I lost my first true love and mother of my sons to a divorce I never saw coming. Ten years later we lost her, the second time for me, to cancer. This song was helpful after we split, but even letting go doesn't fill her place in our lives. And it doesn't mitigate the pain and ache nearly 24 years later. Love never dies.
It really does take years even decades to burn off.. after that it's not Love it's confused with lost emotional possession. When you realize that truth only then can you truely move on without pain loss emotions or care. I've done it twice so, I know and I'm old. Sadly, you will be older when it's true love you blindsidedly have to burn off ❤️🔥🚮 Even fire is weak and hates the work 😂
Breaks my heart listening to this. So hauntingly beautiful. It finds that dark place in my heart that I hide from so I can go on without him. I miss my brother everyday. Rest in peace Jerry Dale. ❤️
this is such a beautiful song and so relatable to someone who has ever lost someone and has found it hard to move on. The lyrics are strikingly emotional and his beautiful voice touches the heart on so many levels....just love this song
I bought this album as a young man in '82, when it was first released. Back in those days, I'd would always sit and listen to a new vinyl record straight through from start to finish. But when this song played...I had to stop the album. I was moved so deeply and profoundly. Such an incredible song. That was 40 years ago. And it still knocks me out whenever I hear it even today.... 3 trancendent minutes when, for me, the world has to stop. Perhaps the most beautiful and emotional song ever written and recorded.
My RA on my hall in college gave me a tape of this and some other sad songs from Michael. I had just gone through a break up with the first love of my life. I assure you...many tears flowed.
GOOD morning everyone beautifully wow wow beautifully brave the song Michael McDonald sag WOW wow wow wow it brings me to tears i takw my hat off to Michael McDonald sir i will NEVER forget you my love to you sir always xx xxx GOD BLESS you x sir peace and respect to you xxx
It was so right, it was so wrong Almost at the same time The pain and ache a heart can take No one really knows When the memories cling and keep you there Till you no longer care You can let go now It's wrong for me to cling to you Somehow I just needed time From what was to be, it's not like me To hold somebody down But I was tossed high by love I almost never came down Only to land here where love's no longer found, Where I'm no longer bound And I can let go now
OMG I've loved His voice and This song forever. From His first Solo Album. There was a time when the best compliment anyone could give me, as a Singer/Songwriter, was that, I sound Like Michael McDonald. I would just Beam with pride
I have been his fan forever. I just discovered this one. It has me in its grip. How absolutely beautiful. It takes me to pain on loss from so many instances. Michael McDonald- total brilliance.
Recognizing that very place above Malibu where he tosses his ring makes this bittersweet as my folks used to picnic there together. I can let go now...
This is the perfect video to go with this song. I've loved it for a long time; its just the perfect little song; McDonald doesn't belabor the point, which is what I love.
MMc lyrics are underrated - his voice is so good no one talks about the words he writes. The line ‘what a fool believes, he sees: no wise man has the power to reason away’. And here, ..’where loves no longer found and I’m no longer bound, I can let go now.’
Honey, why would you do that? This comment hurt my heart...and I will pray for you.. and your son...I hope what is going on will help all of you.. but love your boy ...and love yourself.
The inspiration behind “I Can Let Go Now” is rooted in personal experiences and reflections on life. Michael McDonald has shared in interviews that the song was inspired by a period of introspection and self-discovery in his own life. Michael McDonald is credited as both the composer and lyricist of “I Can Let Go Now.” He wrote the song during a phase of introspection and emotional growth, drawing from his own experiences. While it did not achieve significant chart success, “I Can Let Go Now” has remained a beloved song among Michael McDonald’s fan base. Its enduring popularity is a testament to the emotional resonance and timeless quality of the music. Like many songs, “I Can Let Go Now” can be interpreted in different ways depending on the listener’s personal experiences and perspectives. While it may have a specific meaning for McDonald, the song’s universal themes allow for individual interpretation.
Hello Sir. My uncle is Laren Ogle. I was hoping to meet you someday and play mandolin with you. But then stupid Covid. Anyway, just found this when I looked up letting go now... just searching. You know. Thanks for caring for Laren and giving him such strength as a friend and coach. God bless you.
I was left unexpectedly, suddenly never saw it coming. A new life without me 7 years ago. I’m still alone. I have my son with me and I see my daughter at any and every opportunity. I’m only happy when I am with them. My mind is set, children or nothing for me.
