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) the Wind" from "Pocahontas" peaked at number four on the chart. The song is also Menzel's first single to reach the top 10 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart, making her the first Tony Award winner for acting to ever reach the top 10. The song was the ninth best-selling song of 2014 in the United States with 3.37 million copies sold in that year. , the song has sold 3.5 million copies in the US. It is now the biggest-selling foreign song from any original soundtrack in South Korea . A remix EP was released digitally by Walt Disney