"Don't Play Your Rock 'n' Roll to Me" | ||||
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Single by Smokie | ||||
from the album Changing All the Time | ||||
B-side | "Talking Her Around" | |||
Released | September 1975 | |||
Studio | Audio International Studios in London | |||
Genre | Pop rock, glam rock, country rock | |||
Length | 3:18 | |||
Label | RAK | |||
Songwriter(s) | Chinn/Chapman | |||
Producer(s) | Mike Chapman, Nicky Chinn | |||
Smokie singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Don't Play Your Rock 'n' Roll to Me" on YouTube |
"Don't Play Your Rock 'n' Roll to Me" is a song by British rock band Smokie. It was released in early September 1975 as a single and appeared later on the album Changing All the Time . Like the band's previous two singles "Pass It Around" and "If You Think You Know How to Love Me", the song was composed by Nicky Chinn/Mike Chapman.
The acoustic guitar riff in "Don't Play Your Rock 'n' Roll to Me" is adopted from the Elvis Presley hit "His Latest Flame". [1] [2]
The single was as successful as the previous one. It debuted in the UK Singles Chart on 4 October 1975, reaching #8 and lingering in the charts for 7 weeks. [3]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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2. | "Talking Her Around" | Uttley | 2:44 |
Chart (1975) | Position |
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Australia (Kent Music Report) [4] | 50 |
Austria | 13 [5] |
Belgium (Flanders) | 27 [6] |
Belgium (Wallonia) | 48 [7] |
Netherlands | 22 [8] |
New Zealand | 24 [9] |
UK Singles Chart | 8 [3] |
West Germany | 10 [10] |