In early 2011, Rascal Flatts released "I Won't Let Go" as the second single from their Nothing Like This album. The No. 2, platinum-certified country hit was written by Jason Sellers & Steve Robson, the latter of whom also co-wrote the Flatts' Grammy-nominated "What Hurts the Most."
"I Won't Let Go" came from Sellers and Robson's first-ever co-writing session. Below, Sellers shares with The Boot the story behind the tuy vậy, and the message he hopes others will hear in its lyrics. Bạn đang xem: I won't let go
"I Won't Let Go" is special lớn me because I'm a Christian. It felt like, lớn me, because we didn't define the character in the song, it could be a frikết thúc saying it to lớn a frikết thúc, it could, in some sense, be God saying it to someone, it could be you saying it to your husbvà or wife ... So, in that sense, the song's exciting lớn me, because it's got an inspirational message. It says something good that lifts people up.
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This was the first tuy vậy Steve sầu & I ever wrote together. He came over from Englvà, and we worked on the melody và the direction of the lyrics.
Steve is an incredible writer. We didn't have to spkết thúc that much time on it. He had a musical piece already going. It just felt so inspired, và we built on that.
After Steve left, I poured over what we had a lot more, because I loved the message & I wanted khổng lồ make it as cđại bại to lớn right as I could make it. I was thinking, if you were quoting what someone was saying in their own words ... If they were saying this khổng lồ someone in the family that's a soldier that's over there fighting, or lớn your mom, dad, wife, husb& ... I think everyone wants to lớn have someone say to them, "Hey, I can't stop it from raining on you, but I will be here to help you get through."
We get emails from people -- & I know a lot of artists and labels vị, too -- how a song touches someone's life. I vì this for a living, and I'm trying to lớn make money ... but when you get those kinds of stories and feedbaông chồng, you really feel like you had some contribution. With an uplifting lyric like that, maybe it gives somebody toàn thân hope khổng lồ move sầu forward and make it through another day, through whatever their trauma or disaster is, or even just getting tired in life.