Can't Let Go (Randy Weeks song)

"Can't Let Go"
promotional CD single artwork
Single by Lucinda Williams
from the album Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
Released1998
GenreCountry rock, alternative country
Length3:28
LabelMercury
Songwriter(s)Randy Weeks
Producer(s)Steve Earle, Ray Kennedy, Lucinda Williams
Lucinda Williams singles chronology
"Right in Time"
(1998)
"Can't Let Go"
(1998)
"Essence"
(2001)

"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.

  1. ^ "Lucinda Williams Chart History: Adult Alternative Airplay". Billboard. Retrieved August 2, 2022.
  2. ^ "Artist: Lucinda Williams". Grammy Awards. Recording Academy. Retrieved July 17, 2022.