"Because I Love You (The Postman Song)" was penned by Stevie B's friend, Warren Allen Brooks. In the song, Stevie gets a letter in the mail, and in response, writes a song to express his love to the sender. "People think this song about a man trying desperately to hold on to his girl, but it's not," Brooks told Songfacts. "It's a spiritual song. It's about me and God having a conversation, and God telling me that he got my letter and he'd be with me any time I needed him."
The song was a huge hit in America, #1 for four weeks throughout December of 1990. It was the first #1 hit for LMR, a small New York-based label. That four-week run tied it for longest of the year with "Vision Of Love" by Mariah Carey and "Nothing Compares 2 U" by Sinéad O'Connor.
Florida native Stevie B (real name Steven Bernard Hill of Cuban descent) was a leading light on the Latin freestyle music scene. He enjoyed eight American Top 40 hits, but this was his sole chart entry in the UK. Unusually for a 1980s dance artist, Stevie wrote and produced most of his own music.
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