# Nina Simone — Love Me or Leave Me

Nina Simone’s Love Me or Leave Me (1959) is picked by Laurent Garnier — A Life in Twenty-One Records. The full verdict, and where to hear it.

- **Released:** 1959
- **Label:** Bethlehem
- **On one list:** Laurent Garnier — A Life in Twenty-One Records
- **Updated:** 2026-08-29
- **Artist:** [Nina Simone](https://waxonia.com/artist/nina-simone/)
- **Canonical page:** https://waxonia.com/track/nina-simone--love-me-or-leave-me/

## What we say

### Picked by [Laurent Garnier — A Life in Twenty-One Records](https://waxonia.com/selection/laurent-garnier-a-life-in-records/)

Her story is the thing. A Black woman in a segregated country, refused the concert-pianist career she had trained for, who took that training and put it straight into jazz and blues instead.

## Listen

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Nina%20Simone%20Love%20Me%20or%20Leave%20Me) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=dAvQ-ltLGdk)

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