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"Please Don't Go"
Song
B-side"I Bet'cha Didn't Know That"

"Please Don't Go" is a song recorded and released in 1979 on the KC and the Sunshine Band album Do You Wanna Go Party. The song was the band's first love ballad, in which the subject pleads obviously for a second chance. Shortly after the song's one-week run at number one, the group broke up and Harry Wayne Casey went solo. The song was a number-one hit on the Australian ARIA Charts, and the band's fifth and final number-one hit on Billboard Hot 100 charts.[1]

Original version

Influence

This song in heavily influenced by the 1966 hit Don't Bring Me Down (The Animals song), score one more for Carole King and Gerry Goffin.

Charts

The song is incorrectly noted by some sources as being the last number one hit of the 1970s and the first of the 1980s on the Billboard Hot 100. In fact, it was only the number one song for the chart week of January 5, 1980, making it the first #1 single of the 1980s. It was both preceded and followed at number one by "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)" by Rupert Holmes, which dropped to number two for the week that "Please Don't Go" was number one. The B side which was called "Betcha Didn't Know That" was number one on the R&B Chart at the same time it was an Italian 92' jam, but then was re-mixed by Ajo Rabaccii From Abohar.

Preceded by Billboard Hot 100 number one single
January 5, 1980 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Australian Kent Music Report number-one single
February 11, 1980 - February 18, 1980 		Succeeded by

Double You version

"Please Don't Go"
Song
B-side"Please Don't Go" (remix)

Track listings

CD maxi
  1. "Please Don't Go" (radio mix) — 3:18
  2. "Please Don't Go" (club mix) — 6:14
  3. "Please Don't Go" (let's go mix) — 3:31
  4. "Please Don't Go" (acapella) — 3:18
7" single
  1. "Please Don't Go" (radio mix) — 3:18
  2. "Please Don't Go" (acappella) — 3:18
7" single - France
  1. "Please Don't Go" (radio mix) — 3:18
  2. "Please Don't Go" (let's go mix) — 3:31
12" maxi - Germany, Italy, Spain, U.S.
  1. "Please Don't Go" (club mix) — 6:14
  2. "Please Don't Go" (radio mix) — 3:18
  3. "Please Don't Go" (let's go mix) — 3:31
  4. "Please Don't Go" (acappella) — 3:18
12" maxi - France
  1. "Please Don't Go" (club mix) — 6:14
  2. "Please Don't Go" (let's go mix) — 3:31
CD maxi / 12" maxi - Remixes
  1. "Please Don't Go" (herbie remix) — 5:20
  2. "Organ Dream" — 2:15
  3. "Please Don't Go" (underground mix) — 4:55
  4. "Please Don't Go" (dub go) — 1:45
CD maxi / 12" maxi - Techno remixes
  1. "Please Don't Go" (U.S.-rave mix) — 6:00
  2. "Please Don't Go" (UK-break mix) — 5:00
  3. "Please Don't Go" (euro-house mix) — 4:55

Charts

Chart successions

Preceded by Dutch Top 40 number one single
May 23, 1992 - May 30, 1992 (2 weeks) 		Succeeded by

KWS version

"Please Don't Go"
Song
A-side"Game Boy" (double A-side)

A soundalike cover of Double You's arrangement by the British group KWS hit number one on the UK Singles Chart for five weeks in May 1992 and reached number six on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. It was recorded and released after record company Network failed to secure UK distribution rights for the Double You version. The similarity between both versions resulted in Network paying compensation to Roberto Zanetti, Double You's producer, following legal action [11]. The KWS version was claimed to be released in honour of Nottingham Forest (European football) defender Des Walker, who was on the verge of signing for Italian team Sampdoria.

Charts

End of year chart (1992) Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[12] 47
Preceded by UK number one single
May 3, 1992 for 5 weeks 		Succeeded by

Basshunter version

"Please Don't Go"
Song

In 2008, it was remade into a eurodance tune this time by Dance/Techno musician Basshunter.

The single was released as a single in Sweden where it reached #6.

The song was originally planned to be released in the UK as the second single on June 23, 2008. But due to technical difficulties, the release was cancelled and "All I Ever Wanted" took its place on July 7. It had much more success than originally thought as the single reached number 2 in the UK charts.

However, despite rumours that this would be the third UK single, "Angel in the Night" was released instead and was premiered on BBC Radio 1 on August 22, 2008, during Scott Mills Friday Floor Fillers.

Track listings

CD maxi
"Please Don't Go" (CDM)
  1. "Please Don't Go" (radio edit) — 2:58
  2. "Please Don't Go" (extended mix) — 5:00
  3. "Please Don't Go" (ultra DJ's remix) — 4:39
  4. "Please Don't Go" (the WideBoys remix) — 5:37

Charts

Chart (2008) Peak
position
Swedish Singles Chart 6

Other cover versions

  • In 1985, it was covered by Italo disco group Digital Game.
  • In 1990, it was covered by freestyle singer Timmy T.
  • In 2007, it was once again covered, this time by singer José Galisteo.
  • In 2009, it was covered by Hermes House Band on their album "Rhythm of the Nineties".

References

  1. ^ Dean, Maury (2003). Rock N' Roll Gold Rush. Algora. p. 287. ISBN 0-87586-207-1. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  2. ^ a b c d "Please Don't Go", in various singles charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved April 10, 2008)
  3. ^ a b "Single top 100 over 1992" (pdf) (in Dutch). Top40. Retrieved 14 April 2010.
  4. ^ German Singles Chart Charts-surfer.de (Retrieved April 10, 2008)
  5. ^ UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com (Retrieved April 10, 2008)
  6. ^ Billboard Allmusic.com (Retrieved September 6, 2008)
  7. ^ 1992 Austrian Singles Chart Austriancharts.at (Retrieved September 6, 2008)
  8. ^ 1992 Swiss Singles Chart Hitparade.ch (Retrieved September 6, 2008)
  9. ^ French certifications Chartsinfrance.net (Retrieved September 6, 2008)
  10. ^ Template:Cite gold platin
  11. ^ The Eurodance Encyclopaedia - Roberto Zanetti eurokdj.free.fr (Retrieved August 11, 2009)
  12. ^ "Billboard Top 100 - 1992". Retrieved 2010-07-30.
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