"Can't Let Go" | ||||
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Single by Lucinda Williams | ||||
from the album Car Wheels on a Gravel Road | ||||
Released | 1998 | |||
Genre | Country rock, alternative country | |||
Length | 3:28 | |||
Label | Mercury | |||
Songwriter(s) | Randy Weeks | |||
Producer(s) | Steve Earle, Ray Kennedy, Lucinda Williams | |||
Lucinda Williams singles chronology | ||||
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"Can't Let Go" is a song written by American singer-songwriter Randy Weeks, made famous by Lucinda Williams in 1998–1999. Williams released "Can't Let Go" as a single from her album Car Wheels on a Gravel Road, and the song entered the Billboard Adult Alternative Airplay chart in December 1998, peaking at number 14 in March 1999, staying on the chart for 13 weeks.[1] Williams earned a Grammy nomination for the song in the category Best Female Rock Vocal Performance.[2] Weeks released his own version of the song in 2000, on his album Madeline.
In 2021, English singer Robert Plant and American singer/fiddler Alison Krauss covered the song on their album Raise the Roof. "Can't Let Go" was released as the lead single from the album, peaking at number 8 on the Adult Alternative Airplay chart.