Letitgo

"Letitgo" is a song by American musician Prince from his 1994 album Come.^[1] Despite statements that the album consisted entirely of "old" material, "Letitgo" was actually newly composed for the album. The mid-tempo song relies heavily on a drum machine pattern and bass guitar with synthesizers in the refrain. A keyboard and percussion solo appear toward the end. The song is sung in falsetto in unison with another track layered in his regular, lower register. Kathleen Bradford provides backing vocals, while Eric Leeds provides flute accompaniment.

The track was produced, arranged, composed and performed by Prince, with the additions of Kathleen Bradford on background vocals, Eric Leeds on flute and additional keyboards by Ricky Peterson. The lyrics speak of Prince's disappointment with Warner Bros. Records' decision not to release music as quickly as Prince created it. He chides them that they will be sorry when he leaves the company.

The B-side was the album track "Solo", a downbeat number with Prince's voice only accompanied by harp, which was composed by David Henry Hwang. The title refers not to a musical solo, but actually that Prince's mood is "so low". It ties in with the slightly more upbeat "Letitgo". In addition, a CD single was released in the UK containing an edit of "Letitgo", "Solo", the extended version of "Alexa de Paris" (originally the B-side to "Mountains" in 1986) and "Pope", which was originally on The Hits 2 from 1993. A maxi single on CD and vinyl included several remixes of the track provided by Quincy "QD3" Jones III, Chronic Freeze., J-Sw!ft and Gerald "G Bomb" Baillergeau.

A 7" vinyl picture disc was issued in the UK.

Chart performance

"Letitgo" was moderately successful on the charts, peaking at number 31 on the Hot 100, 10 on the R&B/Hip-Hop chart, 13 on the Rhythmic chart, 17 on the Mainstream/Pop chart and number 30 in the UK.

Track listing

7" single

"Letitgo" (edit) – 4:15
"Solo" – 3:48

UK 12" single and CD

"Letitgo" (edit) – 4:15
"Solo" – 3:48
"Alexa de Paris" (extended version) – 4:54
"Pope" – 3:28

US 12" and CD

"Letitgo" (Caviar radio edit) – 4:59
"Letitgo" (Cavi' street edit) – 5:02
"Letitgo" (Instrumental) – 5:02
"Letitgo" (On the Cool-Out Tip radio edit) – 4:34
"Letitgo" (Sherm Stick edit) – 5:42
"Letitgo" ((-) Sherm Stick edit) – 5:42
"Letitgo" (original radio edit) – 4:15
"Letitgo" (original album version) – 5:33

Charts

Chart (1994)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)^[2]	22
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)^[3]	29
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)^[4]	28
France (SNEP)^[5]	46
Germany (Official German Charts)^[6]	45
Netherlands (Single Top 100)^[7]	14
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)^[8]	24
Norway (VG-lista)^[9]	7
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)^[10]	21
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)^[11]	30
US Billboard Hot 100	31
US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs	10
US Billboard Top 40 Mainstream	17
US Billboard Rhythmic Top 40	13

References

↑ http://www.discogs.com/Prince-Letitgo/master/55682
↑ "Australian-charts.com – Prince – Letitgo". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved May 2, 2016.
↑ "Austriancharts.at – Prince – Letitgo" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved May 2, 2016.
↑ "Ultratop.be – Prince – Letitgo" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved May 2, 2016.
↑ "Lescharts.com – Prince – Letitgo" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved May 2, 2016.
↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Prince – Letitgo". GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved May 2, 2016.
↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Prince – Letitgo" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved May 2, 2016.
↑ "Charts.org.nz – Prince – Letitgo". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved May 2, 2016.
↑ "Norwegiancharts.com – Prince – Letitgo". VG-lista. Retrieved May 2, 2016.
↑ "Swisscharts.com – Prince – Letitgo". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved May 2, 2016.
↑ "Prince: Artist Chart History" Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 2, 2016.

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Prince singles

1970s	"Soft and Wet" "Just as Long as We're Together" "I Wanna Be Your Lover"

1980s	"Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?" "Still Waiting" "Sexy Dancer" "Bambi" "Uptown" "Dirty Mind" "Do It All Night" "Controversy" "Let's Work" "Do Me, Baby" "Sexuality" "1999" "Little Red Corvette" "D.M.S.R." "Delirious" "Automatic" "Let's Pretend We're Married" "When Doves Cry" "Let's Go Crazy" "Purple Rain" "I Would Die 4 U" "Take Me with U" "Paisley Park" "Raspberry Beret" "Pop Life" "America" "Kiss" "Mountains" "Anotherloverholenyohead" "Girls & Boys" "Sign "O" the Times" "If I Was Your Girlfriend" "U Got the Look" "I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man" "Alphabet St." "Glam Slam" "I Wish U Heaven" "Batdance" "Partyman" "The Arms of Orion" "Scandalous!"

