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| Released | February 4, 2014 | |||
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| Length | 3:57 | |||
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"You Won't Let Go" is the lead single, released on February 4, 2014, from Michael W. Smith's album, Sovereign . [1]
It was released to the iTunes Store on February 4, 2014 [2] and opened at No. 13 on the Billboard Hot Christian Songs chart. [3] [4]
Smith performed the song for the first time at the contemporary Christian music radio programming service K-LOVE in early January. [5]
| Chart (2014) | Peak position |
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| US Christian Songs ( Billboard ) [6] | 13 |
| US Christian Airplay ( Billboard ) [7] | 16 |
| US Christian AC ( Billboard ) [8] | 21 |
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