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“Let Me Go” by Cake
From the album Prolonging the Magic (1998)
“Let Me Go” by Cake appears on 10 radio countdowns from 7 stations between 1999 and 2023. It was first released in 1998 on the album Prolonging the Magic. Its best result is #16 on the 91X Top 91 Songs of 1999. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #90 alternative song of 1999 and #6,865 alternative song of all time.
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"Let Me Go" is on Prolonging the Magic, the third Cake album, which Capricorn released on October 6, 1998, and it shows how the band got by after losing a guitarist. With Greg Brown gone, Cake worked through a rotating cast of players to cover his parts, and on this one Jim Campilongo and Tyler Pope both sit in as guests on electric guitar. Campilongo also shares the writing credit with John McCrea.
Xan McCurdy eventually took the guitar job full time, and the album did fine without a settled lineup: it debuted at number 33 on the Billboard 200 on sales of about 44,000 copies and went platinum the following September, even if "Never There" was its only real hit single.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 16 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 1999 | 91 |
| 1999 | 37 | WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD | WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1999 | 100 |
| 1999 | 44 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 1999 | 103 |
| 1999 | 88 | Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) | Radio & Records Top 104 Songs of 1999 | 104 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 1975 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) | 2008 |
| 2008 | 1930 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) | 2009 |
| 2009 | 1900 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) | 2010 |
| 2010 | 1958 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) | 2011 |
| 2022 | 544 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s | 900 |
| 2023 | 726 | The Current | The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s | 893 |
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