Never Gonna Let You Go
Sergio Mendes
1983
Annual listening list: initial release cycle, with recent carryovers; not an original-release-date field. Release chronology remains partly unverified.
Genre
Not classifiedTheme
Not classifiedRelease: 1983
Release: 1983Source checked
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Sergio Mendes - licensed original album program
The original self-titled A&M program and Never Gonna Let You Go are dated 1983; the 2009 compilation copyright is not the first release.
Sergio Mendes - Never Gonna Let You Go recording credits
1983 recording, Joe Pizzulo and Leza Miller vocals, Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil songwriting, Robbie Buchanan arrangement and Sergio Mendes production.
Inspiration and background
Researched recording background
Never Gonna Let You Go appears on Sergio Mendes's 1983 self-titled A&M album. Joe Pizzulo and Leza Miller supply the vocals, while Mendes is credited as producer. The song was written by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil, with an arrangement by Robbie Buchanan. The billing therefore identifies Mendes's production while the two singers carry the duet.
Evidence scope: Source-supported recording, release and career context; personal songwriting inspiration is not inferred.
Sources for this information
Sergio Mendes - licensed original album program
The original self-titled A&M program and Never Gonna Let You Go are dated 1983; the 2009 compilation copyright is not the first release. | Retrieved 2026-10-19
Sergio Mendes - Never Gonna Let You Go recording credits
1983 recording, Joe Pizzulo and Leza Miller vocals, Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil songwriting, Robbie Buchanan arrangement and Sergio Mendes production. | Retrieved 2026-10-19
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.
Never Gonna Let You Go by Sergio Mendes appears at number 16 in the reviewed U.S. year-end table for 1983. No reliable song-specific account of its inspiration was established in this review.
Other appearances and versions
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Sources and scope
Source-backed annual association (secondary source; not a complete discographic review)
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Billboard year-end 1983 table (Wikipedia transcription)
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