Early career:
Mario Winans was born in Orangeburg, South Carolina but grew up in Detroit. He is a member of gospel music's most notable family, the Winans, being the son of Marvin Winans and Vickie Winans. He is also the nephew of gospel singers BeBe Winans and CeCe Winans.
Winans started out learning music in school learning piano, keyboards, and drums. His mother Vicki Winans bought him a roomful of recording equipment, and he learnt the function of every piece of equipment. He started producing gospel groups straight out of high school and soon accumulated credits for Fred Hammond, The Anointed, and the Clark Sisters as well as various Winans family member albums.
In the mid-1990's, he signed a production deal with Dallas Austin's Rowdy Records. His breakthrough came with credits on the tracks "I Can't Sleep Baby" and "You Remind Me Of Something" on R. Kelly's R. Kelly album in 1995. Work with Pebbles and 98 Degrees soon followed.
Winans released his debut album Story of my Heart on Motown in 1997. While the song "Don't Know" reached the U.S. R&B top 50, the album failed to chart.
Soon after, Winans teamed up with P. Diddy and his Bad Boy roster. His first work with Bad Boy was playing drums on "Come With Me" in 1998 by Diddy and Jimmy Page, based on the classic Led Zeppelin song "Kashmir" from their 1975 album Physical Graffiti.
Over the past few years, Winans has racked a sizeable list of production credits for Bad Boy artists including Diddy, The Notorious B.I.G., Lil' Kim, Faith Evans, Loon, Black Rob, and 112. He has also worked with notable artists outside Bad Boy including Mary J. Blige, Whitney Houston, Jennifer Lopez, Ice Cube, Tamia, and Brian McKnight.
Winans co-wrote the 2-part song "I Need a Girl" with P. Diddy and appeared on the "Pt. 2" version with Loon, Ginuwine, and Diddy, which became a hit recording in 2002. He also produced the Bad Boy remix compilation We Invented The Remix in 2002.
Solo Success:
Winans recorded his second album Hurt No More in 2001, 2002, and 2003 in between his busy schedule working with other artists. The album is based on stories of love and betrayal.
The first single "I Don't Wanna Know" was based on a sample of the Fugees' 1996 hit single "Ready Or Not", which itself was based on a slowed-down sample of the instrumental track "Boadicea" by Enya from her 1987 self-titled album. Enya and her representatives became annoyed since Winans did not seek her approval for the sample, as he was unaware that the Fugees sample he had used had itself been a sample. So, a compromise was reached to credit the single as "Mario Winans featuring P. Diddy and Enya". [1]. The song features a rap by P. Diddy and radio programmers and club DJs started playing the track when it started appearing on mixtapes. The song was released as the single in early 2004 and became a worldwide hit going to #1 in Germany and on the rhythmic top 40 radio chart in the United States; to #2 on the Billboard Hot 100, on the U.S. R&B/Hip-Hop singles chart, and on the world internet download charts; and to #3 on a composite world R&B chart (based on the R&B charts in the U.S., UK, Germany, France, and Australia) and on both the Australian and Norwegian singles charts. It also reached the top ten on a composite European singles chart.
Hurt No More was released on April 20, 2004 in the U.S. and, by early June 2004, had reached #1 on the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, #2 on the Billboard 200, and #3 on the UK's album chart.
The album's second single, "Never Really Was", used a sample of the orchestrated beginning of Madonna's 1986 hit, "Papa Don't Preach", as its background music. However, the song failed to chart in America.
Don't take Your Love Away
Mario Winans Lyrics
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Comin' in, you know you're adored
[?] baby
Sayin' your love has got me comin' back for more
There are no words that can explain, baby
Cause you got me goin' through these changes
Can't get my mind off the things that you do
There are times when I feel that this is just a dream
So work your magic on me
It makes me wanna scream and say
Don't take your love away, baby
Don't deny the love you feel for me
Don't take your love away, baby
Your love is exactly what I need, baby
Goin' over and over again
Through them thoughts in my mind, baby
Said, how much better I would feel
If you were with me all the time, girl
Cause you got me goin' through these changes
When I'm not with you
Can't get my mind off the things that you do
There are times when I feel that this is just a dream
So work your magic on me
It makes me wanna scream and say
Don't take your love away, baby
Don't deny the love you feel for me
Don't take your love away, baby
Your love is exactly what I need, baby
Don't take your love away, baby
Don't deny the love you feel for me
Don't take your love away, baby
Your love is exactly what I need, baby
Baby, don't go away from me
I need your love so bad, it's for real
I will do all I can everyday
(Your love is exactly what I need, baby)
Just don't take your love away
Don't take your love away
(Baby, don't go away from me)
Don't deny the love you feel for me
(I need your love so bad, it's for real)
Don't take your love away, baby
(I will do all I can everyday)
Your love is exactly what I need
The lyrics to Mario Winans's song Don't Take Your Love Away convey a message of love and persistence in maintaining the relationship. The singer declares his love for his partner and expresses how much he needs it in his life. He admits to experiencing feelings that he struggles to describe due to the immense love he has for his partner. Mario Winans reveals that his partner's love has caused him to experience changes in life, and he can't get enough of the feeling that only their love can bring. There are times he feels like he is in a dream, and he just can't get enough of the magic his partner works on him.
Line by Line Meaning
Don't take your love away, oh baby
The singer is pleading with his love interest to not take away their love from him.
Comin' in, you know you're adored
The singer's love interest is aware of how much they are loved.
Sayin' your love has got me comin' back for more
The singer is addicted to his love interest's love and keeps coming back for more.
There are no words that can explain, baby
The singer cannot find the words to fully express his feelings for his love interest.
Cause you got me goin' through these changes
The singer's love interest makes him feel a range of emotions.
When I'm not with you
The singer misses his love interest when they are not together.
Can't get my mind off the things that you do
The singer is constantly thinking about his love interest and the things they do that he loves.
There are times when I feel that this is just a dream
The singer can't believe how lucky he is to be with his love interest and wonders if it's too good to be true.
So work your magic on me
The singer wants his love interest to continue making him feel the way he does.
It makes me wanna scream and say
The singer's love for his love interest is so intense that it makes him want to scream with joy.
Don't take your love away, baby
The singer is pleading with his love interest to not take away their love from him.
Don't deny the love you feel for me
The singer wants his love interest to acknowledge their love for him.
Your love is exactly what I need, baby
The singer believes that his love interest's love is necessary for his happiness.
Goin' over and over again
The singer is constantly thinking about his love interest.
Through them thoughts in my mind, baby
The singer's thoughts about his love interest are always on his mind.
Said, how much better I would feel
The singer knows that he would feel much better if he were with his love interest all the time.
If you were with me all the time, girl
The singer wishes his love interest was with him all the time.
Baby, don't go away from me
The singer pleads with his love interest to not leave him.
I need your love so bad, it's for real
The singer's love for his love interest is real and he needs it badly.
(Your love is exactly what I need, baby)
The singer believes that his love interest's love is necessary for his happiness.
Just don't take your love away
The singer begs his love interest to not take away their love from him.
Don't deny the love you feel for me
The singer wants his love interest to acknowledge their love for him.
(I will do all I can everyday)
The singer promises to do all he can to make his love interest happy.
Your love is exactly what I need, baby
The singer believes that his love interest's love is necessary for his happiness.
Don't take your love away, baby
The singer is pleading with his love interest to not take away their love from him.
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: KENNETH L. HICKSON, ROBERT M. JAMES, MARIO MENDELL WINANS
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