I Ca n't Let Go - Wikipedia I Ca n't Let Go For the 2013 song, see I Ca n't Let Go ( Smash song ). `` I Ca n't Let Go '' Single by The Hollies B - side UK : `` Running Through the Night '' ( Ransford ) US : `` I 've Got A Way Of My Own '' Released 18 February 1966 Format 7 '' single Recorded 13 January 1966 Abbey Road Studios Genre Pop, beat Length 2 : 26 Label UK : Parlophone R5409 US : Imperial 66158 Songwriter ( s ) Chip Taylor, Al Gorgoni Producer ( s ) Ron Richards The Hollies singles chronology `` If I Needed Someone '' ( 1965 ) `` I Ca n't Let Go '' ( 1966 ) `` Bus Stop '' ( 1966 ) `` If I Needed Someone '' ( 1965 ) `` I Ca n't Let Go '' ( 1966 ) `` Bus Stop '' ( 1966 ) `` I Ca n't Let Go '' is a song co-written by Al Gorgoni and Chip Taylor, who also wrote `` Wild Thing ''. `` I Ca n't Let Go '' was originally recorded by blue - eyed soul singer Evie Sands ' on George Goldner 's Blue Cat label, which was popular in New York City in 1965. The song became popular in 1966 for the group The Hollies, who charted at number two in the UK Singles Chart with their version. Linda Ronstadt covered the song in 1980 and had a number 31 hit on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. Contents 1 The Hollies version 1.1 Background 1.2 Chart performance 2 Linda Ronstadt version 2.1 Background 2.2 Chart performance 3 Other versions 4 References 5 External links The Hollies version Background `` I Ca n't Let Go '' is The Hollies ' first 1966 single, and their last with original bassist Eric Haydock. It peaked at number two in the UK and number 42 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US. It is ranked as the 37th biggest British hit of 1966. The Hollies ' version was praised by Paul McCartney, who thought Graham Nash 's soaring tenor in the chorus was a trumpet. After `` I Ca n't Let Go '' was recorded Haydock was replaced by Bernie Calvert, who played on the band 's next single ( `` Bus Stop '' ). Chart performance Chart ( 1966 ) Peak position Germany ( Official German Charts ) 30 Netherlands ( Single Top 100 ) 20 Ireland ( IRMA ) 6 New Zealand ( Listener ) 9 Norway ( VG - lista ) Sweden 10 United Kingdom ( Record Retailer ) United Kingdom ( NME ) United States ( Billboard Hot 100 ) 44 Canada ( RPM ) 44 Linda Ronstadt version `` I Ca n't Let Go '' Single by Linda Ronstadt from the album Mad Love B - side `` Look Out For My Love '' Released June 10, 1980 Format 7 '' Genre Rock, new wave Length 2 : 41 Label Asylum Songwriter ( s ) Chip Taylor ; Al Gorgoni Producer ( s ) Peter Asher Linda Ronstadt singles chronology `` Hurt So Bad '' ( 1980 ) `` I Ca n't Let Go '' ( 1980 ) `` Get Closer '' ( 1982 ) `` Hurt So Bad '' ( 1980 ) `` I Ca n't Let Go '' ( 1980 ) `` Get Closer '' ( 1982 ) Background Linda Ronstadt released the most successful American version in 1980 from her platinum - certified album, Mad Love. Released as the disc 's third single, it was produced by Peter Asher and was issued on Asylum Records. Ronstadt 's cover of `` I Ca n't Let Go '' reached number 27 on the Cash Box Top 100 and number 31 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the summer of 1980. Chart performance Chart ( 1980 ) Peak position U.S. Billboard Hot 100 31 U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks 