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Please Don't Make Me Cry

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"Please Don't Make Me Cry" is a song written and originally recorded by Winston Groovy in 1970.

"Please Don't Make Me Cry"
Single by Winston Groovy
Released1970
GenreReggae
Length3:26
LabelTorpedo
Songwriter(s)Winston Groovy
Winston Groovy singles chronology
"Tennessee Waltz"
(1970)
"Please Don't Make Me Cry"
(1970)
"I Wanna Be Loved"
(1971)

UB40 version

"Please Don't Make Me Cry"
Single by UB40
from the album Labour of Love
B-side"Keep On Moving'"
Released1983
GenreReggae fusion
Length3:26
LabelDEP International (UK)
A&M (US)
Songwriter(s)Winston Groovy
UB40 singles chronology
"Red Red Wine"
(1983)
"Please Don't Make Me Cry"
(1983)
"Many Rivers to Cross"
(1983)

The most well-known recorded version of the song is by reggae group UB40, and was the follow-up single to their chart-topping cover of Neil Diamond's "Red Red Wine". Both singles were taken from the group's 1983 album Labour of Love. The single peaked at number 10 on the singles chart in the UK, becoming their second consecutive Top 10 hit (sixth overall). It also appeared on the group's greatest hits album The Very Best of UB40 in 2000.

Charts

Chart (1983) Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[1] 11
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[2] 4
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[3] 41
UK Singles (OCC)[4] 10

References