I have a bootleg somewhere of Tracy Thorne and Ben Watt, aka Everything But The Girl, playing this in London maybe 20 years ago. At the time I thought Tracy's version couldn't be beaten but the original, accompanied by this video is even better.
I knew this was about death right when it started. I lost my significant other 24 years ago. Five years ago I lost a sister and 10 months after that her daughter (my niece) and two weeks after that my dad. Our hearts and our brains are so powerful. To all who have had to grieve take as much time as you need to. Life will indeed be different but you will move forward. 🙏🏼
I Decide to my brother Henry Perez this song just for you always remember you and rest in peace my brother and I miss you so much always think of you too I love you my brother rip jan 29, 1979
There are times when no one really knows the pain and ache that a heart has to take. This song promises many of us that we may one day be able to let go. But for some, it is not quite now. I am sorry for your loss.
Beautiful song and sentiment. Crazy video. That headstone he visits has to be about 150 years old. Love Michael. Check out Sara Bareilles version of this song.
+Angela George, yeah, the headstone sort of threw things out of whack. Maybe he's a vampire--but then its daylight, so that can't be it. What's up with the headstone?
+Jaime Castro Yes!! I've checked out the Sara Bareilles version. You're right it's wonderful. She adds nuances and shades to the lyrics that really lift the song--which I didn't think was possible. She doesn't get nearly her just due!!
Who is the actor in the video? He's excellent! When you think about it...no dialogue, no other actors....good stuff.....I lost my husband....can relate to this video allot.....have always loved this song
That's exactly what I was thinking.... Saw that it was a cemetery and thought... oh... it's his wife. But when they panned to him touching it you could tell it was a really really old headstone.... WTF???
The BEST, most beautiful, most painful song he ever wrote and performed.
Probably the most beautiful song ever written. ........
I totally agree🙌🏿🎶🎹
SO TRUE SO CORRECT YOU ARE
Totally agree as well.
When you're sad..you understand the lyrics!! Beautiful. Beautiful man and song...
Yes, Sandy. You are spot on.
This is the most beautiful song, Michael your voice has expressed loss like no other.
Beautiful Song with Great Heartache even after all of these years . Still listening in 2023.
Makes me cry every time I hear this
I lost my first true love and mother of my sons to a divorce I never saw coming. Ten years later we lost her, the second time for me, to cancer. This song was helpful after we split, but even letting go doesn't fill her place in our lives. And it doesn't mitigate the pain and ache nearly 24 years later. Love never dies.
It really does take years even decades to burn off.. after that it's not Love it's confused with lost emotional possession. When you realize that truth only then can you truely move on without pain loss emotions or care. I've done it twice so, I know and I'm old. Sadly, you will be older when it's true love you blindsidedly have to burn off ❤️🔥🚮
Even fire is weak and hates the work 😂
Probably the most beautiful love song EVER written...
those chords....sigh
my tears are falling for all those who hear this song...
Breaks my heart listening to this. So hauntingly beautiful. It finds that dark place in my heart that I hide from so I can go on without him. I miss my brother everyday. Rest in peace Jerry Dale. ❤️
Saying it's over is one of the hardest things to do. Letting go is so very hard😢
this is such a beautiful song and so relatable to someone who has ever lost someone and has found it hard to move on. The lyrics are strikingly emotional and his beautiful voice touches the heart on so many levels....just love this song
I bought this album as a young man in '82, when it was first released. Back in those days, I'd would always sit and listen to a new vinyl record straight through from start to finish. But when this song played...I had to stop the album. I was moved so deeply and profoundly. Such an incredible song.
That was 40 years ago.
And it still knocks me out whenever I hear it even today....
3 trancendent minutes when, for me, the world has to stop. Perhaps the most beautiful and emotional song ever written and recorded.
I've loved one someone for so many years with no possible chance, I've finally let go now. Sad, but better for it.
Letting go is the hardest thing to do.
I love you Michael McDonald - thank you for helping me sort my emotions through your music....
I was tossed hard by love..almost never came down...so true!... miss my Staci❤
Tossed ‘high’
by love
My RA on my hall in college gave me a tape of this and some other sad songs from Michael. I had just gone through a break up with the first love of my life. I assure you...many tears flowed.
Man......this is one beautiful track.....
The most underrated song ever written & sang...how beautiful is that? and so sad as well!
