Let There Be Love (Christina Aguilera song)

It was written and produced by Max Martin and Shellback, with additional writing from Bonnie McKee, Oliver Goldstein, Oscar Holter and Jakke Erixson.

It features cameo appearances from Nicole Richie, Christina Milian, Chris Mann, Aguilera's son Max Bratman and her current boyfriend Matthew Rutler.

Following the release of her sixth studio album, Bionic (2010),[2] Aguilera filed for divorce from her husband Jordan Bratman, starred in the film Burlesque and recorded the accompanying soundtrack.

[3] She then became a coach on NBC's singing competition show The Voice[3] and appeared as a featured artist on Maroon 5's single "Moves Like Jagger" (2011), which spent four weeks atop the US Billboard Hot 100 chart.

[4] Following these events, Aguilera announced that had plans to begin production of her seventh album, stating that she wanted high quality and "personal" songs for the record.

[6] Speaking about her new material during an interview on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno in 2012, Aguilera said that the recording process for Lotus was taking a while because "I don't like to just get songs from producers.

[7] Recorded at MXM Studios by Shellback in Stockholm, Sweden, "Let There Be Love" was written by Max Martin, Savan Kotecha, Bonnie McKee, Oliver Goldstein, Oscar Holter and Jakke Erixson.

[17] He also noted that Aguilera was probably aware that the "Let There Be Love"'s melody bared strong resemblances to the songs, which most likely prompted her to spend "the last minute wailing all over the place.

"[17] Aguilera "roars" the lyrics "Let there be let there be love/ Here in the here in the dark" over trance beats and projects a "saucy" tone as she sings ""Hit the right spot, making my eyes roll back.

[14] The Huffington Post writer Mesfin Fekadu thought that Martin's production of "Let There Be Love" was superior to "Your Body", citing it as "typical" but potentially successful on radio.

[21] MTV News writer Christina Garibaldi praised the uptempo track, writing that its "heavy beat" and "sultry lyrics" were perfect for people to dance to in nightclubs.

[22] Jenna Hally Rubenstein for MTV Buzzworthy noted that it is easy to become addicted to listening to "Let There Be Love", and that Aguilera's vocals "prevail above the noise.

[24] Slant Magazine's Sal Cinquemani thought that "Let There Be Love" would have been a better lead single choice than "Your Body", as she felt it would have ensured Aguilera a greater comeback.

"[11] Melissa Maerz of Entertainment Weekly found the "bouncy peace-flag-waver" lyrics of the song contradictory and difficult to comprehend because of "a bonus track called 'Shut Up' that invites the haters to 'suck my [dick].

[27] Christopher Rosa from The Celebrity Cafe placed it at number five on the list of Aguilera's ten best songs ever, calling it "euphoric" and a "pure pop genius".

[30] It also featured guest appearances from Nicole Richie,[29] Christina Milian,[29] Chris Mann,[31] Shannon Holtzapffel,[32] Aguilera's son, Max Bratman,[29] and her current boyfriend Matthew Rutler.

[33] The video begins with Aguilera' message, "Hey everybody, Chrisitina here just thanking you guys so much for filling my life and my heart with so much love continued throughout the years...

[37] Malene Arpe for the Toronto Star was positive toward the clip, calling it a "perfect antidote to a week of thinking about the Miley Cyrus/Robin Thicke porn circus".

[38] She continued, "Aguilera's new video is so sweet and innocent and full of goodwill towards humanity, it will make you forget all about twerking and foam fingers and the inherent greasiness of Robin Thicke".

[39] Aguilera performed "Let There Be Love" for the first time at the 40th American Music Awards on November 18, 2012, held at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, California.

Online described the performance as "interesting," and noted that the theme "to celebrate everyone for who they are" was similar to the moral content presented on Gaga's album Born This Way (2011).

[46] With "Let There Be Love" attaining the number one position on the chart, it upped her total tally to seven number-one songs, and the second from Lotus to reach the peak, after "Your Body" in December 2012.