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| Single by Tame Impala | ||||
| from the album Currents | ||||
| Released | 10 March 2015 | |||
| Studio | Kevin Parker's home studio (Fremantle, Western Australia) | |||
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| Songwriter(s) | Kevin Parker | |||
| Producer(s) | Kevin Parker | |||
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| "Let It Happen" on YouTube | ||||
"Let It Happen" is a song by Tame Impala, the project of Australian rock artist Kevin Parker. It was released as the lead single from his third studio album under the moniker, Currents (2015), on 10 March 2015. The song centers on accepting personal transition, and was worked on in various locations around the world. The song runs at nearly eight minutes long, and its second half contains a section of the song repeating akin to a scratched Compact Disc, and stripped-down lyrics consisting of gibberish. It also has vocoded-like vocals in the second half, which were actually manipulated with a keyboard sampler. Like with the rest of Currents, Parker was the song's sole writer and producer.
The song received widespread acclaim from music critics, who lauded its production, catchiness and creativity. It peaked at number 29 on the Belgian Flanders singles chart, number 84 on the ARIA Singles Chart and number 152 on the French Singles Chart. In the United States, the song charted at number 28 on Billboard's Adult Alternative Songs chart. "Let It Happen" appeared on many critics' year-end lists of the best songs of 2015. A music video for the song was uploaded on 17 August 2015 to the project's Vevo channel on YouTube.
It won Song of the Year at the APRA Music Awards of 2016.