"Never Let Her Go" is a song by

David Gates David Ashworth Gates (December 11, 1940 – January 5, 2023) was a American singer-songwriter, guitarist, musician and producer, frontman and co-lead singer (with Jimmy Griffin) of the group Bread, which reached the top of the musical charts i ...

, lead singer of the group

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. It was released as a

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in 1974 and is the title track from the 1975 album of the same name. It also appeared on Gates' third solo album, '' Goodbye Girl''. The song reached number 29 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and peaked at number 3 on the

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chart in March 1975.

Chart performance

References

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