Let It Go (George Strait song)

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"Let It Go"
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Single by George Strait
from the album Cold Beer Conversation
ReleasedApril 20, 2015 (2015-04-20)
Genre Country
Length3:33
Label MCA Nashville
Songwriter(s) George Strait
Bubba Strait
Keith Gattis
Producer(s) Chuck Ainlay
George Strait
George Strait singles chronology
"I Got a Car"
(2013)
"Let It Go"
(2015)
"Cold Beer Conversation"
(2015)

"Let It Go" is a song recorded by American country music artist George Strait. Strait co-wrote it with his son Bubba Strait and Keith Gattis. It was released April 20, 2015, as the lead-off single from his 28th studio album Cold Beer Conversation .

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Critical reception

Taste of Country gave the song a positive review, stating that the song "works to sever all emotional ties that often leave one bound up and anxious" and that Strait's "mellow voice serves this easy-to-embrace country song well." He also favorably compared it to Strait's own "The Seashores of Old Mexico" and Kenny Chesney songs from the early 2000s. [1]

Chart performance

Chart (2015)Peak
position
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles ( Billboard ) [2] 18
US Country Airplay ( Billboard ) [3] 46
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [4] 29

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References

  1. "George Strait, 'Let It Go' [Listen]". Taste of Country. April 6, 2015. Retrieved May 19, 2015.
  2. "George Strait Chart History (Bubbling Under Hot 100)". Billboard.
  3. "George Strait Chart History (Country Airplay)". Billboard.
  4. "George Strait Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.