Let Me Be the One (Exposé song)

"Let Me Be the One"
Single by Exposé
from the album Exposure
B-side	"Love Is Our Destiny"
Released	May 15, 1987
Recorded	July 1986 – January 1987
Genre	Freestyle[1]
Length	4:18 (album version) 3:56 (single version)
Label	Arista
Songwriter(s)	Lewis Martineé
Producer(s)	Lewis Martineé
Exposé singles chronology
"Come Go with Me" (1986) "Let Me Be the One" (1987) "Seasons Change" (1987)

Let Me Be the One is a single by Exposé, released on May 15, 1987. It was written and produced by Lewis Martineé and appears on their debut album, Exposure. The lead vocals on the song were performed by Gioia Bruno.

Reception

Released as a single in August 1987, "Let Me Be the One" became the group's third consecutive top-ten single on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in October of that year, when it peaked at No. 7.[2] The song also reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart.[3] In the United Kingdom, the song reached No. 76 on the British pop chart.[4]

Track listing

7" single

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Let Me Be the One" (Single Version)	3:56
2.	"Love Is Our Destiny"	3:16

12" single

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Let Me Be the One" (Extended Mix)	8:04
2.	"Let Me Be the One" ("Crossover" Mix)	4:54
3.	"Let Me Be the One" (Single Version)	3:56
4.	"Let Me Be the One" (Dub Mix)	8:34

UK 12" single

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Let Me Be the One" (Extended Mix)	8:04
2.	"Let Me Be the One" ("Crossover" Mix)	4:54
3.	"Love Is Our Destiny"	3:16

Germany CD single

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Let Me Be the One" (Remix)	8:04
2.	"Love Is Our Destiny"	3:16
3.	"Megamix " "Point of No Return" "Come Go with Me" "Exposed to Love"

Charts

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for "Let Me Be the One" Chart (1987) Peak position Canada Top Singles (RPM)[5] 47 UK Singles (OCC)[6] 76 US Billboard Hot 100[7] 7 US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[8] 2 US Dance Singles Sales (Billboard)[9] 13 US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[10] 29 US Cash Box Top 100 Singles[11] 8 US Top Black Contemporary Singles (Cash Box)[12] 33

Year-end charts Year-end chart performance for "Let Me Be the One" Chart (1987) Position US Billboard Hot 100[13] 77 US Crossover Singles (Billboard)[14] 13

References

1. Molanphy, Chris (July 16, 2022). "Point of No Return Edition". Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia (Podcast). Slate. Retrieved March 31, 2024.
2. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications), page 215.
3. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco 1974-2003, (Record Research Inc.), page 94.
4. UK Singles Chart info OfficialCharts.com. Retrieved 17 May 2009.
5. "Top RPM Singles: Issue 0893." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved May 23, 2022.
6. "Expose: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 23, 2022.
7. "Expose Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved April 8, 2022.
8. "Expose Chart History (Dance Club Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved April 8, 2022.
9. "Expose Chart History (Dance Singles Sales)". Billboard. Retrieved May 23, 2022.
10. "Expose Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved April 8, 2022.
11. "Cash Box Top 100 Singles – Week ending October 31, 1987". Cash Box. Retrieved May 23, 2022.
12. "Cash Box Top Black Contemporary Singles – Week ending October 31, 1987". Cash Box. Archived from the original on May 23, 2022. Retrieved May 23, 2022.
13. "Hot 100 Songs – Year-End 1987". Billboard. Archived from the original on February 17, 2020. Retrieved May 23, 2022.
14. "1987 The Year in Music & Video – Top Hot Crossover Singles". Billboard. Vol. 99, no. 52. December 26, 1987. p. Y-27. ISSN 0006-2510 – via Google Books.

External links

• 12" single info from discogs.com