By the second week of January 2017, it had surpassed the one million sales mark, making him the first-ever X Factor act to have two singles sell over a million copies in his homeland. The song was ranked the nineteenth biggest-selling song of 2016 in the UK, making Arthur the biggest-selling British male artist of the year. On 16 September 2016, the song entered the UK Singles Chart at number 25, and peaked at number one two weeks later, becoming Arthur's second number one and spending three consecutive weeks at the top. On 12 September 2016, the song was at number 30 on The Official Chart Update in the United Kingdom. However, following a claim in May 2018, they were successfully awarded a songwriting credit. In response to claims that the song sounds similar to The Script's " The Man Who Can't Be Moved", the song's writers initially decided not to pursue legal action. In May 2018, it was reported that The Script had launched legal proceedings against Arthur due to alleged copyright infringement in regards to the song. In early March, it had gone double platinum in the UK. It also became his breakthrough hit in the US, peaking at number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100. Outside the United Kingdom, the single has topped the charts in Australia, New Zealand, Sweden and the Republic of Ireland. The single peaked at the top of the UK Singles Chart, a position it maintained for three weeks. The song was released as a digital download on 9 September 2016 in the United Kingdom by Columbia Records as the lead single from his second studio album Back from the Edge (2016). " Say You Won't Let Go" is a song by English singer and songwriter James Arthur.
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