"Let Me Go" is the debut single by English-Irish singer

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, from his debut studio album ''

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''. It was released on 22 July 2011 as a digital download in the

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. The song was shortlisted for the Meteor

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for Irish Song of the Year 2011.

Background

The single was released on 24 July 2011 as a digital download in the United Kingdom. The song was first played on

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on 30 May 2011 at 7pm. It contains a

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's song

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, and contains a female vocal refrain reminiscent of the chorus of "

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" by Portishead, which samples the same song. The song also contains a sample of the song "Hammerhead" by Simon Haseley, released in 1972 through

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, which had been previously sampled by

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in " A Woman Like Me".

Music video

A music video to accompany the release of "Let Me Go" was first released onto

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on 10 June 2011 and was set in

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; at a total length of three minutes and thirty-seven seconds.

Chart performance

On the week ending 6 August 2011 "Let Me Go" debuted at number sixteen on the

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– marking Sabre's second top forty single after "

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" reached number thirty-one in January, earlier that year. The song spent three consecutive weeks within the top forty, falling to number forty-three for the week ending 27 August. Following the release of ''

'', "Let Me Go" re-entered the chart on 19 February 2012 at number thirty-nine – marking its fourth non-consecutive week within the top forty.

Track listing

Charts

Release history

Other versions

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covered "Let Me Go" as part of a set for

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on 20 August 2011, alongside own tracks "

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" and " Witches' Brew". The song then appeared on the sixth compilation of the Live Lounge.

References

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