Don't Walk Away (Jade song)
"Don't Walk Away" | ||||
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Single by Jade | ||||
from the album Jade to the Max | ||||
Released | November 23, 1992 | |||
Recorded | 1992 | |||
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Length | 4:44 (album version) 3:37 (w/intro edit) | |||
Label | Giant | |||
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Jade singles chronology | ||||
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"Don't Walk Away" is a song by American R&B group Jade. It was released in November 23, 1992 as single from their album, Jade to the Max. It became one of the biggest Dance and R&B singles of the year. The song peaked at number two on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100. The song samples "Jungle Jazz" by Kool and the Gang and "That Girl" by Stevie Wonder.[2] Outside of the United States, the song also peaked within the top ten of the charts in the United Kingdom.[3] The success of the single landed the trio spots on The Tonight Show, The Arsenio Hall Show and Top of the Pops in the United Kingdom. A cover version of this track by Jenny Jones was released in January 2009. The first verse and chorus were interpolated in Diplo & Sleepy Tom's 2015 dance track "Be Right There".[4]
In 2017, Billboard ranked the song at number 52 on their list of 100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time.[5]
The bassline of the song was sampled by A Tribe Called Quest for the song "Award Tour", from the album Midnight Marauders.
Formats and track listings
CD
- Don't Walk Away (Pop Walk)
- Don't Walk Away (Lite Walk)
- Don't Walk Away (Dark Walk)
- Don't Walk Away (Mack Daddy Stroll)
- Don't Walk Away (Album Walk)
7" Vinyl
- Don't Walk Away (Pop Walk)
- Don't Walk Away (Album Walk)
12" Vinyl
- Don't Walk Away (Album Walk)
- Don't Walk Away (A Cappella Walk)
- Don't Walk Away (Instrumental Walk)
- Don't Walk Away (TV Walk)
Charts and certifications
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
Certifications
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Javine version
"Don't Walk Away/You've Got a Friend" | ||||
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Single by Javine | ||||
from the album Surrender and Garfield The Movie OST | ||||
Released | August 9, 2004UK) | (|||
Recorded | 2003 | |||
Genre | R&B | |||
Length | "Don't Walk Away" – 3:00 "You've Got a Friend" – 04:58 | |||
Label | Innocent Virgin | |||
Songwriter(s) | "Don't Walk Away" – Vassal Gradington Benford III, Ronald Spearman "You've Got a Friend" – Carole King | |||
Producer(s) | "Don't Walk Away" – Stargate "You've Got a Friend" – Marius De Vries | |||
Javine singles chronology | ||||
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"Don't Walk Away" was covered by British R&B singer Javine. It was released as a double-A side single in the United Kingdom, along with "You've Got a Friend", a cover of the Carole King classic. The double A-side single peaked at number sixteen on the UK Singles Chart.
The single was her final for Innocent Records / Virgin Records.
Formats and track listings
CD: 1
- Don't Walk Away (Album Version)
- You've Got a Friend
CD: 2
- Don't Walk Away (Album Version)
- Don't Walk Away (Armand Van Helden Club Mix)
- Don't Walk Away (Soda Club Edit)
- Don't Walk Away (Bad Boy Remix)
Charts
Chart (2004) | Peak position |
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UK Singles Chart[21] | 16 |
Notes
- ^ Josephs, Brian (July 20, 2012). "The 25 Best New Jack Swing Songs". Complex. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
- ^ "Don't Walk Away by Jade on WhoSampled". WhoSampled. Retrieved June 16, 2018.
- ^ UK Singles Chart
- ^ "Diplo Unleashes New Collab 'Be Right There' With Sleepy Tom". edm.com. August 21, 2015. Retrieved July 11, 2017.
- ^ "100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time: Critics' Picks". Billboard. Retrieved July 11, 2017.
- ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
- ^ "Jade – Don't Walk Away" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
- ^ "Jade – Don't Walk Away" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
- ^ "The Irish Charts – All there is to know > Search results for 'Jade'". Fireball Media. Retrieved March 23, 2017.
- ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 26, 1993" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40.
- ^ "Jade – Don't Walk Away" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
- ^ "Jade – Don't Walk Away". Top 40 Singles.
- ^ "Jade – Don't Walk Away". Singles Top 100.
- ^ "Official Charts > Jade". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved March 23, 2017.
- ^ "Billboard > Artists / Jade > Chart History > The Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved March 23, 2017.
- ^ "Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1993". Dutch Top 40. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
- ^ "Jaaroverzichten – Single 1993". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
- ^ "Billboard Top 100 – 1993". Archived from the original on November 10, 2006. Retrieved August 27, 2010.
- ^ "Best-Selling Records of 1993". Billboard. 106 (3). BPI Communications: 73. January 15, 1994. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
- ^ "American single certifications – Jade – Don't Walk Away". Recording Industry Association of America.
- ^ "Javine – Music Charts". acharts.us. Retrieved July 11, 2017.