| "Let Her In" | ||||
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 Side A of the Australian single | ||||
| Single byJohn Travolta | ||||
| from the album John Travolta | ||||
| B-side | "Big Trouble" | |||
| Released | April 1976 | |||
| Studio | Sigma Sound, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania[1] | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 3:03 | |||
| Label | Midland Intl. | |||
| Songwriter | Gary Benson | |||
| Producer | Bob Reno | |||
| John Travolta singles chronology | ||||
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"Let Her In" is a song written and recorded by English singer-songwriterGary Benson, and released as a single in 1973. It was covered byJohn Travolta in 1976, and was released as the first single from Travolta's self-titled second album. Travolta's version was ahit, spending five months on the U.S.Billboard Hot 100, and peaking at number 10. It also reached number 16 on theAdult Contemporary chart. On theCash Box chart, the song peaked at number five. In Canada, "Let Her In" reached number seven on theRPM Top Singles chart.
"Let Her In" was released at the end of the first year of the four-year run ofWelcome Back, Kotter, in which Travolta starred.
This song was his first and only top-ten hit as a solo artist in the United States, and the biggest hit of his in any country not to be tied to the filmGrease. It was included on his 1978 double album compilation,Travolta Fever.
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Tom Breihan criticized Travolta's performance of "a moony and generic song" in his December 2019Stereogum article and later called it "truly wretched" in his January 2020A.V. Club article.[12][13] Paul Grein ofBillboard in August 2022 called theballad "mopey".[14]
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