Don't Go (Hothouse Flowers song)

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"Don't Go"
Hothouse Flowers - Don't Go.jpg
Artwork for the 1988 re-release
Single by Hothouse Flowers
from the album People
B-side
  • "Better and Better", "Big Fat Heart" (1987)
  • "Saved", "Hydroman" (1988)
Released1987
RecordedAugust 1987 [1]
Studio The Townhouse III (London, England) [1]
Length3:48
Label London
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Hothouse Flowers singles chronology
"Love Don't Work This Way"
(1987)		"Don't Go"
(1987)		"Feet on the Ground"
(1988)

"Don't Go" is the first single released by Irish rock group Hothouse Flowers from their debut studio album, People (1988). Originally released in Ireland in 1987, the song peaked at number two on the Irish Singles Chart. The following year, after Hothouse Flowers played the song during their interval performance at the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest, the track charted in Ireland once more, reaching number two for a second time.

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Worldwide, "Don't Go" reached the top 10 in New Zealand and Sweden as well as the top 40 in several other European countries. In the United States, the song did not chart on the Billboard Hot 100, but it did reach number seven on the Modern Rock Tracks chart and number 16 on the Album Rock Tracks chart. The single version of "Don't Go" is different from the LP version; it has never been released on CD.

Track listings

1987 release

1988 release

Charts

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
Ireland1987
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • 12-inch vinyl
 London
United Kingdom2 November 1987 [25]
United Kingdom (re-release)11 April 1988 [26]
Australia30 May 1988
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
 [27]

The song was performed by the Hothouse Flowers as the interval act of the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest held in Dublin, Ireland, which helped the band gain international recognition. [28] [29] The version used was the single version, not the LP mix, with the exception that the broadcast version was longer. The song is featured on an episode of the Irish sitcom Moone Boy .

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  2. ↑ Don't Go (Irish 12-inch single sleeve). Hothouse Flowers. London Records. 1987. LONX 159.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  3. ↑ Don't Go (UK 10-inch single sleeve). Hothouse Flowers. London Records. 1987. LONT 159.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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