"Let Him Go" is a 1985 song by American

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band

Animotion Animotion is an American synth-pop band from Los Angeles, California, best known for the songs " Obsession", "Let Him Go", "I Engineer", and " Room to Move". Formed in 1983 from the remnants of a retro science-fiction band called Red Zone, th ...

from their

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debut album. The song was their second single to reach the top 40 in the United States on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, the first being " Obsession". The song also reached number 41 in Germany and number 78 in the United Kingdom. The song, in both 7" and 12" edits, appeared on the band's

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''20th Century Masters: The Best of Animotion''.

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