 Makeba Riddick provided the vocal production of the song . " Cold Case Love " was recorded by Marcos Tovar and Paul Foley at the German Studios and Roc the Mic Studios in New York City and Westlake Recording Studios in Los Angeles . Bobby Campbell and Kevin Porter served as Tovar 's assistant recording engineers , while Antonio Resendiz and Peter Martinez helped Foley . Jean Marie Horvat mixed the song at the Palms Studio in Las Vegas , with Foley serving as a mixing assistant . The engineering was completed by Jeff Chestek , with Montez Roberts and Rick Friedrich serving as assistant engineer . The cello was played by Glenn Fischbach and James J. Cooper III , while the viola was provided by Davis Barnett and Peter Nocella . The violins were played by Charles Parker , Emma Kummrow , Gregory Teperman , Igor Szwec , Luigi Mazzocchi and Olga Konopelsky . John Epcar provided the drums , while Mike Elizondo played the guitar . Larry Gold was the strings arranger and conductor . 
