Never Gonna Let You Go (Sérgio Mendes song)

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"Never Gonna Let You Go"
Sergio Mendes Never Gonna Let You Go.jpg
Single by Sérgio Mendes
from the album Sérgio Mendes
B-side"Carnaval"
ReleasedApril 1983
GenrePop, blue-eyed soul
Length4:15
LabelA&M
Songwriter(s)Cynthia Weil, Barry Mann
Producer(s)Sérgio Mendes
Sérgio Mendes singles chronology
"Bridges"
(1978) 		"Never Gonna Let You Go"
(1983) 		"Voodoo"
(1983)

"Never Gonna Let You Go" is a popular song from 1983 produced by Brazilian musician and bandleader Sérgio Mendes and sung by Joe Pizzulo and Leeza Miller. Songwriters Cynthia Weil (lyrics) and Barry Mann (music) composed the song, which appears on Mendes' 1983 self-titled album.

Weil and Mann originally submitted "Never Gonna Let You Go" to American funk band Earth, Wind & Fire, but they decided not to record the song.[1] Dionne Warwick recorded the song on her 1982 album Friends in Love. Stevie Woods had also recorded the song for his 1982 album The Woman in My Life.

Mendes, preparing for the release of his 1983 album, was quoted as saying, "All the other songs on the album were up and festive. I needed a ballad on the album, just to change the pace a bit."[1] Mendes' version was a hit, matching the No. 4 peak of his previous best showing on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, "The Look of Love", in 1968.[2] It spent four weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart and peaked at No. 28 on the Billboard R&B chart.[1] On the Radio & Records airplay chart the song debuted #26 on the May 13, 1983 issue; after six weeks it reached and peaked at #7 for one week; the single stayed on the top 10 for three weeks and remained on the chart for twelve weeks.[3] The song was successful, especially in Brazil, being played on Rede Globo's soap opera Final Feliz.

Record producer Rick Beato deconstructed the song in a June 2021 video on his YouTube channel, summing up his 20 minute analysis by declaring it "the most complicated hit song of all time.  The most complex chord progressions. Yet, when you listen to it, you're just like ... yeah, ok, yeah ... it just goes by you, you don't even realize that it's changing keys, like, every other beat."[4]

Chart performance[]

See also[]

  • List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1983 (U.S.)

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c Hyatt, Wesley (1999). The Billboard Book of No. 1 Adult Contemporary Hits (Billboard Publications)
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1996). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 6th Edition (Billboard Publications)
  3. ^ "Never gonna let you go". wweb.uta.edu. Retrieved 2017-06-25.
  4. ^ Beato, Rick. "The Most COMPLEX Pop Song of All Time". YouTube. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  5. ^ "australian-charts.com - Forum - Top 100 End of Year AMR Charts - 1980s (ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts)". australian-charts.com.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b "charts.org.nz - Sergio Mendes - Never Gonna Let You Go". charts.nz.
  7. ^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 4309." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved June 25, 2017.
  8. ^ "Top RPM Adult Contemporary: Issue 6282." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved June 25, 2017.
  9. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Never Gonna Let You Go". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved July 12, 2018.
  10. ^ "South African Rock Lists Website SA Charts 1969 – 1989 Acts (M)". Rock.co.za. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
  11. ^ "Sergio Mendes: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 25, 2017.
  12. ^ "Sergio Mendes Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved June 25, 2017.
  13. ^ "Sergio Mendes".
  14. ^ "Sergio Mendes Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved June 25, 2017.
  15. ^ "Sergio Mendes Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved June 25, 2017.
  16. ^ "Cash Box Top 100 8/06/83". tropicalglen.com.
  17. ^ http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.6699&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=mhe12pta2k83e08udtq66ot062
  18. ^ "Top 100 Hits of 1983/Top 100 Songs of 1983". www.musicoutfitters.com.
  19. ^ "Top 50 Adult Contemporary Hits of 1983 - 45cat". www.45cat.com.

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