"I Won't Let You Go" is the first single from Agnetha Fältskog

Agnetha Fältskog

Agnetha Åse Fältskog is a Swedish recording artist. She achieved success in Sweden after the release of her début album Agnetha Fältskog in 1968, and reached international stardom as a member of the pop group ABBA, which to date has sold over 375 million records worldwide, making it the fourth...

's second English solo-album Eyes of a Woman

Eyes of a Woman

Eyes of a Woman is the second of Agnetha Fältskog's 1980s post-ABBA solo albums. Eric Stewart produced. It was Fältskog's second album to reach the UK Top 40, reaching No.38. In Sweden, the album peaked at No. 2. It also reached the Top 20 in Norway, the Netherlands and Belgium.The album was...

. The song was composed by Fältskog with lyrics by producer Eric Stewart

Eric Stewart

Eric Stewart is an English musician, songwriter and record producer most known for his tenure with The Mindbenders in the 1960s, and 10cc from 1972 to 1995....

, formerly of the group 10cc

10cc

10cc are an English art rock band who achieved their greatest commercial success in the 1970s. The band initially consisted of four musicians -- Graham Gouldman, Eric Stewart, Kevin Godley, and Lol Creme -- who had written and recorded together for some three years, before assuming the "10cc" name...

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The track reached the Top 10 in Sweden and Belgium, but due to the lack of promotion, "I Won't Let You Go" proved unsuccessful in Britain, where it peaked at #84.

The B-side of the single, "You're There", was also written by Fältskog and is the last released song written by her. All future albums and recordings would only feature songs written by other songwriters.

In some countries a 12" single was released that featured an extended-remix instead of the album-version.

Charts

Chart (1985)	Peak position
Belgium	7
Germany	24
The Netherlands	18
Sweden	6
United Kingdom	84