"Can't let go" was the second single from the album "Emotions" and
the first disappointment. It was inevitable the record-breaking run of
chart-toppers would come to an end someday, and "Can't let go" was
the first "failure". It only managed to make number 2, thanks to the
dominance of vocal quartet Color Me Bad. But it was produced by cowriter
Walter Afanasieff who, a victim of his own success, was having
a difficult time dividing his attentions between Mariah and his other
project Michael Bolton.
"Mariah and I started writing together for the album a few months
before starting to record. I was doing Michael's album, and during
the time he would do a small tour or take a break over the holidays
I'd have the opportunity to write with her." "Can't let go" was one of the
first results. It is a pure, sad ballad, a pop song that could easily
have been written in any decade from the fifties onward, but that also
has a hymnlike quality in its minor-chord changes, particularly in the
introduction.
| CD-SINGLES |
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5" CD-single from Australia (0863)
657615 2
collection Licinio Lisboa
Tracklisting:
1. Can't let go (Edit)
2. To be around you | |
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5" CD-single from Australia (1890)
657615 2
promo
Tracklisting:
1. Can't let go (Edit)
2. To be around you
This CD-Single is exactly the same as item 0863, but on the back cover there
is a stamp saying "promotion only - not for sale". | |
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5" CD-single from Austria (0864)
657615 5
on the CD the catalogue number is 657615 2
collection Licinio Lisboa
Tracklisting:
1. Can't let go (Edit)
2. To be around you
3. Can't let go | |
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5" CD-single from Austria (0135)
657662 2
collection Eric de Ridder
Tracklisting:
1. Can't let go (Edit)
2. To be around you
3. The wind | |
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5" CD-single from Austria (0136)
657662 5
collection Eric de Ridder
Tracklisting:
1. Can't let go (Edit)
2. I don't wanna cry
3. All in your mind | |
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3" CD-single from Japan (0738)
SRDS 8217
collection Eric de Ridder
Tracklisting:
1. Can't let go
2. To be around you | |
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3" CD-single from Japan (2688)
SRDS 8217
promo
collection YoungTaek Lim
Tracklisting:
1. Can't let go
2. To be around you
This item is exactly the same as item 0738, but on the back cover there is
a promo sticker. | |
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5" CD-single from the UK (3419)
HFL 018
promo
collection Billy Lane
Tracklisting:
1. Can't let go (Edit)
This version of the "Edit" is actually shorter than the one which ended up being
used on all of the "Can't let go" single releases. The finalised edit was around
3:50 in length, whereas this version is 3:25. It cuts the first 25 seconds from
the official "Edit" version. | |
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5" CD-single from the USA (0737)
CSK 74088
promo
collection Eric de Ridder
Tracklisting:
1. Can't let go (Edit)
2. Can't let go (LP Version) | |
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| VINYL SINGLES |
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7" vinyl single from Holland (0900)
657615 7
collection Amanda Erickson
Tracklisting:
1. Can't let go (Edit)
2. To be around you | |
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7" vinyl single from Holland (1373)
657615 7
collection Alberto Amoretti
Tracklisting:
1. Can't let go (Edit)
2. To be around you | |
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7" vinyl single from Holland (0137)
657662 7
collection Eric de Ridder
Tracklisting:
1. Can't let go (Edit)
2. To be around you | |
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12" vinyl maxi-single from Holland (0902)
657615 6
collection Amanda Erickson
Tracklisting:
1. Can't let go (Edit)
2. To be around you
3. Can't let go (Album Version) | |
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7" vinyl single from Mexico (1321)
PR-95580
promo without picture sleeve
collection Kerry Scrimshaw
Tracklisting:
1. No puedes dejarlo ir+
2. No puedes dejarlo ir+
The song titles are in Spanish but are sung in English. | |
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7" vinyl single from the Philippines (2777)
QCL45-10384 (38-74088)
collection Rodrigo C. Jusay
Tracklisting:
1. Can't let go (Edit)
2. To be around you | |
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7" vinyl single from Spain (0865)
ARIC-0082
1-side promo
collection Eric de Ridder
Tracklisting:
1. Can't let go | |
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7" vinyl single from the UK (3238)
XPS 265
promo
collection Billy Lane
Tracklisting:
1. Can't let go (Edit)
2. To be around you | |
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7" vinyl single from the USA (0901)
38-74088
collection Amanda Erickson
Tracklisting:
1. Can't let go (Edit)
2. To be around you | |
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| CASSETTE SINGLES |
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cassette single from Australia (0866)
659615 4
collection Licinio Lisboa
Tracklisting:
1. Can't let go
2. To be around you | |
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cassette single from Canada (1891)
38T 74088
Tracklisting:
1. Can't let go (Edit)
2. To be around you | |
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cassette single from Holland (2745)
657615 4
collection Kimberly van Pinxteren
Tracklisting:
1. Can't let go (Edit)
2. To be around you | |
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cassette single from the UK (0867)
657662 4
collection Licinio Lisboa
Tracklisting:
1. Can't let go
2. To be around you | |
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cassette single from the USA (0861)
38T 74088
collection Eric de Ridder
Tracklisting:
1. Can't let go (Edit)
2. To be around you | |
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| SHEET MUSIC |
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sheet music from the USA (1757)
HL00356043
Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation
piano - vocal - guitar
7 pages
collection Jessica Plotkin | |
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sheet music from the USA (1758)
VS5874
Warner Bros. Publications Inc.
6 pages
collection Jessica Plotkin | |
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