Let Go for Tonight

"Let Go for Tonight"
Single by Foxes
from the album Glorious
Released23 February 2014[1]
Recorded2013
GenreElectropop, dance-pop
Length3:58
LabelSign of the Times
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Foxes singles chronology
"Youth"
(2013) 		"Let Go for Tonight"
(2014) 		"Holding onto Heaven"
(2014)
Music video
"Let Go for Tonight" on YouTube

"Let Go for Tonight" is a song by English singer and songwriter Foxes from her debut studio album, Glorious (2014). The song was released as a digital download in the United Kingdom on 23 February 2014 as the album's second single.[1] It entered the UK Singles Chart at number 7. The song stayed in the UK Singles Charts for 10 weeks.[2]

Background

"Let Go for Tonight" was originally supposed to be on Foxes's extended play Warrior (2012), but was later revamped for her debut studio album Glorious (2014).[3]

Music video

A music video to accompany the release of "Let Go for Tonight" was first released onto YouTube on 5 January 2014 at a total length of 3 minutes and 53 seconds.[4] The music video starts out with Foxes and several other people sat in a white room at a white table. The song starts focusing on Foxes, and as the chorus swells, everyone begins throwing various food items and paint. This continues throughout the song, until the last bridge, in which Foxes runs out of the room (revealed to be a three-wall stand set up in a hilly field) and into a hilly field, followed by the others. Foxes ends the song being carried by a man.

As of November 2019, the song had 25 million views on YouTube.

Critical reception

Robert Copsey of Digital Spy gave the song a very positive review stating:

"The original version of Foxes' 'Let Go For Tonight' - which featured on her 'Warrior EP' back in the summer of 2012 - was, along with her previous offering 'Youth', a song that made us really fall for the singer. As such, our natural instinct was to fear the worst when it was announced that she would be releasing a spruced-up version of it as her latest single. But while the new version has undergone a considerable makeover - the stripped down, piano-led production has been given a boost with muscular beats and crashing drums - it has somehow managed to retain the naive and carefree essence of the original. "Let go for tonight baby, who needs sleep tonight?" she asks over twinkly synths and strings that take flight on the chorus; the result, an anthemic ode to all-nighters that deserves to rule the world." [5]

Track listing

Digital download - single[1]
No.TitleLength
1."Let Go for Tonight"3:58
Digital download - EP[1]
No.TitleLength
1."Let Go for Tonight" (Kat Krazy Remix)4:25
2."Let Go for Tonight" (High Contrast Remix)4:54
3."Let Go for Tonight" (Fred Falke Remix)6:58

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (2014) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[6] 59
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders)[7] 25
Belgium Dance (Ultratop Flanders)[8] 46
Euro Digital Song Sales (Billboard)[9] 14
Ireland (IRMA)[10] 6
Japan (Japan Hot 100)[11] 12
Scotland (OCC)[12] 7
UK Singles (OCC)[13] 7

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[14] Silver 200,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Region Date Format Label Ref.
United Kingdom 15 January 2014 Top 40 radio Sign of the Times [15]
23 February 2014 Digital download

References

  1. ^ a b c d "iTunes - Music - Let Go for Tonight by Foxes". iTunes. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
  2. ^ "let go for tonight | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  3. ^ Williott, Carl (6 January 2014). "Foxes' 'Let Go For Tonight' Gets Revamped For Her Debut: Watch The Colorful Video". Idolator. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  4. ^ "Foxes - Let Go for Tonight (Official Video)". YouTube. 5 January 2014.
  5. ^ "Foxes 'Let Go For Tonight' review: 'Anthemic ode to all-nighters'". Digital Spy. 23 February 2014.
  6. ^ "The ARIA Report - Issue #1254" ARIA Top 100 Singles. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
  7. ^ "Foxes – Let Go For Tonight" (in Dutch). Ultratip.
  8. ^ "Foxes – Let Go For Tonight" (in Dutch). Ultratop Dance.
  9. ^ "Foxes Chart History (Euro Digital Song Sales)". Billboard. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  10. ^ "Chart Track: Week 09, 2014". Irish Singles Chart.
  11. ^ "Foxes Chart History (Japan Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  12. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  13. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  14. ^ "British single certifications – Foxes – Let Go for Tonight". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
  15. ^ "BEEB'S YOUR UNCLE". HITS Daily Double. Retrieved 1 July 2024.