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Never Let Her Slip Away
"Never Let Her Slip Away" is a song written by Andrew Gold, who recorded it for his third album, "All This and Heaven Too". The single reached #5 on the UK Singles Chart, and #67 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 in 1978. Queen frontman Freddie Mercury contributed harmony vocals to the song, as an uncredited background singer. A 1992 cover version by dance outfit Undercover was also an international hit.
Background.
As revealed in his
Mortimer". "Never Let Her Slip Away" was also featured on the soundtrack of the film "" (2013), as a personal favourite of the principal character.
In conversation on the podcast WTF with Marc Maron, Dave Grohl, singer, songwriter and guitarist of the renowned rock band Foo Fighters, called "Never Let Her Slip Away" "the most beautiful piece of music ever written," and "maybe one of the most melodically sophisticated songs I’ve ever heard in my entire life,"