"Never Let You Go" is a song by American rock band Third Eye Blind

Third Eye Blind

Third Eye Blind is an American alternative rock band formed in the early 1990s in San Francisco. The songwriting duo of Kevin Cadogan and Stephan Jenkins signed the band's first major label recording contract with Elektra records in 1996 resulting in two multi platinum albums. The band's lineup...

, released as a single from their 1999

1999 in music

-Events:*January 7**After eight years of marriage, Rod Stewart and supermodel wife Rachel Hunter announce their separation.**Paul McCartney attends the first of his stepdaughter Heather's first housewares collection in Georgia....

 album, Blue

Blue (Third Eye Blind album)

* "Slow Motion" was originally released with only the chorus, due to concerns about its lyrical content. Soon thereafter, Elektra Records re-released Blue with an instrumental version. However, the full version of the song was released everywhere outside of the States and found its way around the...

. The song was very successful, peaking at #14 on the Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

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 and also reaching #1 on Canada's Singles chart.

It was included on the soundtrack to the 2002 film, Clockstoppers

Clockstoppers

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. A re-recording of this song is available for Rock Band 2

Rock Band 2

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via the Rock Band Network. It is also heard in the 2000 film, Coyote Ugly. Alvin and the Chipmunks

Alvin and the Chipmunks

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 covered this song for their 2007 video game Alvin and the Chipmunks

Alvin and the Chipmunks (video game)

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Meaning

Jenkins comments in the liner notes of the band's compilation album, A Collection, that it was written about a muse of his at the time, and it was written to 'freak her out' when she heard it on the radio.

Track listing

1. "Never Let You Go" (radio version)
2. "Never Let You Go" (LP Version)
3. "Anything" (extended version)

Charts

End of year chart (2000)	Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	43