"Let Her Go" | ||||
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Single by Passenger | ||||
from the album All the Little Lights | ||||
Released | 24 July 2012 | |||
Recorded | 2011 | |||
Studio | Linear Recording, Sydney | |||
Genre | Folk rock, soft rock | |||
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Songwriter(s) | Michael Rosenberg | |||
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Passenger singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Let Her Go" on YouTube | ||||
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18-second sample from Passenger's "Let Her Go" |
"Let Her Go" is a song recorded by English singer-songwriter Passenger. It was recorded at Sydney's Linear Recording and co-produced by Passenger (as Mike Rosenberg) and Chris Vallejo. The recording features Australian musicians Stu Larsen,Georgia Mooney,Stu Hunter,Cameron Undy,and Glenn Wilson. "Let Her Go" was released on 24 July 2012 as the second single from Passenger's fourth album, All the Little Lights .
The song became a sleeper hit,achieving international success and topping the charts in many countries around the world. As of July 2014,it has sold over one million digital copies in the UK,and over four million in the US. [1] [2] In 2014,the song was nominated for the Brit Award for British Single of the Year,and won Passenger the British Academy's Ivor Novello Award for Most Performed Work. [3] [4]
The lyrics of the song are poetic and melancholic, describing the regrets associated with ending a relationship. The chorus describes situations in which one does not appreciate what he or she has until it is gone, and relates this to love. The verses give detailed scenes involving a heartbroken man dealing with his breakup.
"Let Her Go" was released in July 2012 as the second single from Passenger's third album All the Little Lights . The song became a hit first in the Netherlands after Dave, a Dutch fan, e-mailed Passenger expressing his wish to introduce the song to some Dutch radio stations, claiming it could be a hit there. [5] This resulted in the song trending on Dutch stations and finding enormous commercial success with the Dutch public. The song reached number two in the Dutch Top 40 in November 2012, spending a total of four non-consecutive weeks at that position. The next month that year, it topped at number one. [6]
Since 2013, and after initial success in the Netherlands, "Let Her Go" has reached number one in Australia, [7] Austria, [8] Belgium, [9] Czech Republic, [10] Denmark, [11] Finland, [12] Germany, [13] Greece, [14] Ireland, [15] Israel, [16] Italy, [17] Luxembourg, [18] Mexico, [19] New Zealand, [20] Norway, [21] Slovakia, [22] Sweden [23] and Switzerland, [24] number two in the UK Singles Chart, [25] number five in the US on the Billboard Hot 100 [26] and number one on Billboard Hot Rock Songs, [27] making it Passenger's first international success. The song has sold over 1 million digital copies in the UK, [1] and over 4 million in the US as of July 2014. [2] In October 2019, "Let Her Go" surpassed one billion streams on the music service Spotify, making it one of the most played songs on the service. [28]
The music video was uploaded on the day after the single, directed and produced by the Australian video artist Dave Jensen and Tavic. [29] It shows the stage being prepared for a Passenger concert, with footage of Passenger performance with his backing band and shots of the audience present reacting.
As of March 2024, the video has received over 3.6 billion views on the video-sharing website YouTube, making it the 27th most viewed video ever on the site. [30]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Let Her Go" | 4:13 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Let Her Go" (Album Version) | 4:12 |
2. | "Let Her Go" (Acoustic) | 4:27 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Let Her Go" | 4:13 |
2. | "Let Her Go" (Acoustic) | 4:27 |
3. | "Let Her Go" (Live Version) | 4:05 |
British singer Birdy recorded a cover version called "Let Him Go" in 2013 on BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge. [31]
An unreleased acoustic version of the song was donated to support college radio in the USA on the 2013 College Radio Day Vol. 2 album. The song was limited to being on only the CD version of the album (only 1,500 copies have been pressed). [32]
In August 2014, Glen Templeton made a country cover of the song. [33]
American trance singer JES released her cover version of the song titled "Let Him Go" in 2019. [34]
The song is sampled heavily in Central Cee's 2022 single "Let Go". [35]
"Let Her Go" was used in a Budweiser commercial shown during Super Bowl XLVIII entitled "Puppy Love", which showed the friendship between a Labrador Retriever puppy and one of the Budweiser Clydesdales. [36] It was used also in the season 7 finale of the Canadian television show Heartland as the send-off song and in "500 Years of Solitude", the 100th episode of The Vampire Diaries . [ citation needed ]
Bluegrass band the Travelin' McCourys recorded the song at a Nashville studio, the Butcher Shoppe releasing the version on 13 January 2017. [37]
Weekly charts
| Year-end charts
Decade-end charts
All-time charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA) [111] | 7× Platinum | 490,000^ |
Austria (IFPI Austria) [112] | Platinum | 30,000* |
Belgium (BEA) [113] | 2× Platinum | 40,000‡ |
Canada (Music Canada) [114] | Diamond | 800,000‡ |
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [115] | Platinum | 30,000^ |
Finland (Musiikkituottajat) [116] | Gold | 5,057 [116] |
France (SNEP) [117] | Gold | 75,000* |
Germany (BVMI) [118] | Diamond | 1,000,000‡ |
Italy (FIMI) [119] | 6× Platinum | 300,000‡ |
Netherlands (NVPI) [120] | Platinum | 20,000^ |
New Zealand (RMNZ) [121] | 2× Platinum | 30,000* |
Norway (IFPI Norway) [122] | 2× Platinum | 20,000* |
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [123] | 5× Platinum | 300,000‡ |
Sweden (GLF) [124] | 5× Platinum | 200,000‡ |
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [125] | 3× Platinum | 90,000^ |
United Kingdom (BPI) [126] | 6× Platinum | 3,600,000‡ |
United States (RIAA) [127] | 6× Platinum | 4,000,000 [2] |
Streaming | ||
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [128] | 6× Platinum | 10,800,000† |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
Country | Release date | Format |
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United States | 24 July 2012 | Digital download |
Europe | 5 November 2012 | |
United Kingdom | 25 February 2013 | CD |
United States | 24 September 2013 | Contemporary hit radio |
Canada | 13 May 2013 |
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