Never Let It Go

{{Infobox song contest entry

| song = {{flagicon|Sweden}} "Never Let It Go"

| image = Afro-dite-Never_Let_It_Go.jpg

| caption =

| year = 2002

| country = Sweden

| artist = {{hlist|Blossom Tainton|Gladys del Pilar|Kayo Shekoni}}

| as = Afro-dite

| with =

| language = English

| languages =

| composer = Marcos Ubeda

| lyricist = Marcos Ubeda

| conductor =

| place = 8th

| points = 72

| lyrics = [http://www.diggiloo.net/?2002se Lyrics]

| clip =

| prev = Listen to Your Heartbeat

| prev_link = Listen to Your Heartbeat

| next = Give Me Your Love

| next_link = Give Me Your Love (Fame song)

}}

"Never Let It Go" is a 2002 song written by Marcos Ubeda and recorded by Swedish group Afro-dite.{{cite web |title=Tallinn 2002 / Participants – Afro-dite |url=https://eurovision.tv/participant/afro-dite |publisher=European Broadcasting Union |access-date=10 February 2022}} The song won Melodifestivalen 2002 and was the {{esccnty|Sweden|t=Swedish|y=2002}} entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2002, where it finished 8th out of 24 competing entries.{{cite web |title=Eurovision 2002 Results: Voting & Points |url=https://eurovisionworld.com/eurovision/2002 |website=Eurovisionworld |access-date=10 July 2020}}

Melodifestivalen and the Eurovision Song Contest

"Never Let It Go" participated in the second heat of the 2002 Melodifestivalen which was held on 26 January 2002 at the Himmelstalundshallen indoor arena in Norrköping. The song was performed seventh of the eight competing entries and directly qualified to the contest final as the song which received the most telephone votes. On 1 March, during the final held at the Globe Arena in Stockholm, Afro-dite were the first of the ten competing acts to perform, and "Never Let It Go" won the contest with 248 points, receiving the highest number of votes from the regional juries and the public vote.{{cite web |last1=Bakker |first1=Sietse |title=Afro-dite will represent Sweden in Tallinn |url=https://esctoday.com/430/afro-dite_will_represent_sweden_in_tallinn/ |publisher=ESCToday |date=1 March 2002}}

"Never Let It Go" was performed on 25 May 2002 at the Eurovision Song Contest in Tallinn, Estonia. Sweden was drawn to perform in twelfth position of the 24 competing entries, and subsequently Afro-dite finished in eighth place, receiving 72 points in total, including the maximum 12 points from Bosnia and Herzegovina.{{cite web |title=Results of the Final of Tallinn 2002 |url=https://eurovision.tv/event/tallinn-2002/final/results/sweden |publisher=European Broadcasting Union |access-date=10 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210408183823/https://eurovision.tv/event/tallinn-2002/final/results/sweden |archive-date=8 April 2021 |url-status=live}}

Charts

=Weekly charts=

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scope="col"\| Chart (2002) ! scope="col"\| Peak position
{{single chart\|Sweden\|1\|artist=Afro-Dite\|song=Never Let It Go\|rowheader=true\|access-date=8 May 2020}}

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scope="col"| Chart (2002)

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position

{{single chart|Sweden|1|artist=Afro-Dite|song=Never Let It Go|rowheader=true|access-date=8 May 2020}}

=Year-end charts=

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scope="col"\| Chart (2002) ! scope="col"\| Position
scope="row"\| Sweden (Sverigetopplistan){{cite web\|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/43?dspy=2002&dspp=1\|title=Årslista Singlar – År 2002\|publisher=Sverigetopplistan\|language=sv\|access-date=8 May 2020}} \| 8

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scope="col"| Chart (2002)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| Sweden (Sverigetopplistan){{cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/43?dspy=2002&dspp=1|title=Årslista Singlar – År 2002|publisher=Sverigetopplistan|language=sv|access-date=8 May 2020}}

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