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Don't Wanna Let You Go
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Don't Wanna Let You Go
| cover = Don'twannaletyougo.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Five
| album = Invincible
| B-side = Battlestar
| released =
| recorded =
| studio = Windmill Lane (Dublin, Ireland)
| genre =
| length =
* (album version)
* (radio edit)
| label = RCA, BMG
| writer = Richard Stannard, Julian Gallagher, Richard Breen, Jason "J" Brown, Sean Conlon
| producer = Richard Stannard, Julian Gallagher, StarGate
| prev_title = Keep On Movin'
| prev_year = 1999
| next_title = We Will Rock You
| next_year = 2000
| misc =
}}
"'Don't Wanna Let You Go'" is a song by British boy band Five. Written by producers Richard Stannard and Julian Gallagher with band members Abs Breen, and Jason "J" Brown, and Sean Conlon, the song was released on 6 March 2000 as the fourth single from Five's second studio album, 'Invincible' (1999).
The song charted at number nine on the UK Singles Chart and also peaked at number five in New Zealand. The music video for the song was directed by Cameron Caseywho also directed the videos for "If Ya Gettin' Down" and "Keep On Movin'"and produced by Andy Leahy and Richard Fenton.
Chart performance
The song debuted at number nine on the UK Singles Chart on 18 March 2000. It also peaked at number five in New Zealand.
Music video
The music video for the song was directed by Cameron Caseywho also directed the videos for "If Ya Gettin' Down" and "Keep On Movin'"and produced by Andy Leahy and Richard Fenton. The video was acted similarly to the 1999 movie 'The Matrix'.
The video begins with binary code on a computer screen. A computerised voice says "OK, I'm in. Five, you're mine." Three members of the band, Ritchie Neville, Sean Conlon and Abs Breen, are sitting in a room and looking at a laptop when Scott Robinson comes in and says "Lads? The freak is officially...back.", and dumps a big pile of fanmail on the table. An obsessive female fan appears to have been constantly sending Five emails and letters in the hope of meeting them, so they decide to go to the girl's address in their Range Rover. The pull up at a mansion and they look round. Jason "J" Brown touches a large graphic and gets sucked into the girl's computer. While the girl is on the sciencity, she watches the faces of each member of the band. The sparks come through, and she gasps when she tries to escape. Several minutes later, she runs down the stairs, enters a different office and discovers Sean's head inside a refrigerator and she screams in terror. When Five are dancing in the hallway, she runs back into the same office and answers the telephone and there's no one calling. The sparks and electricity crashes on the computer and she runs out while screaming. Five talk when she is trapped in the mansion, then Neville says, "Let's Get J Back". The members turn invisible and she closes her eyes and screams again. Following that, J reemerges, then goes on to rejoin the rest of the band. The members dance and the 'Five' logo comes up. At the final scene, the lightning struck the mansion and she runs away while screaming and it fades to black, her intense scream can be heard at the end.
According to Brown, he had a severe mental breakdown during the production of the video after frequent insomnia.
Track listings
'UK and Australian CD1'
# "Don't Wanna Let You Go" (radio edit) 3:38
# "Don't Wanna Let You Go" (Biffco extended mix) 4:41
# "Interview Request Line"
'UK and Australian CD2'
# "Don't Wanna Let You Go" (radio edit)
# "Battlestar"
# Enhanced CD
'UK cassette single and European CD single'
# "Don't Wanna Let You Go" (radio edit)
# "Battlestar"
Credits and personnel
Credits are lifted from the UK CD1 liner notes and the 'Invincible' album booklet.
'Studio'
* Recorded at Windmill Lane Studios (Dublin, Ireland)
'Personnel'
* Richard Stannard writing, production
* Julian Gallagher writing, production
* Abs Breen writing (as Richard Breen)
* Jason "J" Brown writing
* Sean Conlon writing
* Mikkel Eriksen all instruments
* Hallgeir Rustan all instruments
* Tor Erik Hermansen all instruments
* Adrian Bushby recording, mixing
* Alvin Sweeney recording assistant
* Jake Davies Pro Tools
* StarGate remix and additional production
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end chart
References
Category:1999 songs
Category:2000 singles
Category:Bertelsmann Music Group singles
Category:Five (band) songs
Category:RCA Records singles
Category:Song recordings produced by Richard Stannard (songwriter)
Category:Song recordings produced by Stargate (record producers)
Category:Songs written by Abz Love
Category:Songs written by Jason "J" Brown
Category:Songs written by Julian Gallagher
Category:Songs written by Richard Stannard (songwriter)
Category:Songs written by Sean Conlon
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