Let Me Down Easy (Roger Daltrey song)

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"Let Me Down Easy"
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Single by Roger Daltrey
from the album Under a Raging Moon
ReleasedNovember 1985 (USA and Canada only)
Recorded1985
Genre Pop rock
Length4:08
Label Atlantic
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Alan Shacklock
Roger Daltrey singles chronology
"After the Fire"
(1985)		"Let Me Down Easy"
(1985)		"Under a Raging Moon"
(1986)
Music video
"Let Me Down Easy" on YouTube

"'Let Me Down Easy'" is a song by the English rock singer Roger Daltrey, who at the time was the former lead vocalist of the Who. The song was written by the Canadians Bryan Adams and Jim Vallance and included on Daltrey's sixth solo studio album Under a Raging Moon (1985) as the first track on the second side of the LP. The album was a tribute to the Who's former drummer Keith Moon. The song was released as a single in November 1985 by Atlantic Records.

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The single reached number 86 on the US Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and number 11 on Billboard's Top Rock Tracks chart. [1]

Background

When Jim Vallance was asked about the track, he recalled that they wrote the song during January 1984 and that: "Adams and I originally wrote "Let Me Down Easy" for Stevie Nicks, but I don't know if she ever heard the song. Regardless, I thought Roger did a superb job." [2] Bryan Adams appears in the original music video, despite not appearing on the studio recording.

Critical reception

Cashbox wrote that it's an "intimately passionate track which...makes good use of Daltrey’s powerful lead vocals." [3]

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1985)Peak position
Canadian RPM Top Singles [4] 82
US Billboard Hot 100 [1] 86
US Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks 11

References

  1. 1 2 "Roger Daltrey - 'Billboard' chart history". Billboard .
  2. ↑ "Roger Daltrey - Let Me Down Easy". Archived from the original on 6 November 2014. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
  3. ↑ "Single Releases" (PDF). Cashbox . 14 December 1985. p. 9. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  4. ↑ "RPM 100". RPM . 43 (15). RPM Music Publications Ltd. 21 December 1985. ISSN   0315-5994 . Retrieved 25 March 2014.
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