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Single by Avril Lavigne featuring Chad Kroeger | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
from the album Avril Lavigne | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Released | 15 October 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Genre | Pop rock | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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4:29 (Album Version) 3:57 (Radio Edit) |
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Label | Epic | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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"Let Me Go" is a song recorded by Avril Lavigne and Nickelback frontman Chad Kroeger for Lavigne's self-titled fifth studio album. It was written by Lavigne, Kroeger and David Hodges. The song was released on 15 October 2013, by Epic Records, as the third single of Avril Lavigne. It is Lavigne's first single to feature a guest performer.
Critics gave the piano-driven power ballad mixed reviews, with some calling it "a monster duet", and others criticizing Kroeger's vocals and his involvement in the track.
A music video was released on 15 October 2013, and it shows Lavigne roaming the halls of an abandoned mansion, with Kroeger's appearance being channeled through an elderly yardman, only to be seen as his true self through mirrored and tablet-assisted images. The song debuted at number 37 on the US Billboard Adult Pop Songs chart and at number 78 on Billboard Hot 100. It has also debuted and peaked at number 12 on the Canadian Hot 100, after charting in three airplay formats and debuting at number 7 on the Canadian Digital Songs chart. The music video has reached over 100 million views on Vevo as of October 2016.
"Let Me Go" was released as the third single from Lavigne's self-titled fifth studio album on 15 October 2013, after the release of the first two singles, "Here's to Never Growing Up" and "Rock N Roll". Lavigne described it as a piano ballad and one of her favorite songs from Avril Lavigne. "Let Me Go" features vocals from Lavigne's husband, Nickelback frontman Chad Kroeger, whom she married in July 2013. The song was first written in March 2013 and was originally going to be about letting go of someone, but after Lavigne's and Kroeger's relationship started growing, they rewrote the last chorus to reflect it.