Don't Play Your Rock 'n' Roll to Me

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"Don't Play Your Rock 'n' Roll to Me"
Smokie - Don't Play Your Rock 'n' Roll to Me (1975) front cover.jpg
Single by Smokie
from the album Changing All the Time
B-side "Talking Her Around"
ReleasedSeptember 1975
Studio Audio International Studios in London
Genre Pop rock, glam rock, country rock
Length3:18
Label RAK
Songwriter(s) Chinn/Chapman
Producer(s) Mike Chapman, Nicky Chinn
Smokie singles chronology
"If You Think You Know How to Love Me"
(1975)
"Don't Play Your Rock 'n' Roll to Me"
(1975)
"Something's Been Making Me Blue"
(1976)
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.

Contents

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]

Track listing

Side A
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Don't Play Your Rock 'n' Roll to Me" Chinn/Chapman 03:18
Side B
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
2."Talking Her Around"Uttley02:44

Charts

Chart (1975)Position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [4] 50
Austria13 [5]
Belgium (Flanders)27 [6]
Belgium (Wallonia)48 [7]
Netherlands22 [8]
New Zealand24 [9]
UK Singles Chart 8 [3]
West Germany 10 [10]

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