| Let Forever Be | |
| Cover: | CB Let forever be.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | the Chemical Brothers |
| Album: | Surrender |
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| Studio: | Orinoco (South London, England) |
| Genre: | Psychedelic rock, alternative rock[1] |
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| Producer: | The Chemical Brothers |
| Chronology: | The Chemical Brothers |
| Prev Title: | Hey Boy Hey Girl |
| Prev Year: | 1999 |
| Next Title: | Out of Control |
| Next Year: | 1999 |
"Let Forever Be" is a song by English electronic music duo the Chemical Brothers, released as the second single from their third studio album, Surrender (1999), on 23 July 1999 in Japan and on 2 August in the United Kingdom. It contains uncredited vocals from Noel Gallagher of Britpop band Oasis, who also co-wrote the song and previously worked with the Chemical Brothers on "Setting Sun".
"Let Forever Be" was the Chemical Brothers' fourth top-10 single in the United Kingdom, peaking at number nine on the UK Singles Chart. It was also successful in Hungary, where it debuted and peaked at number two, and it reached the top 40 in Ireland and New Zealand. In the United States, the single reached the top 30 on two Billboard charts: the Maxi-Singles Sales chart and the Modern Rock Tracks chart.
The video for the track was directed by Michel Gondry, and utilized ground-breaking video and film effects in its depiction of a young woman's nightmares (the girl is played by actress and dancer Stephanie Landwehr[2]). The video, which drew visual inspiration from Ray Davies' 1975 Granada TV production Starmaker, received much media attention and became one of the most well-known videos from the band. The video also makes specific visual and thematic references to the dance sequence "I Only Have Eyes For You" (music by Harry Warren; lyrics by Al Dubin), choreographed by Busby Berkeley for the Warner Bros. musical Dames (1934) directed by Ray Enright. Pitchfork Media named the video the "quintessential Michel Gondry video" and ranked it at number seven in their list of the "Top 50 Music Videos of the 1990s".[3]
Standard CD, 12-inch, and cassette single[4] [5] [6]
European CD single[7]
Credits are lifted from the Surrender album booklet.[8]
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| Chart (1999) | Peak position |
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| Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[9] | 37 |
| Hungary (Mahasz)[10] | 2 |
| Region | Date | Format(s) | Label(s) | ||
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| Japan | 23 July 1999 | CD | [11] | ||
| United Kingdom | 2 August 1999 | [12] | |||
| United States | 3 August 1999 | CD | Astralwerks | [13] |