Please Don't Go

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“Please Don't Go”
Single by KC and the Sunshine Band from the album Do You Wanna Go Party
B-side	"I Bet'cha Didn't Know That"
Released	1979
Format	7" Vinyl
Genre	Disco
Length	3:43
Label	Rhino Records
Producer	Harry Wayne Casey
KC and the Sunshine Band singles chronology
"Do You Wanna Go Party" (1979) "Please Don't Go" (1979) "Que Pasa" (1979)

"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. Ironically, shortly after the song's one-week run at number one, the group broke up and Harry Wayne Casey went solo. The song was the band's fifth and final number-one hit on Billboard Hot 100 charts.

Contents 1 Charts 2 Double You version 2.1 Track listings 2.2 Charts 3 KWS version 4 Other cover versions 5 References

[edit] 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. 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.

It also reached number three on the UK Singles Chart in January 1980.

[edit] Double You version

“Please Don't Go”
Single by Double You from the album We All Need Love
B-side	"Please Don't Go" (remix)
Released	1992
Format	CD single CD maxi 7" single
Genre	Dance
Length	3:18
Label	ZYX
Producer	Robyx Zanetti
Double You singles chronology
"Please Don't Go" (1992) "We All Need Love" (1992)

In 1992 the song was covered by dance music group Double You and was a major hit in Europe.

[edit] 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, US

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" (US-rave mix) (6:00)
2. "Please Don't Go" (UK-break mix) (5:00)
3. "Please Don't Go" (euro-house mix) (4:55)

[edit] Charts

Chart (1992)[1] [2] [3] [4]	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play	25
Austrian Singles Chart	2
French Singles Chart	2
German Singles Chart	3
Swedish Singles Chart	9
Swiss Singles Chart	2
UK Singles Chart	41

[edit] KWS version

“Please Don't Go”
Single by KWS from the album KWS
A-side	"Game Boy" (double a-side)
Released	1992
Format	CD single, 7", 12"
Genre	Dance
Label	Network Records
Producer	Chris King Winston Williams
KWS singles chronology
"Please Don't Go" / "Game Boy" (1992) "Rock Your Baby" (1992)

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 US Hot 100.

[edit] Other cover versions

“Please Don't Go”
Single by Basshunter
Released	2008
Format	CD single CD maxi-single 7" single
Genre	Dance, Techno, Club
Length	3:18
Basshunter singles chronology
"Now You're Gone" (2007) "Please Don't Go" (2008)

• In 2007, it was once again covered, this time by singer José Galisteo.
• In 2008, it was remade into a eurodance tune this time by Dance/Techno musician Basshunter.

Track listing

"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)

[edit] References

Preceded by "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)" by Rupert Holmes	Billboard Hot 100 number one single (KC and the Sunshine Band version) January 5, 1980	Succeeded by "Rock with You" by Michael Jackson
Preceded by "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" by Michael Jackson	Australian Kent Music Report number-one single (KC and the Sunshine Band version) February 11, 1980 - February 18, 1980	Succeeded by "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" by Queen
Preceded by "Deeply Dippy" by Right Said Fred	UK number one single (KWS version) May 3, 1992 for 5 weeks	Succeeded by "Abba-esque EP" by Erasure