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Don't Let Go (Wang Chung song)

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"Don't Let Go"
Single by Wang Chung
from the album Points on the Curve
B-side"There Is a Nation"
ReleasedFebruary 1984 (US)
April 1984 (UK)
Recorded1983
StudioAbbey Road Studios (London)
Genre
Length3:24 (single version)
4:21 (album version)
LabelGeffen
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Wang Chung singles chronology
"Dance Hall Days"
(1984)
"Don't Let Go"
(1984)
"Don't Be My Enemy"
(1984)
Music video
"Don't Let Go" on YouTube

"Don't Let Go" is a single by English new wave band Wang Chung. It was released as the first single from their 1984 album Points on the Curve in Canada and the US in February 1984, peaking at number 26 and number 38 on those countries' respective pop singles charts. In the UK, "Don't Let Go" was the third single from the album, released in April 1984, and peaked at number 81. The song also reached number 49 on the U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks and number one the Dance Club Songs chart.

It was also a song featured in the action-adventure game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories (2006).

Track listing

7" Geffen / 7-29377 (US)
  1. "Don't Let Go" (Single Version) – 3:24
  2. "There Is a Nation" – 3:37
12" Geffen / A 4272 (UK)
  1. "Don't Let Go" (Special Version) – 7:11
  2. "Ornamental Elephant" – 3:57

Charts

Chart (1984) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[1] 94
UK Singles (OCC)[2] 81
US Billboard Hot 100[3] 38
US Radio & Records CHR/Pop Airplay Chart[4] 35
US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[5] 1
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[6] 49

References

  1. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 332. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  2. ^ "Wang Chung: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 15, 2017.
  3. ^ "Wang Chung Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved April 15, 2017.
  4. ^ "wangchung". wweb.uta.edu. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
  5. ^ "Wang Chung Chart History (Dance Club Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved April 15, 2017.
  6. ^ "Wang Chung Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved November 3, 2018.