GOOD morning everyone beautifully wow wow beautifully brave the song Michael McDonald sag WOW wow wow wow it brings me to tears i takw my hat off to Michael McDonald sir i will NEVER forget you my love to you sir always xx xxx GOD BLESS you x sir peace and respect to you xxx
It was so right, it was so wrong
Almost at the same time
The pain and ache a heart can take
No one really knows
When the memories cling and keep you there
Till you no longer care
You can let go now
It's wrong for me to cling to you
Somehow I just needed time
From what was to be, it's not like me
To hold somebody down
But I was tossed high by love
I almost never came down
Only to land here where love's no longer found,
Where I'm no longer bound
And I can let go now
OMG I've loved His voice and This song forever. From His first Solo Album.
There was a time when the best compliment anyone could give me, as a Singer/Songwriter, was that, I sound Like Michael McDonald. I would just Beam with pride
If you learned and played this...I am so envious....I couldn't do this without crying
💞💞Michael McDonald always has the most beautiful Music
Yes, he does!
I have been his fan forever. I just discovered this one. It has me in its grip. How absolutely beautiful. It takes me to pain on loss from so many instances. Michael McDonald- total brilliance.
just so beautiful, loved this track for years, sung from the heart
What a MASTERPIECE!! Not to mention a real tear-jerking ballad!
Recognizing that very place above Malibu where he tosses his ring makes this bittersweet as my folks used to picnic there together. I can let go now...
Big fan Michael Macdonald what Voice True master of Song its bring tear to my eye from Ireland👍😂
Omg the most beautiful song ever, I cry everytime I listen to it ❤️❤️❤️
I want this played at my funeral......and hope my daughter that I have not seen for 16 years is there to hear it.
I waited almost 40 years to see mine and at 72 I’m so glad I did. Listening to this has reduced me to tears , I think they are for me. Find her.
What else can I say? I love the voice of this man, and the way he makes me feel when I hear him... ❤
I loved this song in the 80s but I never ever synchronized it to DEATH in that sense but rather the death of a marriage.
Beautiful song written by Michael McDonald.
brilliant song from the master
I always thought that this was a beautiful song.
sadly beautiful💔
Here 2024 this song never fades
Wow... Just WOW. Highly emotional.
There's something about micheal voice that always got me. So soulful so beautiful.
Song is so beautiful....and they got the perfect actor for this mtv......
I love this song in so many ways !!!
This is the perfect video to go with this song. I've loved it for a long time; its just the perfect little song; McDonald doesn't belabor the point, which is what I love.
Aussi touchant que magnifique💝💫💖👍🙏😍🌟
MMc lyrics are underrated - his voice is so good no one talks about the words he writes. The line ‘what a fool believes, he sees: no wise man has the power to reason away’. And here, ..’where loves no longer found and I’m no longer bound, I can let go now.’
...where I'm no longer bound.
Love me some Michael McDonald. always.
Aussi émouvant que touchant 👍👍👍👍👍💖
De las mejores canciones que he escuchado jamás.
Hauntingly beautiful...
I told my son to play this song when I die, in my wake. Nice song.
Honey, why would you do that? This comment hurt my heart...and I will pray for you.. and your son...I hope what is going on will help all of you.. but love your boy ...and love yourself.
The inspiration behind “I Can Let Go Now” is rooted in personal experiences and reflections on life. Michael McDonald has shared in interviews that the song was inspired by a period of introspection and self-discovery in his own life. Michael McDonald is credited as both the composer and lyricist of “I Can Let Go Now.” He wrote the song during a phase of introspection and emotional growth, drawing from his own experiences. While it did not achieve significant chart success, “I Can Let Go Now” has remained a beloved song among Michael McDonald’s fan base. Its enduring popularity is a testament to the emotional resonance and timeless quality of the music.
Like many songs, “I Can Let Go Now” can be interpreted in different ways depending on the listener’s personal experiences and perspectives. While it may have a specific meaning for McDonald, the song’s universal themes allow for individual interpretation.
Hello Sir. My uncle is Laren Ogle. I was hoping to meet you someday and play mandolin with you. But then stupid Covid. Anyway, just found this when I looked up letting go now... just searching. You know. Thanks for caring for Laren and giving him such strength as a friend and coach. God bless you.
Toujours aussi émouvant que somptueux🙏👌💖
The most stunning voice and my all time fave singer
i have no idea what this video is, LOL, but the song is one of the most beautiful...the violins on the recording are gorgeous.....
