"Time Won't Let Me Go" is a song by American

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band

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and is featured on their second

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'' The Sun and the Moon''. The song was also released as the first

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from that album on March 27, 2007, in the

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(see

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). In the

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, the song was released as a single on July 9, 2007. The second verse contains references to

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" and Cherry Valance, a character from

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's novel '' The Outsiders''. The song is used on the pilot episode of ''

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'', the fifth season ''Las Vegas'' episode "Run, Cooper Run", the soundtrack of the movie ''

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'', the ''Leverage'' episode "The Snow Job" & in an episode of the fifth season of ''

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''.

Music video

The video was directed by Brian Palmer and Brad Palmer of the production company Surround. The video concept is based on a loner kid who spaces out in a cafe and builds a house of cards which he escapes into. It features Guinness World Record Holder Bryan Berg, who holds the record for highest house of cards. The video debuted on AOL music, and was successful on VH1's

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, reaching as high as #2.

Official Remixes

* Tall Paul Remix * Tall Paul Remix Edit * Tall Paul Dub * Ultradonkey Remix * Ultradonkey Remix Edit * Van She Tech Remix * Van She Tech Dub

Chart positions

"Time Won't Let Me Go" entered ''

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chart on March 31, 2007 at #40. It peaked at #10 on the chart, giving the band their first top 10 hit. However, it was a massive disappointment in the UK, failing to chart at all, receiving hardly any radio airplay, although it is still tracklisted on Asda FM.

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

External links

The Bravery
- official website, contains audio stream of this song. {{The Bravery 2007 singles The Bravery songs Song recordings produced by Brendan O'Brien (record producer) Songs written by Sam Endicott 2007 songs Island Records singles Polydor Records singles