1990s	"The Future" "Thieves in the Temple" "New Power Generation" "Gett Off" "Cream" "Diamonds and Pearls" "Money Don't Matter 2 Night" "Insatiable" "Thunder" "Sexy MF" "My Name Is Prince" "7" "Damn U" "The Morning Papers" "Pink Cashmere" "Nothing Compares 2 U" "Peach" "Pope" (remix) "Come" "Letitgo" "Space" "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" "P Control" "Dolphin" "Endorphinmachine" "I Hate U" "Gold" "Dinner with Delores" "Betcha by Golly Wow!" "The Holy River" "Somebody's Somebody" "Face Down" "The Truth" "Extraordinary" "The Rest of My Life" "5 Women" "It's About That Walk" "The Greatest Romance Ever Sold"

2000s	"U Make My Sun Shine" (with Angie Stone) "When Will We Be Paid?" (with Audio Stepchild) "Supercute" "The Work, pt. 1" "Days of Wild" "Musicology" "Cinnamon Girl" "Controversy (Live in Hawaii)" "S.S.T." "Te Amo Corazón" "Black Sweat" "Fury" "Guitar" "F.U.N.K." "Dance 4 Me"

2010s	"Extraloveable" "Rock and Roll Love Affair" "Screwdriver" "Fixurlifeup" "Breakfast Can Wait" "Pretzelbodylogic" "Fallinlove2nite" "Breakdown" "Clouds" "Baltimore" "Hardrocklover" "This Could B Us" "Free Urself"

Promotional singles	"When You Were Mine" "D.M.S.R." "Another Lonely Christmas" "Erotic City" "Hot Thing" "Trust" "Willing and Able" "Nothing Compares 2 U" "Pope" "Love Sign" (with Nona Gaye) "Come" "P. Control" "Dolphin" "Endorphinmachine" "Slave" "Somebody's Somebody" "Face Down" "Extraordinary" "The Rest of My Life" "5 Women" "It's About That Walk" "Baby Knows" "Man'O'War" "She Loves Me 4 Me" "Last December" "One Nite Alone... Live EP" "Live at the Aladdin Las Vegas" "Call My Name" "The Song of the Heart" "Beautiful, Loved & Blessed" (with Tamar Davis) "Chelsea Rodgers" "Future Baby Mama" "The One U Wanna C" "U're Gonna C Me"

Airplay-only songs	"International Lover" "Shhh" "Satisfied" "Better with Time"

Internet downloads	"One Song" "Cybersingle" "Bataclan" "Glass Cutter" "Live from Paisley Park" "Strange Relationship" (Live in Minneapolis) "Guitar" (original "demo" version) "Love" (acoustic version) "Rock and Roll Love Affair" (Remix 7) "Screwdriver" (Remix) "Boyfriend" (Demo) "That Girl Thang" "Live Out Loud" "Ain't Gonna Miss U When U're Gone" "Extraloveable Reloaded" "Menstrual Cycle" "Octopus Heart" "Groovy Potential" "The Sweeter She Is" "Something in the Water" (Paisley Park Rehearsal) "Da Bourgeoisie" "What If" "The X's Face"

Streams	"U're Still the One" "Xylophone" "In a Large Room with No Light" "Purple and Gold" "Cause and Effect" "Hot Summer" "Rich Friends" "Same Page Different Book" "Stare"

EP's	The Scandalous Sex Suite EP New Power Generation Remixes Gett Off Remix EP Cream Remixes' My Name Is Prince Remixes 7 Remixes The Beautiful Experience Letitgo Remixes Space Remixes I Hate U Remixes 1999: The New Master The Greatest Romance Ever Sold Remixes Breakfast Can Wait

Other songs	"I Feel for You" "When You Were Mine" "Head" "Private Joy" "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?" "17 Days" "The Beautiful Ones" "Computer Blue" "Darling Nikki" "Baby I'm a Star" "4 the Tears in Your Eyes" "Housequake" "Starfish and Coffee" "Adore" "Don't Talk 2 Strangers" "I Can't Make U Love Me" "La, La, La Means I Love U" "One of Us" "Everyday Is a Winding Road" "A Case of U"

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