<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Music video </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> "Say You Won't Let Go" on YouTube </Td> </Tr> <P> "Say You Won't Let Go" is a song by British singer and songwriter James Arthur . The song was released as a digital download on 9 September 2016 in the United Kingdom by Columbia Records as the lead single from his second studio album Back from the Edge (2016). The single peaked at the top of the UK Singles Chart, a position it maintained for three weeks . Outside the United Kingdom, the single has topped the charts in Australia, New Zealand, Sweden and the Republic of Ireland . It also became his first hit in the US, peaking at number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 . </P> <P> On 12 September 2016, the song was at number 30 on The Official Chart Update in the United Kingdom . On 16 September 2016, the song entered the UK Singles Chart at number 25, and peaked at number one two weeks later, spending three consecutive weeks at the top . The song was ranked the nineteenth biggest - selling song of 2016 in the UK, making Arthur the biggest - selling British male artist of the year . By the second week of January 2017, it had surpassed the one million sales mark, making him the first - ever X Factor act to have two singles sell over a million copies in his homeland . Controversy arose when similarities to The Script's "The Man Who Can't Be Moved" were found, yet the Script ultimately decided not to pursue legal action . In early March, it had gone double platinum in the UK . </P>

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