Beautifully mastered 🎵, love it!
beautiful🎈🎶❤️
I was left unexpectedly, suddenly never saw it coming.
A new life without me 7 years ago.
I’m still alone.
I have my son with me and I see my daughter at any and every opportunity.
I’m only happy when I am with them.
My mind is set, children or nothing for me.
Too Beautiful........ Thank You Sir.
Beautiful 💙 sublime
I'm glad you liked it.
Beautiful
Beautiful!
Forever, one of my favorites
Rip alan almond loved pillow talk loved when he played this song love Michael McDonald
I have a bootleg somewhere of Tracy Thorne and Ben Watt, aka Everything But The Girl, playing this in London maybe 20 years ago. At the time I thought Tracy's version couldn't be beaten but the original, accompanied by this video is even better.
Listen to nell carter’s version goosebumps
I knew this was about death right when it started. I lost my significant other 24 years ago. Five years ago I lost a sister and 10 months after that her daughter (my niece) and two weeks after that my dad. Our hearts and our brains are so powerful. To all who have had to grieve take as much time as you need to. Life will indeed be different but you will move forward. 🙏🏼
i love this song
Exquisite💝.
I Decide to my brother Henry Perez this song just for you always remember you and rest in peace my brother and I miss you so much always think of you too I love you my brother rip jan 29, 1979
This song was played at my husbands funeral and it breaks my heart every time I hear it.
There are times when no one really knows the pain and ache that a heart has to take. This song promises many of us that we may one day be able to let go. But for some, it is not quite now. I am sorry for your loss.
Happy 72nd birthday Michael McDonald.
Too short but I cried a lot😢😢
Beautiful song and sentiment. Crazy video. That headstone he visits has to be about 150 years old. Love Michael. Check out Sara Bareilles version of this song.
+Angela George, yeah, the headstone sort of threw things out of whack. Maybe he's a vampire--but then its daylight, so that can't be it. What's up with the headstone?
Yes Herman, Sara Bareilles version is wonderful too, can find it on Nathan East (wonderful bass player) first album. ;)
+Jaime Castro Yes!! I've checked out the Sara Bareilles version. You're right it's wonderful. She adds nuances and shades to the lyrics that really lift the song--which I didn't think was possible. She doesn't get nearly her just due!!
Give him a break. He really misses his great, great, great grandfather.
In 2020 can a slow jam get better than this. I don't believe so!!!
Who is the actor in the video? He's excellent! When you think about it...no dialogue, no other actors....good stuff.....I lost my husband....can relate to this video allot.....have always loved this song
so do I ..I lost my sister not long ago. I know about suffering and about faith , faith to regain control of lofe and admission.
Greatest balled of all times? And I love Marvin Gaye.
I just hope all love, whether in life or in death... will NEVER let go! ... Rick Sibbett
I agree.
Missing my son 💔😪😪😪💔 I can't let go..... 😢
I am genuinely sorry to hear read about your loss.
Thank you 🙏🏽🙏🏽😔
💝💝💝💝💝🌠merveilleux🙏
I am glad you liked it.
I can let go now...
Rest in peace sami.
The only thing that I dislike about this song is that it’s far too short
Nice video, words of sorrow, soul in pain of the gone love ... do you know which Cd this song from Michael McDonald belongs? .. Thanks.
.... this song is all about what almost killed me.But I survived.
Thanks Matt!
😢❤️
Beautful
Thank you for your kind comment ❤
I keep forgetting is the album.
Love this song! My favorite version is by Nell Carter though.
Mine too!!
michael1608, who is this actor and what movie? He is so handsome and does such an amazing job, such authentic emotion with no words!
DEEP 🎵 S😪NG & VIDE😪 📹
L💙ve
That ring didn't go far 😂
It gone miles in a local dumpster
safe at shore😂😂
who's the actor, please???
That's exactly what I was thinking.... Saw that it was a cemetery and thought... oh... it's his wife. But when they panned to him touching it you could tell it was a really really old headstone.... WTF???
That headstone he grips gotta be from the early 1800's, if he hasn't let go in all this time....the shit is useless...dude must be a vampire!!!!
Dedicated to those killed by COVID-19.
You mean killed by Dr fauci
LMAO!!
been there...ugh.....
Worst place to be. Hope you'll never visit again.
he looks like Pau Gasol lol
:(