{{Infobox song | name = Music for Love | cover = Music for Love Mario.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Mario | album = Go | B-side = | released = April 3, 2008 | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = R&B<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.djbooth.net/index/albums/review/mario-go-1214071/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071221110732/http://www.djbooth.net/index/albums/review/mario-go-1214071/ | archive-date=2007-12-21 | title=Mario - Go - Album Reviews }}</ref> | length = | label = *3rd Street *J *Epic | writer = *Jerrod Stacy *Theron Thomas *Timothy Thomas | producer = Ralph B. Stacy | prev_title = Crying Out for Me | prev_year = 2007 | next_title = That's How I Go | next_year = 2009 | misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|Sgy47OdNjvw|"Music for Love"}}|header=Audio video|type=single}} }}

"'''Music for Love'''" is a song by American singer Mario. It was written by Ralph B. "Jerrod" Stacy along with Theron Thomas and Timothy Thomas from American hip hop duo R. City and was recorded for his third studio album ''Go'' (2007), while production was overseen by the former. The song was released by 3rd Street Music Group and J Records as the album's third and final single on December 11, 2007 and became a top 20 hit on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/mario-already-conceptualizing-next-album-1047038/|title=Mario Already Conceptualizing Next Album|website=Billboard.com|access-date=October 8, 2024}}</ref>

==Critical reception== Andy Kellman from AllMusic found that "Music for Love" was among the "sensitive ballads" on parent album ''Go'' and noted that it bears "a definite resemblance to J. Holiday's gently rocking and swaying "Bed"."<ref>{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r938942|pure_url=yes}}|title=Mario Go review}}</ref> Aaron Fields from KSTW.com wrote: "This is one of the standout beats on this album. Talk about bumpin' this is the one to bump right here. A nice mid-tempo track with much bass. You'll want to put this one on repeat. His voice sounds great on this track and the arrangement is on point once again".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kstw.com/underground/Mario.Go.Go.2.599751.html|title=The Beat: Mario "Go" Review|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081203190502/http://kstw.com/underground/Mario.Go.Go.2.599751.html|archivedate=December 3, 2008}}</ref>

==Commercial performance== "Music for Love" first appeared on the US ''Billboard'' Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart in the week of April 3, 2008, debuting at number 100.<ref name="Billboardrandbhiphop"/> It eventually peaked at number 18 in the week of September 27, 2008.<ref name="Billboardrandbhiphop"/> The magazine ranked the song 50th on its 2008 Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Song year-end chart.<ref name="Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs – Year-End 2008"/>

==Credits and personnel== Credits lifted from the liner notes of ''Go''.<ref name="liner notes">{{cite AV media notes|title=Go|others=Mario|year=2007|publisher=J Records |type=booklet}}</ref> {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} *Kori Anders – recording engineer *Mario Barrett – vocals *Ralph Cacciuri – recording engineer *Lloyd Copper – recording assistance *Jevon Hill – vocal producer *Manny Marroquin – mixing engineer {{col-2}} *Mike Miller – recording assistance *Jared Robbins – mixing assistance *Ralph "Jerrod" Stacy – producer, writer *Theron Thomas – writer *Timothy Thomas – writer {{col-end}}

==Charts== {{col-start}} {{col-2}}

===Weekly charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ Weekly chart performance for "Music for Love" !align="left"|Chart (2008) !align="center"|Peak<br>position |- {{singlechart|Billboardbubbling100|9|artist=Mario|rowheader=true|accessdate=September 15, 2014}} |- {{singlechart|Billboardrandbhiphop|18|artist=Mario|rowheader=true|accessdate=September 15, 2014|refname="Billboardrandbhiphop"}} |- {{singlechart|Billboardradiosongs|59|artist=Mario|rowheader=true|accessdate=May 12, 2022}} |- |} {{col-2}}

===Year-end charts=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ Year-end chart performance for "Music for Love" !Chart (2008) !Position |- ! scope="row"| US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (''Billboard'')<ref name="Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs – Year-End 2008">{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2008/hot-r-and-and-b-hip-hop-songs|title=Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs – Year-End 2008|work=Billboard|accessdate=February 16, 2021}}</ref> |align="center"|50 |} {{col-end}}

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