Never Gonna Let You Go ( Sergio Mendes song ) - wikipedia Never Gonna Let You Go ( Sergio Mendes song ) See also : Never Gonna Let You Go ( Esthero song ) `` Never Gonna Let You Go '' Single by Sérgio Mendes from the album Sérgio Mendes B - side `` Carnaval '' Released April 1983 Format 7 '' ( 45 rpm ) Genre Pop, blue - eyed soul Length 4 : 15 Label A&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 ) `` Bridges '' ( 1978 ) `` 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 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. 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. '' 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. It spent four weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart and peaked at No. 28 on the Billboard R&B chart. 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. Contents 1 Chart performance 1.1 Weekly charts 1.2 Year - end charts 2 See also 3 References 4 External links Chart performance Weekly charts Chart ( 1983 ) Peak position Australia ( Kent Music Report ) 17 Belgium 35 Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) Canada Adult Contemporary ( RPM ) Ireland ( IRMA ) 14 Netherlands 26 UK Singles ( Official Charts Company ) 45 US Billboard Hot 100 US Radio & Records CHR / Pop Airplay Chart 7 US Adult Contemporary ( Billboard ) US Hot R&B / Hip - Hop Songs ( Billboard ) 28 Year - end charts Chart ( 1983 ) Rank Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) 52 US Billboard Hot 100 16 See also List of number - one adult contemporary singles of 1983 ( U.S. ) References ^ Jump up to : Hyatt, Wesley ( 1999 ). The Billboard Book of No. 1 Adult Contemporary Hits ( Billboard Publications ) Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 1996 ). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 6th Edition ( Billboard Publications ) Jump up ^ `` Never gon na let you go ''. wweb.uta.edu. Retrieved 2017 - 06 - 25. Jump up ^ http://australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=40275 Jump up ^ https://charts.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Sergio+Mendes&titel=Never+Gonna+Let+You+Go&cat=s Jump up ^ `` Top RPM Singles : Issue 4309. '' RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved June 25, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Top RPM Adult Contemporary : Issue 6282. '' RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved June 25, 2017. Jump up ^ `` The Irish Charts -- Search Results -- Never Gonna Let You Go ''. Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved July 12, 2018. Jump up ^ https://charts.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Sergio+Mendes&titel=Never+Gonna+Let+You+Go&cat=s Jump up ^ `` Sergio Mendes : Artist Chart History ''. Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 25, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Sergio Mendes Chart History ( Hot 100 ) ''. Billboard. Retrieved June 25, 2017. Jump up ^ http://wweb.uta.edu/faculty/gghunt/charts/sergio_mendes.htm Jump up ^ `` Sergio Mendes Chart History ( Adult Contemporary ) ''. Billboard. Retrieved June 25, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Sergio Mendes Chart History ( Hot R&B / Hip - Hop Songs ) ''. Billboard. Retrieved June 25, 2017. Jump up ^ http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.6699&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=mhe12pta2k83e08udtq66ot062 Jump up ^ http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1983.htm External links Single release info at discogs.com Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Listen to `` Never Gonna Let You Go '' on YouTube ( Dionne Warwick ) Listen to `` Never Gonna Let You Go '' on YouTube ( Sergio Mendes ) hide Sérgio Mendes Band Dance Moderno Você Ainda não Ouviu Nada Quiet Nights Bossa Nova York Brasil ' 65 In Person at El Matador Solo The Swinger from Rio The Great Arrival Sérgio Mendes ' Favorite Things Sérgio Mendes ( 1975 ) Pelé Brasil ' 88 Magic Lady Horizonte Aberto Alegria Sérgio Mendes ( 1983 ) Confetti Brasil ' 86 Arara Brasileiro Oceano Timeless Encanto Bom Tempo Magic Brasil ' 66 Herb Alpert Presents Sergio Mendes & Brasil ' 66 Equinox Look Around Fool on the Hill Crystal Illusions Ye - Me - Lê Live at the Expo Stillness Brasil ' 77 País Tropical Primal Roots In Concert Love Music Vintage 74 Homecooking Sergio Mendes & and the New Brasil ' 77 Singles Mas Que Nada Constant Rain ( Chove Chuva ) For Me Night and Day The Look of Love The Fool on the Hill Scarborough Fair Pretty World ( Sittin ' On ) The Dock of the Bay Wichita Lineman Never Gonna Let You Go Rainbow 's End Olympia Alibis Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Never_Gonna_Let_You_Go_ ( Sérgio_Mendes_song ) &oldid = 850136950 '' Categories : 1983 singles 1983 songs Sérgio Mendes songs Dionne Warwick songs Billboard Adult Contemporary number - one singles Vocal duets Songs written by Barry Mann Songs with lyrics by Cynthia Weil 1982 songs A&M Records singles Pop ballads Hidden categories : Articles with hAudio microformats Singlechart usages for Canadatopsingles Singlechart called without artist Singlechart called without song Singlechart usages for Canadaadultcontemporary Singlechart usages for Ireland2 Singlechart usages for UKsinglesbyname Singlechart usages for Billboardhot100 Singlechart usages for Billboardadultcontemporary Singlechart usages for Billboardrandbhiphop Talk Contents About Wikipedia Português Edit links This page was last edited on 13 July 2018, at 21 : 14 ( UTC ). 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Question: who sings i'm never gonna let you go
Answer: Joe Pizzulo