How Could I Let You Get Away

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“How Could I Let You Get Away”
Single by The Spinners from the album The Spinners
B-side	"I'll Be Around"
Released	August 1972
Format	45 RPM 7"
Label	Atlantic Records
Producer	Thom Bell

"How Could I Let You Get Away" is a song recorded by the American vocal group The Spinners (known as "Detroit Spinners" in the UK) and produced by Thom Bell. The lush, string-augmented production of the song drew comparisons to another Bell - produced group, The Stylistics. The song was recorded for inclusion on the group's 1972 self-titled debut album on Atlantic Records. It was also the A-side of the group's first single release on Atlantic in August of 1972. The song had modest success on the charts, reaching number fourteen on the U.S. R&B charts and crossing over to the U.S. Pop charts peaking at number seventy seven. However, it would be the single's B-side, "I'll Be Around" that would be the group's real chart breakthrough, becoming a #1 and #3 pop hit in the fall of 1972 and eventually reaching sales of over a million copies.