Once there was a day Show Once we were years ahead but now those thoughts are dead I tried but could not bring Daytime all I want is The best years of our lives Found guilty of no crime Lyrics taken from /lyrics/h/heaven_17/let_me_go.html Heaven 17 Let Me Go - 12'' Extended Version Once there was a day Once we were years ahead, but now those thoughts are dead I tried but could not bring Daytime, all I want is Ba-da-da-da-da, da-da-da-da Once we were years ahead, but now those thoughts are dead The best years of our lives Ba-da-da-da-da, da-da-da-da Once there was a day But now there is a time Once we were years ahead I walk alone and yet I never say goodbye, let me go I tried but could not bring I died a thousand times Daytime, all I want is nighttime, I don't need the Got to, got to, got to, got to let me go Once we were
years ahead I walk alone and yet I never say goodbye, let me go The best years of our lives The only game in town Found guilty
of no crime
"Let Me Go" (labelled as "Let Me Go!" on the sleeve of the single) is a single by Heaven 17, taken from (and released several months before) their second album The Luxury Gap. It reached #41 on the UK Singles Chart, the lowest chart placement among the singles from that album but their highest at the time of the single's release.[1] In 1983, the song also spent five weeks at #4 on the American dance chart and entered the US Billboard Hot 100.[citation needed] About the song[edit]Allmusic cites the song as "a club hit that features Glenn Gregory's moody, dramatic lead above a percolating vocal and synth arrangement."[2] Band member Martyn Ware has acknowledged Let Me Go as Heaven 17's finest song: "Melodically its beautiful" and “There’s a certain sonata form to it as well where it builds and then it dies down towards the end. You end with the same chord as the first chord. It feels like an integrated piece of art to me.”[3] The song was recorded at AIR Studios, London and the band were using studio technology as a musical tool. For example, the opening vocal of the song consists of 118 multi-tracked voices singing in 14-part harmony.[3] It was one of the first commercial releases to feature the Roland TB-303, a bass synthesiser which later played a pivotal role in the later acid house movement.[4] Legacy[edit]The song appeared at #81 on Q101 Top 500 Songs of "All Time".[5] Formats[edit]7" Single
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