"Can't Let Go" is an R&B–

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song written by

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singer-songwriter Anthony Hamilton and songwriter/producer

Mark Batson Mark Christopher Batson (born 1968) is an American record producer and songwriter. He has worked on albums by artists including Alicia Keys, Dave Matthews Band, LeAnn Rimes, Anthony Hamilton, Eminem, India Arie, 50 Cent, Jay-Z, Maroon 5, Skylar ...

for Hamilton's third album, ''

Ain't Nobody Worryin' ''Ain't Nobody Worryin is the third studio album by the American singer Anthony Hamilton. It was released on December 13, 2005, by So So Def Recordings and Zomba. It debuted at number 19 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and at number four on the Top R ...

'' (2005). Released in as the album's

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in October 2005 and produced by Batson, it debuted at number seventy-six on the

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the week of November 5, 2005; there, it had a whopping sixty-eight-week chart run, peaking at number thirteen. On the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, where it entered at number ninety-three the week of March 18, 2006, the stay was much more brief (nineteen weeks), as was its peak position (number seventy-one).

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