Never Gonna Let You Go (Sérgio Mendes song)

"Never Gonna Let You Go"
Single by Sérgio Mendes
from the album Sérgio Mendes
B-side	Carnaval
Released	1983
Format	7" (45 rpm)
Genre	Pop, blue-eyed soul
Length	4:15
Label	A&M
Writer(s)	Cynthia Weil, Barry Mann
Producer	Sérgio Mendes
Sérgio Mendes singles chronology
"Never Gonna Let You Go" (1983) "Voodoo" (1983)

"Never Gonna Let You Go" is a popular song from 1983 credited to Brazilian musician and bandleader Sérgio Mendes and sung by Joe Pizzulo and Leza Miller. Songwriters Cynthia Weil (words) 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 R&B band Earth, Wind & Fire, but they decided not to record the song.^[1] Dionne Warwick had previously recorded the song, which appears on her 1982 album Friends in Love.

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 #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 #1 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart and peaked at #28 on the Billboard R&B chart.^[1]

See also

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

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Hyatt, Wesley (1999). The Billboard Book of #1 Adult Contemporary Hits (Billboard Publications)
2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1996). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 6th Edition (Billboard Publications)

External links

• Single release info at discogs.com