Don't Go (Marlon Jackson song)

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"Don't Go"
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Single by Marlon Jackson
from the album Baby Tonight
B-side "Don't Go (Instrumental)"
ReleasedSeptember 7, 1987
Recorded1987
Genre
Length4:09
Label Capitol
Songwriter(s) Marlon Jackson
Producer(s) Marlon Jackson
Marlon Jackson singles chronology
"Baby Tonight"
(1987)
"Don't Go"
(1987)

"Don't Go" is a single written, produced and sung by Marlon Jackson, from his solo debut album Baby Tonight . The song was released as the album's second and final single on September 7, 1987, by Capitol Records. On the Billboard Hot Black Singles chart, it peaked at No. 2. It was also his second and final single.

Charts

Chart (1987–88)Peak
position
US Hot Black Singles [1] 2

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References

  1. "Marlon Jackson Chart History: Hot Black Singles". Billboard . Retrieved 2019-11-09.