Let Me Go (Maverick Sabre song)

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"Let Me Go"

Single by Maverick Sabre

from the album Lonely Are the Brave

Released

22 July 2011

Recorded

2011

Genre

R&B, hip hop, soul

Length

3:31

Label

Mercury

Songwriter(s)

Isaac Hayes, Matt Prime, Michael Stafford

Producer(s)

Matt Prime

Maverick Sabre singles chronology

"In the Air"
(2011)

"Let Me Go"
(2011)

"I Need"
(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]

Background

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]

Music video

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]

Chart performance

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.

Track listing

Digital download^[4]
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Let Me Go"	3:31
2.	"Let Me Go" (Shy FX & Benny Page Digital Soundboy Remix)	4:58
3.	"Let Me Go" (True Tiger Remix)	4:12
4.	"Let Me Go" (Roksonix Remix)	4:36
5.	"Let Me Go" (Mike Delinquent Remix)	5:27

Charts

Chart (2011)	Peak position
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders)^[5]	34
Ireland (IRMA)^[6]	38
Scotland (OCC)^[7]	27
UK Singles (OCC)^[8]	16

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label
United Kingdom	22 July 2011	Digital download^[4]	Mercury Records

Other versions

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".^[9] The song then appeared on the sixth compilation of the Live Lounge.^[10]

References

^ "Search on for Irish Song of the Year". RTÉ Ten. Raidió Teilifís Éireann. 2 February 2012. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
^ "Maverick Sabre's 'Let Me Go' sample of Simon Haseley's 'Hammerhead'". Whosampled.com.
^ Maverick Sabre – "Let Me Go", YouTube.
^ ^a ^b "Let Me Go – EP by Maverick Sabre". Itunes.apple.com.
^ "Maverick Sabre – Let Me Go" (in Dutch). Ultratip.
^ "Chart Track: Week 31, 2011". Irish Singles Chart.
^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
^ "Katy B's Live Lounge sessions". BBC. 2011-08-20.
^ "BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge – Volume 6 – Tracklist". Amazon. 2011-10-31.

v t e Maverick Sabre
Discography
Studio albums	Lonely Are the Brave Innerstanding When I Wake Up Don't Forget to Look Up
Singles	"Let Me Go" "I Need" "No One" "I Used to Have It All" "These Days"
Featured singles	"Jungle" "In the Air" "Turn Back"
Promotional singles	"I Can Never Be"

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