{{Infobox song | name = You Can Let Go | cover = YouCanLetGo.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Crystal Shawanda | album = Dawn of a New Day | released = January 7, 2008 <small>(CAN)</small><br />February 25, 2008 <small>(US)</small> | format = | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = Country | length = 3:34 | label = RCA Nashville | writer = Cory Batten<br />Kent Blazy<br />Rory Feek | producer = Scott Hendricks | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = What Do I Have to Do | next_year = 2008 | misc = {{Extra chronology | artist = Crystal Shawanda American | type = single | prev_title = | prev_year = | title = You Can Let Go | year = 2008 | next_title = My Roots Are Showing | next_year = 2008 }} }}
"'''You Can Let Go'''" is a song written by Rory Feek, Kent Blazy and Cory Batten, and recorded by Canadian country music artist Crystal Shawanda. It was released in Canada in January 2008 and the U.S. in February 2008 as the first single from the album ''Dawn of a New Day''.<ref>[https://magmedia.blogspot.com/2008/01/canadian-crystal-shawanda-you-can-let.html MAGMEDIA: Canadian > Crystal Shawanda > You Can Let Go]</ref> The song became the fastest rising debut Canadian country single ever.<ref>[http://www.cmt.ca/News/NewsItem.aspx?news_id=7553 Crystal Hits It Big at Home]{{Dead link|date=February 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref> "You Can Let Go" was nominated for Single of the Year at the 2008 Canadian Country Music Association Awards.<ref>[http://www.thesudburystar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1138087&auth=STAR%20STAFF Crystal Shawanda earns two CMT nominations]{{Dead link|date=February 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref>
In the United States, "You Can Let Go" peaked at number 21 on the Hot Country Songs charts.
==Content== The song features three scenarios where the female narrator asks her father to "let go" of her, the first being when she is riding a bicycle as a child.<ref name="country"/>
==Critical reception== Kevin John Coyne of Country Universe rated the song "A", praising Shawanda's voice and saying that "I knew where 'You Can Let Go' was going to end up by the third verse, but I was still choked up by it, as the songwriters painted an achingly accurate portrait."<ref name="country">{{cite web | url=https://www.countryuniverse.net/2008/02/01/review-crystal-shawanda-you-can-let-go/ | title='You Can Let Go' review | publisher=Country Universe | date=February 1, 2008 | accessdate=April 9, 2022 | author=Kevin John Coyne}}</ref>
==Music video== A music video was released for the song, directed by Margaret Malandruccolo. In the video, Shawanda is shown singing the song on the stage of an empty auditorium along with scenes of her as a child (played by Cassandra Laus) riding a bicycle.
==Chart performance== {|class="wikitable sortable" !align="left"|Chart (2008) !align="center"|Peak<br />position |- {{single chart|Billboardcanadacountry|5|artist=Crystal Shawanda|}} |- {{single chart|Canada|60|artist=Crystal Shawanda|}} |- {{single chart|Billboardcountrysongs|21|artist=Crystal Shawanda|}} |- |align="left"|US ''Billboard'' Bubbling Under Hot 100<ref>{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008|publisher=Record Research, Inc|page=376|year=2008|isbn=0-89820-177-2}}</ref> |align="center"|9 |}
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |+Year-end chart performance !scope="col"|Chart (2008) !scope="col"|Position |- !scope="row"|Canada Country (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|date=December 12, 2008|title=Top Canada Country Songs|magazine=R&R|page=62}}</ref> |13 |}
==References== {{reflist}}
Category:Crystal Shawanda songs Category:2008 debut singles Category:Songs written by Rory Feek Category:Songs written by Kent Blazy Category:RCA Records Nashville singles Category:Song recordings produced by Scott Hendricks Category:2008 songs Category:Songs written by Cory Batten Category:Music videos directed by Margaret Malandruccolo Category:Songs about fathers