Don't Wanna Let You Go

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"Don't Wanna Let You Go"
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Single by Five
from the album Invincible
Released6 March 2000 (2000-03-06)[1]
Length
  • 3:24 (album version)
  • 3:17 (radio edit)
LabelRCA, BMG
Songwriter(s)Richard Stannard, Julian Gallagher, Sean Conlon, Abs Breen, Jason "J" Brown
Producer(s)Stannard, Gallagher, Stargate
Five singles chronology
"Keep On Movin'"
(1999) 		"Don't Wanna Let You Go"
(2000) 		"We Will Rock You"
(2000)
Music video
Don't Wanna Let You Go on YouTube

"Don't Wanna Let You Go" is a song by British boy band Five. Written by producers Richard Stannard and Julian Gallagher and band members Sean Conlon, Abs Breen, and Jason "J" Brown, the song was released on 6 March 2000 as the fourth single from their second studio album, Invincible (1999).

The song charted at number nine on the UK Singles Chart and also peaked at number five in New Zealand. The music video for the song was directed by Cameron Casey—who also directed the videos for "If Ya Gettin' Down" and "Keep On Movin'"—and produced by Andy Leahy and Richard Fenton.

Music video[]

The music video for the song was directed by Cameron Casey—who also directed the videos for "If Ya Gettin' Down" and "Keep On Movin'"—and produced by Andy Leahy and Richard Fenton. The video was acted similarly to the 1999 movie The Matrix.

The video begins with binary code on a computer screen. A computerised voice says "OK, I'm in. Five, you're mine." Three members of the band, Ritchie Neville, Sean Conlon and Abs Breen, are sitting in a room and looking at a laptop when Scott Robinson comes in and says "Lads? The freak is officially...back.", and dumps a big pile of fanmail on the table. An obsessive female fan appears to have been constantly sending Five emails and letters in the hope of meeting them, so they decide to go to the girl's address in their Range Rover. The pull up at a mansion and they look round. Jason "J" Brown touches a large graphic and gets sucked into the girl's computer. While the girl is on the sciencity, she watches the faces of each member of the band. The sparks come through, and she gasps when she tries to escape. Several minutes later, she runs down the stairs, enters a different office and discovers Sean's head inside a refrigerator and she screams in terror. When Five are dancing in the hallway, she runs back into the same office and answers the telephone and there's no one calling. The sparks and electricity crashes on the computer and she runs out while screaming. Five talk when she is trapped in the mansion, then Neville says, "Let's Get J Back". The members turn invisible and she closes her eyes and screams again. Following that, J reemerges, then goes on to rejoin the rest of the band. The members dance and the Five logo comes up. At the final scene, the lightning struck the mansion and she runs away while screaming and it fades to black, her intense scream can be heard at the end.

According to Brown, he had a severe mental breakdown during the production of the video after frequent insomnia.[2]

Chart performance[]

The song debuted at number nine on the UK Singles Chart on 18 March 2000.[3] It also peaked at number five in New Zealand.[4]

Track listings[]

UK CD1[5]

  1. "Don't Wanna Let You Go" (radio edit) – 3:38
  2. "Don't Wanna Let You Go" (Biffco extended mix) – 4:41
  3. "Interview Request Line"

UK CD2 and Australian CD single[6]

  1. "Don't Wanna Let You Go" (radio edit)
  2. "Battlestar"
  3. Enhanced CD

UK cassette single[7]

  1. "Don't Wanna Let You Go" (radio edit)
  2. "Battlestar"

Charts[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Reviews – For Records Released on March 6, 2000" (PDF). Music Week. 26 February 2000. p. 23. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Big Reunion' 5ive Former Frontman Jason 'J' Brown Reveals He Tried To Kill Himself". Huffington Post. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b "Charts.nz – Five – Don't Wanna Let You Go". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  5. ^ Don't Wanna Let You Go (UK CD1 liner notes). Five. RCA Records, BMG. 2000. 74321745302.CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  6. ^ Don't Wanna Let You Go (UK CD2 & Australian CD single liner notes). Five. RCA Records, BMG. 2000. 74321745292.CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  7. ^ Don't Wanna Let You Go (UK cassette single sleeve). Five. RCA Records, BMG. 2000. 74321 74529 4.CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  8. ^ "Australian-charts.com – Five – Don't Wanna Let You Go". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  9. ^ "Ultratop.be – Five – Don't Wanna Let You Go" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  10. ^ "Ultratop.be – Five – Don't Wanna Let You Go" (in French). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  11. ^ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 17 no. 13. 25 March 2000. p. 11. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  12. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Five – Don't Wanna Let You Go" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  13. ^ "Íslenski Listinn Topp 20 (27.3–4.5 2000)". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 28 April 2000. p. 14. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  14. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Don't Wanna Let You Go". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  15. ^ "Italiancharts.com – Five – Don't Wanna Let You Go". Top Digital Download. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  16. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 11, 2000" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40 Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  17. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Five – Don't Wanna Let You Go" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  18. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  19. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Five – Don't Wanna Let You Go". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  20. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Five – Don't Wanna Let You Go". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  21. ^ "ARIA Top 100 Singles for 2000". ARIA. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  22. ^ "Íslenski Listinn Topp 100". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 5 January 2001. p. 10. Retrieved 2 August 2021.

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