Never Gonna Let You Go (Esthero song)
| "Never Gonna Let You Go" | ||||
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| Single by Esthero | ||||
| from the album Everything Is Expensive | ||||
| Released | June 5, 2012 | |||
| Format | Digital download | |||
| Recorded | 2010-2012 | |||
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| Length | 3:52 | |||
| Label | Sony/Esthero | |||
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"Never Gonna Let You Go" is a song by Canadian singer/songwriter Esthero. It was the lead single from her third studio album, "Everything Is Expensive," and remains her highest-charting song in Canada, where the song reached number 72.[1] The song was used in a Season 9 episode of "Grey's Anatomy."[2]
Background and composition
Following the commercial disappointment of Wikked Lil Grrrls, Esthero was dropped from Reprise Records. She took a hiatus as a solo artist, though collaborated with many artists during that time. Seven years after the release of Wikked Lil' Grrrls, she announced that she would be releasing a new album, funded through PledgeMusic.[3] She released a new song, "Never Gonna Let You Go," to promote the album.[4]
"Never Gonna Let You Go" features a piano, which plays throughout the song; percussion in the form of hand claps; and synthesizers. The lyrics explore possessive relationships and what lengths one would go to keep her lover.[5]
Music video
The song's music video premiered on YouTube on August 17, 2012. Esthero stated in a 2012 interview that it was the director, Sean Michael Turrell's, idea to use a child in the video, stating that she "had a different idea — this surreal, twisted world with characters, where at the end the reveal would be that it all came from the mind of this little girl. He took the ideas I had and made the video his own."[4]
Synopsis
The video follows a little girl who is in love with her male doll; when she walks in on the doll with a female, Barbie-like doll, however, she ties the female doll to a chair before sticking both dolls in the oven. Before they completely melt, she retrieves them from the oven, throws the female doll into a pool, and hugs the male doll tight.[6] The video makes extensive use of stop-motion animation.[6]
Use in media
"Never Gonna Let You Go" was used in a Season 9 episode of "Grey's Anatomy," titled "This Is Why We Fight."[2]
Chart performance
"Never Gonna Let You Go" debuted on the Canadian Hot 100 on the chart dated September 15, 2012. The song spent a total of 13 weeks on the chart, peaking at number 72, and becoming her first (and, to date, only) charting hit in Canada.[1]
Charts
| Chart (2003) | Peak position |
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| Canadian Hot 100[1] | 72 |
References
- 1 2 3 "Chart Search - Esthero". Billboard.biz. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
- 1 2 "Never Gonna Let You GoiTunes". TV Fanatic. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
- ↑ "Esthero: New Album on PledgeMusic". Pledgemusic.com. Retrieved 2015-06-13.
- 1 2 Skinner, Jesse. "Esthero Interview". Toro Magazine. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
- ↑ "Never Gonna Let You Go - Esthero". Google Play Music. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
- 1 2 "ESTHERO - Never Gonna Let You Go". YouTube. Retrieved 3 September 2016.