Don't Let Go

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"Don't Let Go"
Don't Let Go cover
Album track by Weezer
Album Weezer (The Green Album)
Released May 15, 2001
Recorded December 2000, Cello Studios, Los Angeles, CA
Length 3:00
Label Geffen
Writer(s) Rivers Cuomo
RC# 536
COR# 228
Producer(s) Ric Ocasek
Status Officially released
Live debut February 21, 2001 in Austin, TX (Yahoo! Outloud Tour)
Stream Play on spotify.png Spotify
Weezer (The Green Album) track listing
"Don't Let Go"
(1)
"Photograph"
(2)
Rivers Cuomo song chronology
"Sugar Booger"
(RC# 535)
"Don't Let Go"
(RC# 536)
"Cryin' and Lonely"
(RC# 537)

"Don't Let Go" is the first track off of Weezer's 2001 album, The Green Album.

Appearances

Overview


Rivers Cuomo head.png
With "Don't Let Go" I just started strumming these chords and started singing; one word came out after the other and I had no idea what I was singing about. And then at the end I had a full song and I still don't even know what it's about. And there's a lot of songs I've written like that, especially on the Green Album. When I was writing them, they were coming out so fast I had no idea what I was talking about. And then I'm surprised, sometimes months later, I go back and really read what I was writing and it's weird that it makes sense sometimes.


- Rivers Cuomo, Sessions@AOL; November 1, 2005


The lyric "Anything you desire / I will set at your feet" also appears in the Green-era outtake "No Way." "Don't Let Go" was featured on a 2000 Weezer demo tape submitted to Interscope/Geffen in hopes of receiving approval for a third album.[1] The DVD Video Capture Device includes footage of Ric Ocasek, Mikey Welsh, and Karl Koch recording background vocals for "Don't Let Go."[2] According to Koch, the vocals were included on the final cut of the album in a very compressed form.[citation needed]

Weezer performed "Don't Let Go" for Sessions@AOL in November of 2005. This rendition was performed in a higher key, utilizes a synthesizer played by Brian Bell, and a more dynamic vocal performance. On the first Weezer Cruise, Cuomo dedicated a performance of the song to Green Album-era bassist Mikey Welsh, who passed away months prior.

Known recordings

Performer(s) Title Filename Date of recording Recording location Length Appeared on Notes
Weezer Don't Let Go October 29, 2000[3] 6145 Rodgerton Dr., Los Angeles, CA
Weezer Don't Let Go December 7, 2000 6145 Rodgerton Dr., Los Angeles, CA
Weezer Don't Let Go December 26, 2000 S.I.R. Rehearsal Studios, Los Angeles, CA
Weezer Don't Let Go December 27, 2000 Cello Studios, Los Angeles, CA
Weezer Don't Let Go December 2000—February 2001 Cello Studios, Los Angeles, CA 2:44 Leaked online Unmastered leak
Weezer Don't Let Go December 2000—February 2001 Cello Studios, Los Angeles, CA 3:00 Weezer (The Green Album)
Weezer Don't Let Go WEEZER-2001-11-24-LongBeach15_Dont_Let_Go_228.mp3 November 24, 2001 America West Arena, Phoenix, AZ 3:00 Released on weezer.com Live soundboard recording
Weezer Don't Let Go WEEZER-2001-12-02-Madison15_Dont_Let_Go_228.mp3 December 2, 2001 Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Madison, WI 3:01 Released on weezer.com Live soundboard recording
Weezer Don't Let Go WEEZER-2001-12-05-Columbus14_Dont_Let_Go_228.mp3 December 5, 2001 Value City Arena, Columbus, OH 3:25 Released on weezer.com Live soundboard recording
Weezer Don't Let Go WEEZER-2001-12-06-Kalamazoo14_Dont_Let_Go_228.mp3 December 6, 2001 Wings Stadium, Kalamazoo, MI
  • 3:24
  • 3:19
Live soundboard recording
Weezer Don't Let Go November 1, 2005 Capitol Studios' Studio A, Los Angeles, CA 2:56
Weezer Don't Let Go January 21, 2012 Palladium Lounge, Carnival Destiny 3:15 Live on the Weezer Cruise - Palladium Lounge Live soundboard recording
Weezer Don't Let Go January 17, 2013 Palais Theatre, Melbourne, Australia 3:35 Live in Melbourne, Australia Live soundboard recording
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Personnel

Audio

Lyrics

Ooh, whoa-oh

Anytime that you want
I'll be here in your arms
Silently holding on
To the girl with the charms
But if there comes a day
You should turn your heart away
I'll be down on my knees
Begging for that girl to stay

Don't let go
Ooh, whoa-oh
Don't let go
Ooh, whoa-oh

Anything you desire
I will set at your feet
With a kiss in the air
For the gods to receive
But if there comes a day
You should turn your heart away
I'll be down on my knees
Begging for that girl to stay

Confrontations in my mind
Got me running out of time

Don't let go
Ooh, whoa-oh
Don't let go
Ooh, whoa-oh

But if there comes a day
You should turn your heart away
I'll be down on my knees
Begging for that girl to stay

Confrontations in my mind
Got me running out of time

Don't let go
Ooh, whoa-oh
Don't let go
Ooh, whoa-oh
Don't let go
Ooh, whoa-oh
Don't let go

See also