"Let Go" is a song written by Dickie Brown and recorded by American

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. It was released in June 1993 as the first single and title track from their debut album '' Let Go''. The song reached number 6 on the ''

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chart in October 1993.

Content

Dickie Brown, a friend of the Phelps brothers, wrote the song around 1989. He said that he was inspired to write it after thinking about "close friends" who were "hurting". The song is in the key of

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with a chord pattern of G-C-D.

Music video

The music video was directed by Steven T. Miller and R. Brad Murano and premiered in mid-1993.

Chart performance

"Let's Go" debuted at number 68 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of July 3, 1993.

Year-end charts

References

1993 debut singles 1993 songs Brother Phelps songs Asylum Records singles {{1993-country-song-stub