48 U.S. Cashbox Top 100 27 Canada RPM 30 Other versions The Dickies included this song ( under the name `` Ca n't Let Go '' ) on their 1998 all - covers album, Dogs from the Hare That Bit Us. Les Fradkin covered the song on his 2006 album, Goin ' Back. References Jump up ^ Muscarella, Tom ( 11 November 2017 ). `` Song of the Week -- I Ca n't Let Go, Evie Sands ; The Hollies ; Linda Ronstadt ''. Rock ' n ' Roll Remnants. Retrieved 3 December 2017. Jump up ^ `` Top 100 1966 - UK Music Charts ''. Uk-charts.top-source.info. Retrieved 2016 - 09 - 29. Jump up ^ The 30th Anniversary Collection ( CD ). The Hollies. EMI Records. 1993. D 202205. Jump up ^ `` Musicline.de -- Hollies, The Single - Chartverfolgung '' ( in German ). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH. Jump up ^ `` Dutchcharts.nl -- The Hollies -- I Ca n't Let Go '' ( in Dutch ). Single Top 100. Jump up ^ `` The Irish Charts -- Search Results -- I Ca n't Let Go ''. Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved July 11, 2017. Jump up ^ Flavour of New Zealand, 20 May 1966 Jump up ^ `` Norwegiancharts.com -- The Hollies -- I Ca n't Let Go ''. VG - lista. Jump up ^ `` Artist Chart History Details : Hollies ''. The Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 17 February 2011. Retrieved 8 August 2010. Jump up ^ Rees, Dafydd ; Lazell, Barry ; Osborne, Roger ( 1995 ). Forty Years of `` NME '' Charts ( 2nd ed. ). Pan Macmillan. p. 165. ISBN 0 - 7522 - 0829 - 2. Jump up ^ `` allmusic ( ( ( The Hollies > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles ) ) ) ''. Allmusic. Retrieved 4 August 2010. Jump up ^ `` Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada ''. Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016 - 09 - 29. Jump up ^ `` Lyrics : She Did It by Eric Carmen ''. Top40db.net. 1977 - 08 - 27. Retrieved 2016 - 09 - 29. External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics The Hollies Graham Nash Allan Clarke Eric Haydock Bernie Calvert Terry Sylvester Bobby Elliott Tony Hicks Mikael Rickfors Peter Howarth Carl Wayne Ian Parker hide The Hollies album discography Studio albums Stay with The Hollies In The Hollies Style Hollies Would You Believe ? For Certain Because Evolution Butterfly Hollies Sing Dylan Hollies Sing Hollies Confessions of the Mind Distant Light Romany Hollies Another Night Write On Russian Roulette A Crazy Steal Five Three One - Double Seven O Four Buddy Holly What Goes Around Staying Power Then Now Always US albums Here I Go Again Hear ! Here ! Beat Group ! Bus Stop Stop ! Stop ! Stop ! Evolution Dear Eloise / King Midas In Reverse Words and Music By Bob Dylan He Ai n't Heavy, He 's My Brother Moving Finger Clarke, Hicks, Sylvester, Calvert, Elliott Extended plays The Hollies Just One Look Here I Go Again We 're Through In the Hollies Style I 'm Alive I Ca n't Let Go Live albums Hollies Live Compilations The Hollies ' Greatest Hits ( US ) Hollies ' Greatest ( UK ) Hollies ' Greatest Hits ( GER ) Hollies ' Greatest Volume 2 ( UK ) The Hollies ' Greatest Hits ( US ) The Very Best of the Hollies ( US ) The History of the Hollies ( UK ) 20 Golden Greats ( UK ) The Best of the Hollies E.P. 