Please Don't Leave Me (John Sykes song)

Please Don't Leave Me
Compilation album by John Sykes
Released	1992 (1992)
Genre	Hard rock
Label	MCA MVCM
Producer	John Sykes
John Sykes chronology
Please Don't Leave Me (1992) Out of My Tree (1995)

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"Please Don't Leave Me" is a single released by John Sykes in 1982. The song features Thin Lizzy band members Phil Lynott on vocals and bass, Brian Downey on drums and Darren Wharton on keyboards; Sykes would join Thin Lizzy as a permanent guitarist later in the year, replacing Snowy White.

The song was re-released in 1992, this time in the form of a compilation album that included a selection of non-album studio and live tracks from Sykes' tenure with Tygers of Pan Tang.

Track listing

First edition (1982)

1. "Please Don't Leave Me" – 4:51
2. "Please Don't Leave Me" (Instrumental) – 3:57

Re-issue (1992)

1. "Please Don't Leave Me" (Original Version)" – 4:51
2. "Don't Take Nothing (Tygers Of Pan Tang)" – 2:52
3. "Bad Times (Tygers Of Pan Tang)" – 3:07
4. "All Or Nothing (Tygers Of Pan Tang)" – 2:44
5. "Don't Give A Damn (Tygers Of Pan Tang)" – 4:31
6. "Please Don't Leave Me" (Short Version)" – 4:18
7. "Slave To Freedom (Live) (Tygers Of Pan Tang)" – 5:02
8. "Raised On Rock (Live) (Tygers Of Pan Tang)" – 4:44
9. "Paradise Drive (Tygers Of Pan Tang)" – 3:45
10. "Love Potion N°9 (Tygers Of Pan Tang)" – 2:08
11. "Please Don't Leave Me" (Instrumental Version)" – 3:57

Personnel

• John Sykes – guitar
• Philip Lynott – vocals, bass
• Brian Downey – drums
• Darren Wharton – keyboards

Covers

Danish band Pretty Maids covered the song for their 1992 album Sin-Decade.