I Can't Let Go

 Trust Me #38
I Can't Let Go by Evie Sands

Imagine being in the studio during the recording of this impeccable song! Imagine getting a test pressing back and sticking it on your record player!

What a song!

Absolutely everything about this is perfect; the rumbling bass, the rich melodic backing vocals, the chiming guitars and then Evie kicks in. The chorus is sugary rich in melody, flowing like a river you never want to stop. Even when it does, it's back before you know it and it feels even warmer. 

And what about the lead into the final run of choruses? 

Know that it's wrong and I should be so strong

But the thought of you gone makes me want to hold on

Written by Al Gorgoni & Chip Taylor, Sands released I Can't Let Go in 1965. Check it HERE or via my Trust Me playlist which is linked below.

The song was popularised in the UK by The Hollies who had a number 2 hit with it in 1966. 

But the original version is where it's at for me.  Evie Sands voice is incredible, oozing soul, hurt and pure emotion. Everything about it is class.

Music doesn't get much better than this! Trust me! Check it on YouTube here

A list of all previous songs I've blogged about in my Trust Me feature are listed below, along with links to each blog.

I've also collated them all into a playlist on Spotify that you can find by searching for Everything Flows - Trust Me , or you can CLICK HERE

I try and I try but I can't say goodbye

Feel so bad baby, (ooh, it hurts me)

When I think of how you love and desert me

I'm the broken hearted toy you play with, baby

You got me going and I need you baby

I can't let go and I want you baby

I gotta have you, you know, and I can't let go

Though I'm just one of your lovers

And I know there are so many others

You do something strange to me, baby, baby

You got me going and I need you baby

I can't let go and I want you baby

I gotta have you, you know, and I can't let go

Oh I try and I try but I can't say goodbye

Know that it's wrong and I should be so strong

But the thought of you gone makes me want to hold on

You got me going and I need you baby

I can't let go and I want you baby

I gotta have you, you know, and I can't let go

You got me going and I need you baby

I can't let go and I want you baby

I gotta have you, you know, and I can't let go

I can't let go, I can't let go

I can't let go, I can't let go

Written by Al Gorgoni & Chip Taylor

Previous Trust Me blogs

1. Something On Your Mind by Karen Dalton

1A. Crimson and Clover by Tommy James and the Shondells

2. I Am, I Said  by Neil Diamond

3. Where's The Playground Susie?   by Glen Campbell

4. If You Could Read My Mind by Gordon Lighfoot

5. Gimme Some Truth by John Lennon

6. Gone With The Wind Is My Love by Rita and the Tiaras

7. In The Year 2525 by Zager and Evans

8. The Music Box by Ruth Copeland

9. The Ship Song by Nick Cave

10. Sometimes by James

11. I Walk The Earth by King Biscuit Time

12. Didn't Know What I Was In For by Better Oblivion Community Centre

13. When My Boy Walks Down The Street by The Magnetic Fields

14. The Man Don't Give A F**k by Super Furry Animals

15. All Flowers In Time Bend Towards The Sun by Jeff Buckley and Liz Fraser

16. Are You Lookin' by The Tymes

17. A Real Hero by College & Electric Youth

18. Feelings Gone by Callum Easter

19. Sunday Morning by The Velvet Underground

20. Did I Say by Teenage Fanclub

21. Don't Look Back by Teenage Fanclub

22. Your Love Is The Place Where I Come From by Teenage Fanclub

23. Belfast by Orbital

24. Clouds by The Jayhawks

25. Dreaming Of You by The Coral

26. Everlasting Love by Love Affair

27. Walk Away Renee by The Left Banke

28. Teenage Kicks by The Undertones

29. Shaky Ground by Sneeze

29. Rill Rill by Sleigh Bells

30. I Can Feel Your Love by Felice Taylor

31. The State We're In by The Chemical Brothers w/ Beth Orton

32. Sunshine After The Rain by Ellie Greenwich

33. Losing My Edge by LCD Soundsystem

34. Mondo 77 by Looper

35. Les Fleurs by Minnie Riperton

36. Rat Trap by The Boomtown Rats

37. How High by The Charlatans