| Let Me Go | |
| Cover: | LetMeGo.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Maverick Sabre |
| Album: | Lonely Are the Brave |
| Released: | 22 July 2011 |
| Recorded: | 2011 |
| Genre: | R&B, hip hop, soul |
| Length: | 3:31 |
| Label: | Mercury |
| Producer: | Matt Prime |
| Chronology: | Maverick Sabre |
| Prev Title: | In the Air |
| Prev Year: | 2011 |
| Next Title: | I Need |
| Next Year: | 2011 |
"Let Me Go" is the debut single by English-Irish singer Maverick Sabre, from his debut studio album Lonely Are the Brave. It was released on 22 July 2011 as a digital download in the United Kingdom. The song was shortlisted for the Meteor Choice Music Prize for Irish Song of the Year 2011.[1]
The single was released on 24 July 2011 as a digital download in the United Kingdom. The song was first played on BBC Radio 1Xtra on 30 May 2011 at 7pm. It contains a sample of Isaac Hayes's song Ike's Rap II, and contains a female vocal refrain reminiscent of the chorus of "Glory Box" by Portishead, which samples the same song. The song also contains a sample of the song "Hammerhead" by Simon Haseley, released in 1972 through De Wolfe Music, which had been previously sampled by Beyoncé in "A Woman Like Me".[2]
A music video to accompany the release of "Let Me Go" was first released onto YouTube on 10 June 2011 and was set in Las Vegas; at a total length of three minutes and thirty-seven seconds.[3]
On the week ending 6 August 2011 "Let Me Go" debuted at number sixteen on the UK Singles Chart – marking Sabre's second top forty single after "Jungle" reached number thirty-one in January, earlier that year. The song spent three consecutive weeks within the top forty, falling to number forty-three for the week ending 27 August. Following the release of Lonely Are the Brave, "Let Me Go" re-entered the chart on 19 February 2012 at number thirty-nine – marking its fourth non-consecutive week within the top forty.
British singer/songwriter Katy B covered "Let Me Go" as part of a set for BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge on 20 August 2011, alongside own tracks "Broken Record" and "Witches' Brew".[4] The song then appeared on the sixth compilation of the Live Lounge.[5]