Don't Stop (Wade Hayes song)

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"Don't Stop"
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Single by Wade Hayes
from the album Old Enough to Know Better
B-side "Someone Had to Teach You"
ReleasedJuly 4, 1995 [1]
Genre Country
Length2:44
Label Columbia Nashville 77954
Songwriter(s) Chick Rains, Tom Shapiro
Producer(s) Don Cook
Wade Hayes singles chronology
"I'm Still Dancin' with You"
(1995)
"Don't Stop"
(1995)
"What I Meant to Say"
(1996)

"Don't Stop" is a song written by Chick Rains and Tom Shapiro, and recorded by American country music artist Wade Hayes. It was released in July 1995 as the third single from Hayes' debut album Old Enough to Know Better . The song reached number 10 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart and number 12 on the Canadian RPM country singles chart.

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Critical reception

Larry Flick, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, calling it a "fun, uptempo romp." [2]

Music video

The music video was directed by Steven Goldmann and premiered in mid-1995.

Chart performance

"Don't Stop" debuted at number fifty-four on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of July 15, 1995.

Chart (1995)Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [3] 12
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [4] 10

Year-end charts

Chart (1995)Position
US Country Songs ( Billboard ) [5] 72

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References

  1. AOL Music profile for "Don't Stop"
  2. Billboard , July 22, 1995
  3. "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 2772." RPM . Library and Archives Canada. October 9, 1995. Retrieved July 21, 2013.
  4. "Wade Hayes Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  5. "Best of 1995: Country Songs". Billboard . Prometheus Global Media. 1995. Retrieved July 21, 2013.