"Don't Let Me Go" is a song by

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band

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, released as the third single taken from their third studio album '' TCV''. The song was written by bassist

Ethan Mentzer The Click Five (often abbreviated as TC5) was an American rock band from Boston, Massachusetts. The original members, most of them students at Berklee College of Music, started on January 1, 2004, and played in various local venues. They then q ...

. The song was performed during tours and shows in 2008 by

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and Ethan, with Ethan on guitar and Kyle singing. It is the last studio single released by the band before their breakup in 2013. In the studio version, drums and backup vocals were added. The studio arrangement has yet to be performed in public.

Chart performance

"Don't Let Me Go" reached a peak of number 5 on the weekly Top 20 charts on

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radio station

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. It stayed on the chart for nine weeks. At the end of the year 2011, it ranked number 55End Of Year (2011) Top 100 Songs Countdown On (987 FM, 91.3FM & Power 98 FM)
/ref> in the best songs of 2011.

MTV EXIT

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picked up the song to help raise awareness about

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. The band worked with MTV EXIT to produce a

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, which was released on April 15, 2011.

Music video

The music video begins with a close-up of lead singer

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, playing his guitar. The scene then switches to show several people living their lives normally, having fun and socializing, but wearing

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s. The blindfolds symbolize that people are not aware of what is happening around them, which is the case for

. The band is then shown blindfolded playing their instruments as Patrick's vocals come in. More scenes of people wearing blindfolds appear. The scene switches to a girl, a victim of human trafficking, crying. A caption on the screen reads, "AT ANY ONE POINT 2.5 MILLION VICTIMS ARE TRAFFICKED WORLDWIDE". A still of a girl holding a teddy bear is shown, the girl crying for help and the mother reaching out for her daughter. The girl is being snatched from her family to be sold to the multi-million industry of human trafficking. Three more captions are shown: "1.2 MILLION CHILDREN ARE TRAFFICKED EACH YEAR" & "30% OF FEMALE VICTIMS ARE FORCED INTO LABOR." A photo of a group of females doing manual labor appears. Another shows a man holding a woman, wearing a "FOR SALE" sign. Then, "70% OF FEMALE VICTIMS ARE TRAFFICKED INTO THE COMMERCIAL SEX INDUSTRY." The video switches to show a female being abused by a handler. Next: "ANNUAL REVENUE GENERATED BY TRAFFICKING IS OVER $32 BILLION". Finally, after displaying "CHANCES ARE IT'S HAPPENING RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU", the band members start to take off their blindfolds, along with the others in the video. This symbolizes people becoming aware of human trafficking. More scenes of victims are shown. The members of the band are shown listening to survivors sharing their stories. At the end, lead singer Kyle Patrick reaches out to the camera and shuts it off.

References

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