"Let Him Go" is a 1985 song by American
synthpop
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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
self-titled
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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
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". 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
greatest hits album
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''20th Century Masters: The Best of Animotion''.
Charts
References
1985 singles
1985 songs
Animotion songs
Mercury Records singles
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