Let It Go (Disney song) International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, "Let It Go" sold 10.9 million copies in 2014, becoming the year's fifth best-selling song. "The Daily Telegraph" explained that instead of the villain originally envisioned by the producers, the songwriters saw Elsa as "a scared girl struggling to control and come to terms with her gift." When interviewed in January 2014 by John August and Aline Brosh McKenna, "Frozen" director Jennifer Lee gave her recollection of the song's conception: "Bobby and Kristen said they were walking in Prospect Park and they just started talking about what would it feel like [to be Elsa].
Let It Go (Disney song) to "Defying Gravity" (also performed by Idina Menzel) from the Broadway musical "Wicked". "The Rochester City Newspaper" called it the best song of the film's soundtrack, writing; "Performed with belty gusto by Idina Menzel, it's got every element needed to be a lasting favorite. (...) Menzel should be credited for providing as much power and passion to this performance as she did in her most famous role." "Entertainment Weekly"'s Marc Snetiker described the song as "an incredible anthem of liberation" while Joe Dziemianowicz of "New York Daily News" called it "a stirring tribute to girl power and the need to