One year later, in 2015, the song managed to win another award, a Grammy for the category of Best Song Written for Visual Media. It was covered by many artists, starting with Antonela Cekixhi in Albanian and Nesma Mahgoub in Arabic. Taryn Szpilman also created a version in Portuguese and was followed by the Bulgarian version by Nadezhda Panayotova. Many other cover versions followed. The lyrics and the music were written by Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez and released on the 25th of November, 2013. The piano and vocals parts were recorded during 2012 and the Rhythm section and the orchestra part were created during 2013. It was published by Wonderland Music Company and included on the Frozen album. Let It Go was also transformed into an easier and shorter pop version, which was featured at the ending of the movie and sung by Demi Lovato. This version ultimately got a separate music video. The song managed to chart in the top 10 positions in the United States, on the Billboard Hot 100 charts.

The Boston Globe praised the addictiveness of the free Let It Go piano sheets, which got very popular among teens. In 2014, Let It Go managed to win the category for Best Original Song at the Academy Award ceremony.Let It Go from Frozen also managed to win several other awards, such as a Critic’s Choice Awards for Best Song, a Phoenix Film Critics Society award for Best Original Song, and a Denver Film Critics Society award for Best Original Song. At the Radio Disney Music Awards, it also won the Favorite Song from a Movie or TV Show award.

Originally and initially, the song was shown as performed by actress Idina Menzel, who starred in Frozen in the role of Queen Elsa.