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Another way it happens is if I’m in the studio working for the sheer joy of doing what I do and I come up with something that sounds great but doesn’t necessarily fit me, that’s when I have the luxury of calling certain artists, “Yo, I just did something that would be dope for you.” If it does fit me, then I keep it for myself. If an artist comes to me and asks me to be a part of their project and then pays for studio time, within that time, whatever song is produced, by law it’s supposed to go to that artist. Ne-Yo: There are a couple of different ways.
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THR: How do you decide whether to keep a song or to give it to another artist? Says Ne-Yo: “Think about Psy’s ‘Gangnam Style’ - that song isn’t even in English! But there’s something about it that makes you get up and want to do the damn dance! The way a song makes you feel is what makes a hit.” “Clearly somebody in heaven thought she and I were supposed to write together and ‘Let Me Love You’ was the end result.” Indeed, for Ne-Yo, it’s all about gut reaction when it comes to launching a hit - from his decision whether to hold onto a song or give it to another artist (“The song kind of picks its own owner,” Ne-Yo says with Zen-like clarity, admitting it also comes down to who’s paying for studio time) to coming up with that undeniable hook. “I don’t believe in coincidence or accidents,” he says. Curiously, his career started with a song of the same name, which spent nine weeks at No.