Letting go is bigger than any one breakup. It is releasing the grip on a person, a past, a worry you cannot fix. These songs are about that loosening, and the strange relief that comes once you finally do.
Updated 2026
Let It Go by Idina Menzel 2013
The pop-culture anthem of dropping the weight you have been carrying.
Let Her Go by Passenger 2012
You only know what you had once it is already gone.
Breathe (2 AM) by Anna Nalick 2005
A 2 a.m. reminder that you cannot jump the track, so just let go.
Let Go by Frou Frou 2002
There is beauty in the breakdown, if you stop fighting it.
Hold On Loosely by .38 Special 1981
Cling too tightly and you lose the very thing you want.
I Will Remember You by Sarah McLachlan 1995
A soft goodbye that holds the memory while it releases the person.
Slipping Through My Fingers by ABBA 1981
A parent watching a child grow up and away, too fast.
The Scientist by Coldplay 2002
Wanting to go back to the start, knowing you cannot.
Goodbye to You by Scandal 1982
A clean, defiant break from someone who held you back.
Move Along by The All-American Rejects 2005
When all else fails, just keep moving until it eases.