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Never Gonna Let You Go (Faith Evans song)

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"Never Gonna Let You Go"
Single by Faith Evans
from the album Keep the Faith
ReleasedAugust 17, 1999
Length4:27
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Babyface
  • Thomas
Faith Evans singles chronology
"All Night Long"
(1999) 		"Never Gonna Let You Go"
(1999) 		"Lately I"
(1999)

"Never Gonna Let You Go" is a song by American singer Faith Evans. It was written and produced by Damon Thomas and Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds for her album Keep the Faith (1998). The song spent one week at number 1 on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.

Critical reception

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Allmusic editor Jose F. Promis called "Never Gonna Let You Go" a "beautiful" song, "which could be classified as the last great Babyface hit song of the 1990s."[1]

Music video

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A music video for "Never Gonna Let You Go" was shot outside San Francisco with director Marcus Raboy.[2]

Credits and personnel

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Credits adapted from the liner notes of Keep the Faith.[3]

Charts

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Promis, Jose F.. Never Gonna Let You Go at AllMusic. Retrieved July 14, 2020.
  2. ^ Evans, Faith (29 August 2008). Keep the Faith: A Memoir. Grand Central. ISBN 9780446537421. Retrieved July 14, 2020. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  3. ^ Keep the Faith (Media notes). Faith Evans. Bad Boy Records. 1998.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  4. ^ "Faith Evans Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 2012-07-13.
  5. ^ "Faith Evans Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 2012-07-13.
  6. ^ "1999 Year End Chart: R&B/Hip-Hop Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 2012-01-27.


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