Should've Never Let You Go
Neil & Dara Sedaka
1980
Annual listening list: initial release cycle, with recent carryovers; not an original-release-date field. Release chronology remains partly unverified.
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Inspiration and background
Researched recording background
Should've Never Let You Go is the Neil Sedaka and Dara Sedaka duet promoted from In the Pocket in 1980. Elektra's contemporary advertisement explicitly billed both performers and credited production and arrangement to Robert Appère and Neil Sedaka. That album-era duet credit is preserved separately from Sedaka's solo recordings and later compilation packaging. Retained list context: Should've Never Let You Go by Neil & Dara Sedaka appears at number 76 in the reviewed U.S. year-end table for 1980. No reliable song-specific account of its inspiration was established in this review.
Evidence scope: Sourced recording or credited-performer context. Exact audio identity and private songwriting motivation are not inferred.
Sources for this information
Elektra advertisement in Record World, March 29, 1980
Read source text for the recording-specific collaboration, writing, roles or edition distinction summarized here. Dates attached to compilations or later editions do not establish the original recording date. | Retrieved 2026-10-19
Neil Sedaka - official In the Pocket album archive
Read source text for the recording-specific collaboration, writing, roles or edition distinction summarized here. Dates attached to compilations or later editions do not establish the original recording date. | Retrieved 2026-10-19
Billboard year-end 1980 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary chart transcription reviewed for title, artist and annual association. Not proof of release date, genre or inspiration.
Earlier note and its recorded status
Earlier status: Basic catalog context. This earlier wording is retained as historical context; the reviewed account above is the current summary.
Should've Never Let You Go by Neil & Dara Sedaka appears at number 76 in the reviewed U.S. year-end table for 1980. No reliable song-specific account of its inspiration was established in this review.
Other appearances and versions
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Sources and scope
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Billboard year-end 1980 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary chart transcription reviewed for title, artist and annual association. Not proof of release date, genre or inspiration.
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