 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 <unk> 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 <unk> , 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 <unk> . The violins were played by Charles Parker , Emma <unk> , Gregory <unk> , Igor <unk> , Luigi <unk> and Olga <unk> . John Epcar provided the drums , while Mike Elizondo played the guitar . Larry Gold was the strings arranger and conductor . 
