<P> The song has achieved international success, topping the charts in many countries around the world, and has sold over 1 million digital copies in the UK, and over 4 million in the US as of July 2014 . In 2014, the song was nominated for the Brit Award for British Single of the Year, and won Passenger the British Academy's Ivor Novello Award for Most Performed Work . </P> <P> The lyrics of the song are poetic and melancholic, describing the regrets associated with ending a relationship . The chorus describes situations in which one does not appreciate what he / she has until it is gone, and relates this to love . The verses give detailed scenes involving a heartbroken man dealing with his breakup . </P> <P> "Let Her Go" is driven by a chorus which is repeated five times throughout the song . The second half of the final chorus is performed a cappella . Including acoustic guitar and vocals from Rosenberg, backing vocals, piano, drums, bass, and strings, the song is instrumentally diverse . The song is performed in the key of G major, played with a capo on the seventh fret of the guitar . </P> <P> "Let Her Go" was released in July 2012 as the second single from Passenger's third album All the Little Lights . The song became a hit first in the Netherlands after Dave, a Dutch fan, e-mailed Passenger expressing his wish to introduce the song to some Dutch radio stations, claiming it could be a hit there . This resulted in the song trending on Dutch stations and finding enormous commercial success with the Dutch public . The song became a hit first in the Netherlands, reaching number two in the Dutch Top 40 in November 2012 and spending a total of four non-consecutive weeks at that position . </P>

You never know your lover till you let her go