No. 15 on the US Billboard Hot Dance Music Club Play chart in December 1988 and No. 44 on the UK Singles Chart in July 1989.[2] [3]
On its release, Billboard described the track as having a "Latin/pop rhythmic bed" and an "aggravated female vocal".[4] In a review of the 1989 UK re-release, Simon Lloyd of the Reading Evening Post wrote: ""Let Me Love You Tonight" is a rare specimen indeed. A house tune without that God-awful jangling piano bit that seems to find its way into almost every "black" song you hear these days. Kariya has that distinctive housey feel, but the difference is hers is frighteningly contagious."[1]
| Chart (1988–89) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| UK Singles (OCC) | 44 | |
| US Hot Dance Music 12-inch Singles Sales (Billboard)[5] | 25 | |
| US Hot Dance Music Club Play (Billboard) | 15 |
| Let Me Love You for Tonight | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Belouis Some |
| Released: | 1995 |
| Length: | 3:22 |
| Label: | Paris Trading |
| Producer: | Richard Stannard Matt Rowe |
| Prev Title: | Imagination (remix) |
| Prev Year: | 1995 |
In 1995, British singer Belouis Some released his own version of "Let Me Love You for Tonight" as a non-album single. It was released in the UK by Paris Trading. Some's version was produced by Richard Stannard (of Biffco) and Matt Rowe. A music video was filmed to promote the single, which was shot in London.[7]
The song was Belouis Some's final release of new material. The commercial failure of his third studio album Living Your Life in 1993 led the singer to decide to walk away from the music industry. He was persuaded to record "Let Me Love You for Tonight", but it was also a commercial failure. Speaking to Chris Cordani on Revenge of the 80s in 2019, Belouis Some revealed: "I did one more single that I was persuaded to do. I was not happy about this. It wasn't my song, I hated doing it. It came out, nothing happened and I thought 'that's it, I've had enough'."[8]