Let Forever Be

"Let Forever Be"
Single by The Chemical Brothers featuring Noel Gallagher
from the album Surrender
Released	2 August 1999 (1999-08-02)
Format	CD, 12" vinyl, cassette
Recorded	1999
Genre	Big beat
Length	3:56
Label	Freestyle Dust, Virgin, Astralwerks
Producer	The Chemical Brothers
The Chemical Brothers chronology "Hey Boy Hey Girl" (1999) "Let Forever Be" (1999) "Out of Control" (1999)

"Let Forever Be" is a song by English big beat band The Chemical Brothers, released as the second single from their third album Surrender. It contains the vocals of Noel Gallagher of Oasis, who also co-wrote the song.

The song's drum loop and crashing cymbal effects bear similarity to those of The Beatles' song "Tomorrow Never Knows".

Both the track's B-sides sample tracks from Surrender: "The Diamond Sky" samples the track "Surrender", and "Studio K" samples "The Sunshine Underground".

"Let Forever Be" was The Chemical Brothers' fourth top ten single in the UK, peaking at number 9 in the UK Singles Chart.^{[citation needed]} The song was also one of their biggest hits in the United States, peaking at number 29 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart.

Track listing

1. "Let Forever Be" – 3:56
2. "The Diamond Sky" – 3:37
3. "Studio K" – 5:48

Music video

The video for the track was directed by Michel Gondry, and utilized ground-breaking video and film effects in its depiction of a young woman's nightmares. The video, which drew much visual inspiration from Ray Davies' 1975 Granada TV production Starmaker, received much media attention and became one of the most well-known videos from the band.

Release history

Region	Release date	Label	Format	Catalogue
Japan	01999-07-23 23 July 1999	Virgin Japan	CD	VJCP-12127
UK	01999-08-02 2 August 1999	Freestyle Dust	CD	CHEMSD9
			12" vinyl	CHEMST9
			[Cassette	CHEMSC9
USA	01999-08-03 3 August 1999	Astralwerks	CD	ASW95999-2