's ( UK ) The Other Side of the Hollies ( UK ) Hollies ' Greatest ( US version ) ( US ) All the Hits and More -- The Definitive Collection ( UK ) Rarities ( UK ) The Air That I Breathe -- The Very Best of the Hollies ( UK ) 30th Anniversary Collection 1963 - 1993 The Hollies at Abbey Road 1963 to 1966 The Hollies at Abbey Road 1966 to 1970 The Hollies at Abbey Road 1973 to 1989 Greatest Hits ( UK ) A 's B 's & EP 's On a Carousel 1963 - 1974 : The Ultimate Hollies Midas Touch : The Very Best of The Hollies Box Sets The Long Road Home - The 40th Anniversary Collection At Abbey Road 1963 - 1989 Clarke, Hicks & Nash Years : The Complete Hollies April 1963 -- October 1968 The Hollies singles discography UK and US ( All Labels ) 1963 `` Stay '' / `` Now 's the Time '' 1964 `` Just One Look '' / `` Keep Off That Friend of Mine '' `` Here I Go Again '' / `` Baby That 's All '' ( UK ) - `` Lucille '' ( US ) `` We 're Through '' / `` Come On Back '' 1965 `` Yes I Will '' / `` Nobody '' `` I 'm Alive '' / `` You Know He Did '' `` Look Through Any Window '' / `` So Lonely '' 1966 `` I Ca n't Let Go '' / `` Running Through the Night ( UK ) - `` I 've Got a Way of my Own '' ( US ) `` Bus Stop '' / `` Do n't Run and Hide '' `` After the Fox ( with Peter Sellers ) '' / `` The Fox Trot ( Gold, Gold, Who 's Got the Gold ) '' ( Burt Bacharach ) `` Stop Stop Stop '' / `` It 's You '' 1967 `` On a Carousel '' / `` All the World Is Love '' `` Carrie Anne '' / `` Signs That Will Never Change '' `` King Midas in Reverse '' / `` Everything Is Sunshine '' ( UK ) - `` Water on the Brain '' ( US ) 1968 `` Jennifer Eccles '' / `` Open Up Your Eyes '' ( UK ) - `` Try It '' ( US ) `` Listen to Me '' / `` Do the Best You Can '' ( UK ) - `` Everything is Sunshine '' ( US ) 1969 `` Sorry Suzanne '' / `` Not That Way At All '' `` He Ai n't Heavy, He 's My Brother '' / `` Cos You Like to Love Me '' 1970 `` I Ca n't Tell the Bottom from the Top '' / `` Mad Professor Blyth '' `` Gasoline Alley Bred '' / `` Dandelion Wine '' 1971 `` Hey Willy '' / `` Row the Boat Together '' 1972 `` The Baby '' / `` Oh Granny '' `` Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress '' / `` Cable Car '' ( UK ) - `` Look What We 've Got '' ( US ) `` Magic Woman Touch '' / `` Indian Girl '' ( UK ) - `` Blue in the Morning '' ( US ) 1973 `` The Day That Curly Billy Shot Down Crazy Sam McGee '' / `` Born a Man '' `` The Air That I Breathe '' / `` No More Riders '' `` I 'm Down '' / `` Hello Lady Goodbye '' ( UK ) - `` Look Out Johnny ( There 's a Monkey on Your Back ) '' ( US - 1975 ) `` Sandy ( 4th July, Asbury Park ) '' / `` Second Hand Hang - Ups '' `` Stop ! In the Name of Love '' / `` Musical Pictures '' UK only ( Parlophone ) ( Polydor ) ( EMI ) 1963 `` ( Ai n't That ) Just Like Me '' / `` Hey What 's Wrong With Me '' `` Searchin ' '' / `` Whole World Over '' 1965 `` If I Needed Someone '' / `` I 've Got a Way of My Own '' `` Son of a Rotten Gambler '' / `` Layin ' to the Music '' 1976 `` Boulder to Birmingham '' / `` Crocodile Woman ( She Bites ) '' `` Star '' / `` Love is the Thing '' `` Daddy Do n't Mind '' / `` C'Mon '' `` Wiggle That Whotsit '' / `` Corrine '' 1977 `` Hello to Romance '' / `` 48 Hour Parole '' `` Amnesty '' / `` Crossfire '' 1979 `` Something to Live For '' / `` Song of the Sun '' 1980 `` Soldier 's Song '' / `` Draggin ' My Heels '' `` Heartbeat '' / `` Take Your Time ( new version ) '' 1981 `` Holliedaze ( A Medley ) '' / `` Holliepops ( A Medley ) '' `` Take My Love and Run '' / `` Driver '' 1985 `` Too Many Hearts Get Broken '' / `` You 're All Woman '' `` This Is It '' / `` You Gave Me Strength '' `` Reunion of the Heart '' / `` Too Many Hearts Get Broken '' `` Find Me a Family '' / `` No Rules '' `` The Woman I Love '' / `` Purple Rain ( Live Version ) '' 2005 `` Hope '' / `` Shine On Me '' US only ( Imperial ) ( Epic ) ( Atlantic ) 1967 `` Pay You Back With Interest '' / `` Whatcha Gonna Do ' Bout It '' `` Just One Look '' / `` Running Through the Night '' `` Dear Eloise '' / `` When Your Light 's Turned On '' `` If I Needed Someone '' / `` Yes I Will '' 1968 `` Do the Best You Can '' / `` Elevated Observations '' 1971 `` Survival of the Fittest '' / `` Man Without a Heart '' 1972 `` Long Dark Road '' / `` Indian Girl '' 1973 `` Jesus Was a Crossmaker '' / `` I Had a Dream '' `` Slow Down '' / `` Wo n't We Feel Good '' `` Do n't Let Me Down '' / `` Layin ' to the Music '' `` Another Night '' / `` Time Machine Jive '' 1976 `` Write On '' / `` Crocodile Woman ( She Bites ) '' 1977 `` Draggin ' My Heels '' / `` I Wo n't Move Over '' 1978 `` Writing on the Wall '' / `` Burn Out '' `` If the Lights Go Out '' / `` Someone Else 's Eyes '' `` Casualty '' / `` Someone Else 's Eyes '' Italy only ( Parlophon ) 1967 `` Non Prego Per Me '' / `` Devi Avere Fiducia in Me '' `` Kill Me Quick '' / `` We 're Alive '' See also Discography Band members Linda Ronstadt Stone Poneys albums The Stone Poneys featuring Linda Ronstadt Evergreen, Volume 2 Linda Ronstadt, Stone Poneys and Friends, Vol. III Studio albums Hand Sown... Home Grown Silk Purse Linda Ronstadt Do n't Cry Now Heart Like a Wheel Prisoner in Disguise Hasten Down the Wind Simple Dreams Living in the USA Mad Love Get Closer What 's New Lush Life For Sentimental Reasons Canciones de Mi Padre Cry Like a Rainstorm, Howl Like the Wind Mas Canciones Frenesí Winter Light Feels Like Home Dedicated to the One I Love We Ran A Merry Little Christmas Hummin ' to Myself Collaborations Trio Santiago Trio II Western Wall : The Tucson Sessions Adieu False Heart Compilations Different Drum Greatest Hits Greatest Hits, Volume 2 The Very Best of Linda Ronstadt Mi Jardin Azul : Las Canciones Favoritas Duets Hit singles `` Different Drum '' `` Long, Long Time '' `` You 're No Good '' `` When Will I Be Loved '' `` Heat Wave '' `` Love Is a Rose '' `` The Tracks of My Tears '' `` That 'll Be the Day '' `` Blue Bayou '' `` It 's So Easy '' `` Poor Poor Pitiful Me '' `` Tumbling Dice '' `` Back in the U.S.A. '' `` Ooh Baby Baby '' `` Just One Look '' `` Alison '' `` How Do I Make You '' `` Hurt So Bad '' `` I Ca n't Let Go '' `` I Knew You When '' `` What 's New ? '' `` Somewhere Out There `` Do n't Know Much '' `` All My Life '' `` When Something Is Wrong With My Baby '' `` Walk On '' Related topics Discography Mr. Plow Book This 1960s single - related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. 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Question: who sings the song can't let go
Answer: Evie Sands