" Let Her Go " is a song written and recorded by singer-songwriter British Passenger. It was recorded on Linear Records of Sydney and co-produced by Mike Rosenberg and Chris Vallejo. The recording featured Australian musicians Stu Larsen, Georgia Mooney, Stu Hunter, Cameron Undy, and Glenn Wilson. "Let Her Go" was released in July 2012 as the second single from Passenger's fourth album, All the Little Lights .
The song has achieved international success, topping charts in many countries around the world, and has sold over 1 million digital copies in the UK, and over 4 million in the US in July 2014. In 2014, the song was nominated for the Award Brit for the British Lion of the Year, and won the Ivor Novello Award-winning British Academy for the Most Performing Jobs.
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The lyrics of his song are poetic and melancholic, depicting the regrets associated with ending a relationship. The choir describes a situation in which a person does not appreciate what he has to lose, and relates it to love. The verses provide a detailed scene involving a broken-hearted man who deals with his separation. The intro song was inspired by the song The Red Hot Chili Peppers "Slow Cheetah".
"Let Her Go" is driven by a chorus repeated five times throughout the song. The second half of the chorus last performed acappella. Includes Rosenberg's acoustic guitar and vocals, backing vocals, piano, drums, bass, and strings, his instrumental songs. The song is performed in key G major, played with a capo on the seventh fret of the guitar.
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Commercial performance
"Let Her Go" was released in July 2012 as the second single from Passenger's third album All the Little Lights. The song became the first hit in the Netherlands after Dave, a Dutch fan, e-mail Passenger expressed his desire to introduce the song to several Dutch radio stations, claiming it could be a hit there. It produced a trending song on Dutch stations and found massive commercial success with the Dutch public. The song became the first hit in the Netherlands, reaching number two in the Top 40 of the Netherlands in November 2012 and spending a total of four consecutive weeks in that position.
Since 2013, and after initial success in the Netherlands, "Let Her Go" has reached number one in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Luxembourg, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Slovakia, Sweden and Switzerland, number two on the UK Singles Chart, number five in the US on Billboard Hot 100 and number one on Hot Rock Songs' Billboard, making it his first international success. The song has sold over 1 million digital copies in the UK, and over 4 million in the US in July 2014.
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Passengers confessed in an interview in August 2016 about The Project that the song is often confused with "Let It Go," Idina Menzel's 2013 hit single from Disney movie Frozen . As a result, he "always" received a song request for the latter, even though it was not his song.
Music video
The music video was uploaded on July 25, 2012, directed and produced by Australian video artist Dave Jensen and Tavic. This shows the stage being prepared for the Passenger concert, with a recording of Passenger performance with its supporting band and shots from the audience in attendance reacting.
As of May 2018, the video has received more than 1.8 billion views on YouTube's video-sharing website, making it the most-watched 25th-view video of all time on the site. It also creates a list of the most preferred YouTube videos with over 6.9 million likes.
Track list
cover version
Taylor Henderson, the fifth runner-up of The X Factor Australia , did so during the show. He also covered it in his self-titled debut album which was released via Sony Music Australia on November 29, 2013. The album debuted at number one on the ARIA Albums Chart and certified Platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association.
In October 2013, a piano-driven version of the song was sung by young Italian singer Violetta Zironi during the Italian 7th season of The X Factor. The song is also recorded and included in its debut EPI Dimmi che non passa released in December 2013.
British singer Birdy recorded a cover version called "Let Him Go" in 2013 at Live Lounge BBC Radio 1. It was also covered by the Dutch symphonic metal band Within Temptation on the Hydra album (iTunes version) in 2014 and The Q-Music Sessions, as well as by Jasmine Thompson on the album Bundle of Tantrums
An unreleased acoustic version of the song was donated to support college radio in the US at the 2013 College Radio Day Vol. 2 albums. The song was limited to only the CD version of the album (only 1,500 copies had been pressed).
In February 2014, the club's remix of the song was released by DJ and Swedish producer Avicii featuring Passenger vocals. It has also been remixed by French DJ David Guetta and Norwegian producer Kygo.
In August 2014, Glen Templeton made country cover songs.
In October 2014, Bulgarian singer Maria released a song with, also Bulgarian singer, Azis called: "?????" (Chuy Me, Listen Me). The original version had an intro featuring Let Her Go, but was later officially edited for copyright, and now the song has a different tune in the beginning.
The B-Flo international rapper took a sample of the song on the single (also titled "Let Her Go") on his second solo album, Floville , made in 2014.
In popular culture
"Let Her Go" is used in the Budweiser ad shown during Super Bowl XLVIII. It is also used in season 7 finals of the Canadian Show
Intro and first half of the first paragraph are used on the British television show, Stella in episode 7 of series 3.
The cover version by the British singer, Jasmine Thompson, is used in the eleventh episode of the sixteenth season Law & amp; Order: Special Victim Unit .
It's used in The Vampire Diaries' 100th episode.
On Twitch's popular streaming website, song remixes (troll versions) are often used on streams by observers who try to interrupt the streamer.
This song is also a playable song on Guitar Hero Live.
Bluegrass band The Travelin 'McCourys recorded a song in Nashville's studio the Butcher Shoppe, releasing version on January 13, 2017.
Diagram
Certification
See also
- List of bestselling singles in Australia
- The list of contemporary single adult single 2014 (U.S.)
Release history
References
External links
- Lyrics of this song in Genius
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