| Don't Let It Die | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Hurricane Smith |
| Released: | 1971 |
| Genre: | Pop Rock |
| Length: | 2:29[1] |
| Producer: | Hurricane Smith |
| Next Title: | Oh Babe, What Would You Say |
| Next Year: | 1972 |
Don't Let It Die is a song written, produced, and sung by Hurricane Smith. It was originally recorded by Smith as a demo in the hopes that John Lennon would record the song. Following advice from Mickie Most, Smith decided to release it himself. It made #2 on the UK Singles Chart,[2] with Middle Of The Road's Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep keeping it from the top spot.[3]
Smith received the 1971 Ivor Novello award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically.[4] The lyrics have an ecological theme, stressing the beauty and fragility of nature, and the human responsibility to look after it, not to "let it die".