Don't Let It Die is a song written, produced, and sung by Hurricane Smith.
Following advice from Mickie Most, Smith decided to release it himself.
It made #2 on the UK Singles Chart,[3] with Middle Of The Road's Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep keeping it from the top spot.
[4] Smith received the 1971 Ivor Novello award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically.
[5] The lyrics have an ecological theme, stressing the beauty and fragility of nature, and the human responsibility to look after it, not to "let it die".