Let It Go (Tim McGraw song)

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Name = Let It Go


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Artist = Tim McGraw
Album = Let It Go
Released = July 21, 2008
Format = CD Single
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Genre = Country
Length = 3:45
Label = Curb
Writer = Aimee Mayo
William C. Luther
Tom Douglas
Producer = Byron Gallimore
Darran Smith
Tim McGraw
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Last single = "Kristofferson"
(2008)
This single = "Let It Go"
(2008)
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"Let It Go" is the title of a song written by Aimee Mayo, William C. Luther, and Tom Douglas. It was recorded by American country music singer Tim McGraw on his 2007 album "Let It Go". Released in mid-2008 as that album's sixth single, it is his forty-second Top 40 hit on the "Billboard" country charts.

Content

The song is a mid-tempo which describes a man's observation on his life and the "demons" that have been causing him personal discomfort. Ultimately, he convinces himself to "let it go" and improve his outlook on life.

Reception

The song received a "thumbs down" review from the country music site The 9513. Reviewer Brady Vercher said, "The song avoids becoming a motivational sermon by having the narrator focus inward, upon himself, but all we learn is that he's trying to put the skeletons in his closet behind him and move on. Ultimately, without any sort of supporting story, the lyric is…generic enough to be applicable to nearly any situation…McGraw mostly seems interested in trying to create a sing-along with an interesting melody and while the sound is aurally pleasing, the uninspired vocal fails to make up for the lack of substance in the lyric."cite web |url=http://www.the9513.com/tim-mcgraw-let-it-go |title=Tim McGraw - "Let It Go" |last=Vercher |first=Brady |accessdate=2008-08-12 |date=2008-07-25 |work=The 9513] Allmusic critic Thom Jurek, however, described the song favorably in his review of the album, saying " [T] he real shock is the psychedelic country-rock of the title cut… There are multi-layered pedal steels, baroquely jangled electric guitars, and McGraw's singular vocals riding above the wall of multivalent yet melodic noise to offer a message of threadbare hope in the face of adversity. In the grain of his voice, you can hear the determination to talk and walk from the place of redemption rather than the terrain of suffering. He's singing to convince himself as much as he is the listener." [cite web |url=http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:j9fixzlgldhe |title="Let It Go" review |accessdate=2008-09-16 |last=Jurek |first=Thom |work=Allmusic]

Chart positions

Before the release of "Let It Go", McGraw had reportedly announced in concert that he was planning to release a new album late in 2008. However, Curb Records decided to delay the album's release, and instead released "Let It Go" as the sixth single from "Let It Go". The song debuted at #59 on the Hot Country Songs charts dated for August 2, 2008.

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