Let You Go

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"Let You Go"
Single by Chase & Status featuring Mali
from the album No More Idols
Released 15 August 2010
Format CD Single, Digital Download
Recorded 2010
Genre Dubstep, Electronic rock
Length 3:55
Label Vertigo, Ram
Writer(s) William Kennard, Saul Milton, Ben Drew[1]
Producer Chase & Status
Chase & Status singles chronology
"End Credits"
(2009)		 "Let You Go"
(2010)		 "Blind Faith"
(2011)
Mali singles chronology
"Let You Go"
(2010)

"Let You Go" is the second single by drum and bass duo Chase & Status from their second studio album No More Idols. The song features the singer Mali and was released as a digital download on 15 August 2010 with the CD single released the following day. The single debuted on the UK Singles Chart at No. 11, marking the duo's second most successful single to date. In July 2010, "Let You Go" was added to BBC Radio 1's A playlist.

Contents

Music video

The music video for "Let You Go" was directed by thirtytwo (Will Lovelace and Dylan Southern) and was released on July 29, 2010. The music video features a TV talk show host, much like Jeremy Kyle, called Patrick Chase, played by British stage actor Glenn Carter. He is praised by the audience, particularly for his scathing insults about the guests on his show and his catchphrase "If you can't be good, be honest". The video then switches to Patrick Chase on a night out and we see his reckless, hypocritical behaviour: he has sex with a woman who is not his wife while her young children are in the next room; gets drunk and buys drugs; snorts several lines of cocaine; picks up a prostitute and has sex with her while watching his TV show. We then see a fast montage of his double life: the adoration of his fans and his hedonistic other persona, including a minor car crash while driving under the influence. The video ends with Patrick sitting in a make up chair, looking at a photo of his wife and children, before beginning a new show with his cheering fans surrounding him. Plan B makes a cameo appearance in the video as the drug dealer.

Chart performance

"Let You Go" debuted on the UK Singles Chart on 22 August 2010 at number 11, also debuting on the UK Dance Chart at number 3; marking the duo's second most successful single to date after "End Credits" which featured Plan B peaked at number 9 in 2009. In its second week on the chart, the single fell 3 places to number 14. On 5 September 2010, the single fell a further 8 places to number 22 and then a further 9 to number 31 the following week, marking its fourth week in the Top 40.

Chart (2010) Peak
Position
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)[2] 11
UK Dance (The Official Charts Company)[3] 3

Release history

Region Date Format Label
United Kingdom 15 August 2010 Digital download Mercury Records
16 August 2010 CD single

References

  1. ^ (2010) Release notes for "Let You Go" by Chase & Status featuring Mali (Vinyl back cover). Ram Records (RAMM 85).
  2. ^ "Archive Chart" UK Singles Chart. The Official Charts Company.
  3. ^ "Archive Chart" UK Dance Chart. The Official Charts Company.
Chase & Status
Studio albums
More Than Alot (2008)  • No More Idols (2011)
Singles
"Pieces"  • "Against All Odds"  • "End Credits"  • "Let You Go"  • "Blind Faith"  • "Time"  • "Hitz"  • "Flashing Lights"
Collaborators
Clare Maguire  • Cee Lo Green  • Delilah  • Dizzee Rascal  • Kano  • Liam Bailey  • Mali  • McLean  • MC Rage  • Maverick Sabre  • Plan B  • Sub Focus  • Takura  • Tempa T  • Tinie Tempah  • White Lies  • Yolanda Quartley
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