Let Go (Cheap Trick song)

{{Infobox song

| name = Let Go

| cover = Cheap Trick Let Go single cover.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| B-side = I Know What I Want (Live)

| released = August 1988{{cite web|url=http://www.45cat.com/record/6529547 |title=Cheap Trick - Let Go / I Know What I Want (Live) - Epic - Australia - 652954 7 |publisher=45cat |access-date=2018-03-08}}

| format =

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Rock, power pop

| length = 4:27

| label = Epic Records

| writer = Rick Nielsen, Todd Cerney

| producer = Richie Zito

| prev_title = Ghost Town

| prev_year = 1988

| next_title = Never Had a Lot to Lose

| next_year = 1989

}}

"Let Go" is a song by the American rock band Cheap Trick, which was released in 1988 as the fourth single from their tenth studio album Lap of Luxury. It was written by guitarist Rick Nielsen and Todd Cerney, and produced by Richie Zito.{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Cheap-Trick-Woke-Up-With-A-Monster/release/2350148 |title=Cheap Trick - Woke Up With A Monster (CD, Album) at Discogs |publisher=Discogs.com |access-date=2012-03-13}}

As a single, "Let Go" was released on 7" vinyl in Australia only. The B-side, "I Know What I Want", is a live recording, recorded during 1979 at Daytona Beach, Florida. In the US, the song reached No. 35 on the US Billboard Mainstream Rock Chart.{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/cheap-trick/chart-history/rtt/ |title=Cheap Trick Chart History |publisher=Billboard |access-date=2018-03-08}}

Critical reception

Upon release, Ira Robbins of Rolling Stone called the song "first-rate, a tough-talking put-down with a honking horn bridge and a guitar hook that is reminiscent of the Beatles' 'If I Needed Someone.'"{{cite web|author=Robbins, Ira|author-link=|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/lap-of-luxury-19880602#ixzz1ozx6IxEg |title=Lap Of Luxury | Album Reviews |publisher=Rolling Stone |date=1988-06-02 |access-date=2012-03-13}} Robbins also wrote for Trouser Press that "Let Go" gets Lap of Luxury off to a "fine start."{{cite web|title=Cheap Trick|url=http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=cheap_trick|publisher=Trouser Press|access-date=2016-05-03|author=Robbins, Ira|author-link=}} Music writers Mike Hayes and Ken Sharp compare the song's riff to another Beatles' song, saying that "Let Go"'s riff combines that of "Day Tripper" with the riff of Cheap Trick's own song "I Don't Love Here Anymore."{{cite book|title=Reputation Is a Fragile Thing|author1=Hayes, M. |author2=Sharp, K.|page=154|year=1998|publisher=Poptastic|isbn=978-0-9662081-0-8}} Hayes and Sharp credit the song with "a catchy chorus, understated piano work and an unexpected sax break."