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From the album Surrender

Single23 July 1999Atomic number 14

Let Forever Be

Let Forever Be artwork
Artwork (quoted for review and commentary)2

Ground #AD366BInk 1 #203554Ink 2 #303658Accent #1A456CPlate colours (taken from the artwork)

Contrast　body 5.3:1　heading 5.3:1　Ink 1 falls short of 3:1, so the heading uses the text colour

Pulse 127 BPM (measured)

Listen

The video embedded on the official site1　Open on YouTube

Record

Released
23 July 19993
UK peak
No. 94
Certifications
BPI: Silver4
Artwork
Kate Gibb5
Notes
Described as a homage to the Beatles3

Tracklist

  1. 1Let Forever Be2
  2. 2The Diamond Sky2
  3. 3Studio K2

Music

BPM
127 BPM
Key
Eb (5B)

Technology

Context

Testimony

View (DJ Naoyaman)

This is where the partnership with Michel Gondry begins.

Released on 23 July 1999, it reached No. 9 in the UK.34 Their second song with Noel Gallagher after "Setting Sun", it is described as a homage to the Beatles.43

Gondry made the video. He would go on to make "Star Guitar", "Go" and "Got to Keep On": four videos over twenty years.6

I trust bands that keep working with the same director. A one-off talking point is easier than coming back.

The last of the four, "Got to Keep On", also won a Grammy.7

Translated from the Japanese original.

Afterwards

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  1. The Chemical Brothers, “Official site: Let Forever Be (video)”
  2. The Chemical Brothers, “Official site: Let Forever Be (release page)”
  3. Wikipedia, “Surrender (The Chemical Brothers album)”
  4. Wikipedia, “The Chemical Brothers discography”
  5. NY Art Beat, “Kate Gibb Exhibition”
  6. The Chemical Brothers, “News: "Go" reclaims the charts!”
  7. Recording Academy, “The Chemical Brothers Win Best Dance Recording For "Got To Keep On" | 2020 GRAMMYs”