How Do I Let Go — Dennis Ferrer
A deep house song from Dennis Ferrer’s 2006 debut album, sung by K.T. Brooks and remixed by Charles Webster, that King Street Sounds keeps bringing back.
- Deep house song by New York producer Dennis Ferrer, sung by K.T. Brooks.
- First released on Ferrer’s 2006 debut album The World As I See It, on King Street Sounds.
- Issued as a single with Charles Webster remixes in 2008, and reissued in remix packages since.
Dennis Ferrer is best known for “Hey Hey”, a big, tracky club hit. “How Do I Let Go” shows his other side: a vocal song carried by K.T. Brooks, which King Street Sounds has kept reissuing for more than fifteen years.
Dennis Ferrer before the album
Ferrer, born on 26 December 1970, is a New York DJ, producer and remixer, now based in Union City, New Jersey. He released his first record in 1994. He started out in techno, then moved into gospel house, setting up a label with Kerri Chandler along the way. His breakthrough came in 2003 with a collaboration with Jerome Sydenham.
The World As I See It
King Street Sounds, the New York house label, released Ferrer’s debut album, The World As I See It, in 2006. Its ten tracks include “Church Lady”, “Touched the Sky” with Mia Tuttavilla — No. 32 on the UK Independent Singles Chart in 2007 — and “How Do I Let Go” with K.T. Brooks. The album reached No. 26 on the UK Dance Albums chart. Ferrer produced and arranged the song; the writing credit reads D. Ferrer / K. Taylor. Armada, which reissued the album in 2025, calls it “one of the greatest house music albums of the 21st century”.
Remixes and reissues
The song came out as a single in 2008, with the original, an instrumental and mixes by Charles Webster — a Deep Mix, a Ruff Mix and a 5AM Mix among them — plus a remix by Marco Tegui. The Webster Ruff Mix also turned up on a King Street 12-inch drawn from the compilation My World as They Remixed It. It never really went away. A Webster Club Mix 2 appeared on a 2015 House Legends compilation, Objektivity issued a remix release in 2017 and King Street Sounds put out a new remix package in February 2022. After King Street Sounds relaunched in 2024, the whole album was reissued in April 2025 on sky blue double vinyl for Record Store Day.
After the album
Ferrer went on to run his own label, Objektivity, and released his best-known single, “Hey Hey”, on Defected in 2010. His Objektivity mix of Dido’s “Don’t Believe in Love” earned a Grammy nomination for Best Remixed Recording. He has worked with Masters at Work, Louie Vega and the Martinez Brothers. For the New York sound he grew up alongside, read the story of “Work” by Masters at Work.
FAQ
Who sings How Do I Let Go by Dennis Ferrer?
K.T. Brooks. The writing credit reads D. Ferrer / K. Taylor, and Ferrer produced and arranged the track.
Which album is How Do I Let Go on?
The World As I See It, Dennis Ferrer’s debut album, released by King Street Sounds in 2006.
Who remixed How Do I Let Go?
Charles Webster made several mixes, including a Deep Mix and a Ruff Mix. King Street Sounds released a new remix package in 2022.
