If You Love Me Let Me Go

Album: Gypsy Heart (2014)
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Songfacts®:

  • This song finds Colbie Caillat examining a breakup. "It's that story everyone's gone through," she said. "You break up with someone, yet you're dating them again. It's a confusing thing. It's so much worse to do that to yourself though. If you love me, let me go. Stop torturing me and keeping me around just a little bit longer, if we're not going to last forever."
  • Colbie Caillat co-wrote the song with Jamie Scott, John Ryan, and Julian Bunetta, who are all known for their work with One Direction.
  • Colbie Caillat released a duet version of "If You Love Me Let Me Go" with country-pop singer-songwriter Russell Dickerson on April 4, 2025. Eric Arjes and Jimmy Robbins produced the new rendering.

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