Sergio Mendes-Never Gonna Let You Go (Lyrics)

Rewinding down to one of my favorite popular early great 80s love song "Never Gonna Let You Go" by Sergio Mendes as well as Dionne Warwick!

"Never Gonna Let You Go" is a popular song from 1983 credited to Brazilian musician and bandleader Sérgio Mendes and sung by Joe Pizzulo and Leza Miller. Songwriters Cynthia Weil (words) and Barry Mann (music) composed the song, which appears on Mendes' 1983 self-titled album.

Weil and Mann originally submitted "Never Gonna Let You Go" to American R&B band Earth, Wind & Fire, but they decided not to record the song.[1] Dionne Warwick had previously recorded the song, which appears on her 1982 album Friends in Love.

Mendes, preparing for the release of his 1983 album, was quoted as saying, "All the other songs on the album were up and festive. I needed a ballad on the album, just to change the pace a bit."[1] Mendes' version was a hit, matching the #4 peak of his previous best showing on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, "The Look of Love", in 1968.[2] It spent four weeks at #1 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart and peaked at #28 on the Billboard R&B chart.[1]


Never Gonna Let You Go, " SeRgIo MeNdEs "


Sergio Mendes - Never Gonna let you go


Sérgio Mendes - Never Gonna Let You Go With Lyrics


★ Dionne Warwick ★ Never Gonna Let You Go ★ [1982] ★ "Friends In Love" ★


LYRICS:
I was as wrong as I could be
To let you get away from me
I'll regret that move
For as long as I'm living
But now that I've come to see the light
All I wanna do is make things right
So just say the word and tell me that I'm forgiven

You and me
We're gonna be better than we were before
I loved you then but now I intend
To open up and love you even more
This time you can be sure

I'm never gonna let you go
I'm gonna hold you in my arms forever
Gonna try and make up for the times
I hurt you so
Gonna hold your body close to mine
From this day on we're gonna be together
Oh, I swear this time
I'm never gonna let you go

Looking back now it seems so clear
I had it all when you were here
Oh, you gave it all and I took it for granted
But if there's some feeling left in you
Some flicker of love that still shines through
Let's talk it out
Let's talk about second chances

Wait and see
It's gonna be sweeter than it was before
I gave some then but now I intend
To dedicate myself to giving more
This time you can be sure

I'm never gonna let you go
I'm gonna hold you in my arms forever
Gonna try and make up for all the times
I hurt you so
Gonna hold your body close to mine
From this day on we're gonna be together
Oh, I swear this time
I'm never gonna let you go

[Instrumental Interlude]

Ooooooh-oh-oh-oooh
So if you'll just say you want me too
I'm never gonna let you go
I'm gonna hold you in my arms forever
Gonna try and make up for all the times
I hurt you so
Gonna hold your body close to mine
From this day on we're gonna be together
Oh, I swear this time
I'm never gonna let you go

Never gonna let you go
Hold you in my arms forever
Gonna try and make up for all the times
I hurt you so
Hold your body close to mine
From this day on we're gonna be together
Oh, I swear this time
I'm never gonna let you go