"Let Me" is a country music song written by Marc Beeson

Marc Beeson

Marc Beeson is an American country music singer and songwriter. Beeson has co-written several singles which have reached the Hot Country Songs charts.Beeson moved to Nashville, Tennessee in 1990...

 and Danny Orton, and recorded by American singer Pat Green

Pat Green

Patrick Craven "Pat" Green is an American Texas Country artist. Active since 1995, he has recorded a total of ten studio albums, including several independent works, three for Republic Records and two for BNA...

. It is the lead-off single to his eighth studio album What I'm For

What I'm For

-Personnel:As listed in liner notes.*Pat Green - vocals, guitar*Tim Akers - accordion, B3 organ, keyboards*Brendon Anthony - fiddle*J.T. Corenflos - guitar*Clay Corn - keyboards*Chad Cromwell - drums*Brett Danaher - guitar*Eric Darken - percussion...

, which was released on January 27, 2009. The song peaked at #12 on the Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

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Hot Country Songs

Hot Country Songs

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 chart, becoming his biggest hit since 2003's Wave on Wave

Wave on Wave (song)

"Wave on Wave" is a single by American country music artist Pat Green. It was the first single released from his 2003 album, Wave on Wave. It reached #3 on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart in the United States, and peaked at #39 on the Billboard Hot 100. It became his first and, to date, only...

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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".

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. Washington Post critic Chris Richards said that Green's vocal delivery did not "sit right" in the "slow-burn" of the song, and Joey Guerra of the Houston Chronicle

Houston Chronicle

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called it "stock country loverboy stuff."

Chart performance

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Chart (2008-2009)	Peak position