6. Don’t Let Him Go
In their first venture away from hard rock to a softer pop sound, REO struck gold. Their 1980 album Hi Infidelity went on to be the biggest selling rock album of 1981, holding the No. 1 position on the Billboard 200 for 15 weeks, and containing six songs that hit the Billboard singles chart. “Don’t Let Him Go” was one of those songs. In a 2010 interview with Goldmine magazine, Cronin was asked about whom the song was written.
“I usually write autobiographically and there is usually some type of emotional therapy involved in it.
“That song was different for me because I created a character. If you took all five of the band members and rolled them into one, then that was our hero in 'Don’t Let Him Go.'”
It seems only proper then that each band member’s instrument is highlighted in some passage. Richrath’s lead passage was the most prominent and gave a hard rock feel to the softer material being introduced.
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