Mario Mendell Winans (born August 29, 1974 in Orangeburg, SC) is an America… Read Full Bio ↴Mario Mendell Winans (born August 29, 1974 in Orangeburg, SC) is an American R&B producer, singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist best known for his 2004 song "I Don't Wanna Know", which reached number 2 in the United States and number 1 in the United Kingdom. Winans also won a Grammy Award for Best Gospel Performance for co-writing CeCe Winans's song "Pray".

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.

Turn Around
Mario Winans Lyrics

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Everything you said to me
Tell me I was buggin', dreamin'
Cause it's not that real to me
There has been no sleepin'
I've been thinkin'

Of how I beg to love you
Want to leave me

Hurts me deeply inside
How I long to touch you
Need to hold you
Stay with me one more night

[Chorus]
Turn around, take just one more look
See if you're really sure
That you can walk away, from my love
I'm beggin' you to stay
Down on my knees to pray
That you would turn around and be my baby

All the moments that we shared
You could never put a price on us
I tried to trust in you
After all of this how dare
You say that you are leavin'
Have you been thinkin'

Of how I beg to love you
You want leave me
Hurts me deeply inside
How I long to touch you
Need to hold you
Stay with me one more night

[Chorus]

Just want to give in, you're leavin
Don't walk away from my love
Can't go a day without your love
You're all I'm dreamin' of
Would you try again, believe in
This is where love begins
Don't want to hear you say
That you want to walk away

[Chorus:Repeat x3]

Overall Meaning

In the song, "Turn Around," Mario Winans expresses his feelings of hurt and betrayal after the love of his life decides to leave him. He can't seem to get over the fact that she wants to leave him, and so he begs her to stay. He reflects on all of the love and moments that they've shared and tries to get her to see how much they mean to each other. However, she is set on leaving, and so he pleads with her to take just one more look before she walks away from their love.

The chorus is particularly powerful as he kneels down to pray and asks her to reconsider. He longs to touch and hold her for one more night and continually expresses his love for her. Despite his pain and heartache, Mario Winans remains optimistic that things will work out as he sings, "This is where love begins."

Line by Line Meaning

Everything you said to me
All the words you spoke to me

Tell me I was buggin', dreamin'
Claiming that I was acting irrational and delusional

Cause it's not that real to me
As I don't truly believe in the reality of the situation

There has been no sleepin'
I have been unable to sleep

I've been thinkin'
I am deeply contemplating the situation

Of how I beg to love you
I am desperate to love you

Want to leave me
Doing something that would cause me to be without you

Hurts me deeply inside
Causes me immense emotional pain

How I long to touch you
I yearn to physically touch you

Need to hold you
I have an intense desire to embrace you

Stay with me one more night
Remain by my side for just one additional evening

Turn around, take just one more look
Pause and reconsider what you're about to do

See if you're really sure
Check if you are absolutely certain

That you can walk away, from my love
That you are capable of departing from the love I have for you

I'm beggin' you to stay
I implore you to remain

Down on my knees to pray
I have lowered myself to the ground in prayer

That you would turn around and be my baby
That you will change your mind and return to me as my partner

All the moments that we shared
Every encounter, every memory we had together

You could never put a price on us
Our relationship is priceless and cannot be quantified

I tried to trust in you
I made an effort to place my faith in you

After all of this how dare
Despite everything we've been through, how can you have the nerve to

You say that you are leavin'
Announce your intention to depart

Have you been thinkin'
Have you given any serious thought to this decision

Just want to give in, you're leavin
I feel like giving up since you are deciding to depart

Don't walk away from my love
I plead with you to not abandon the love I have for you

Can't go a day without your love
I cannot survive a single day without your affection

You're all I'm dreamin' of
You are everything I ever dreamt of having

Would you try again, believe in
Would you consider giving our relationship another chance and have faith in it

This is where love begins
This is where our love story starts

Don't want to hear you say
I don't wish to hear you mention

That you want to walk away
That you desire to depart from our relationship

Chorus repeat x3
Repeat the chorus three times

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: ARAMA BROWN, ANDREAS BENGT LEVANDER, FREDRIK FREDRO ODESJO

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"Turn Around"

Everything you said to me
Tell me was I buggin, dreaming
Cause it's not that real to me?
There has been no sleeping
I've been thinkin

Of how I beg to love me
Want to leave me
Hurts me deeply inside
How I long to touch you
Need to hold you
Stay with me one more night

Turn around, Take just one more look
See if you're really sure
That you can walk away, From my love
I'm beggin you to stay
Down on my knees to pray
That you would turn around and be my baby

All the moments that we shared
You could never put a price on us
I tried to trust in you
After all of this how dare
You say that you are leaving
Have you been thinkin

Of how I beg to love me
You want leave me
Hurts me deeply inside
How I long to touch you
Need to hold you
Stay with me one more night

[Repeat chorus]

Just wanna give in, you're leaving
Don't walk away from my love
Can't go a day without your love
You're all I'm dreaming of
Would you try again, believe in
This is where love begins
Don't wanna hear you say
That you wanna walk away

[Repeat chorus 3x]