Please Don't Go (KC and the Sunshine Band song)

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"Please Don't Go"
Please Don't Go by KC and the Sunshine Band US vinyl.png
Side A of the US single
Single by KC and the Sunshine Band
from the album Do You Wanna Go Party
B-side "I Bet'cha Didn't Know That"
ReleasedJuly 12, 1979
Genre Soul, R&B [1]
Length3:43
Label TK
Songwriter(s) Harry Wayne Casey / Richard Finch
Producer(s) Harry Wayne Casey / Richard Finch
KC and the Sunshine Band singles chronology
"Do You Wanna Go Party"
(1979)		"Please Don't Go"
(1979)		"Yes, I'm Ready"
(1980)

"Please Don't Go" is a song written by Harry Wayne Casey and Richard Finch, then members of KC and the Sunshine Band, and released as the second single from the band's sixth album, Do You Wanna Go Party (1979). Cover versions of the song that reached the top songs charts were recorded by Double You (1992), KWS (1992), and Basshunter (2008).

Contents

Original version

Originally written in the key of D flat, the song was the band's first sentimental ballad. In the song, the subject pleads for a second chance. Shortly after the song's one-week run at number one, the group broke up and Harry Wayne Casey began a solo career.

The song was part of a double-sided single; the flip slide "I Betcha Didn't Know That" was released to R&B stations and reached number 25 on the R&B chart. [2]

Chart performance

The song was the first No. 1 hit of the 1980s on the Billboard Hot 100. [3] It was also an international chart hit, reaching No. 1 in Australia and Canada and charting in Belgium (No. 8), West Germany (No. 20), Ireland (No. 5), the Netherlands (No. 7), New Zealand (No. 3), Norway (No. 4) and the UK (No. 3).

The song was a number-one hit on the Australian ARIA Charts, the band's sixth and final number-one hit in Canada on the RPM national chart as well as their fifth and final number-one hit on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. [3]

Charts


Certifications

Certifications and sales for "Please Don't Go"
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [26] Silver250,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Double You version

"Please Don't Go"
Please don't go.jpeg
Artwork for French releases
Single by Double You
from the album We All Need Love
B-side "Please Don't Go" (remix)
ReleasedJanuary 26, 1992
RecordedDecember 1991
Genre Eurodance
Length3:18
Label ZYX
Songwriter(s) Harry Wayne Casey / Richard Finch
Producer(s) Robyx Zanetti
Double You singles chronology
"Please Don't Go"
(1992)		"We All Need Love"
(1992)

Italian Eurodance group Double You recorded a cover version of "Please Don't Go" in 1992. Produced by Roberto Zanetti, the song was released in January, earning multiple gold and platinum status and becoming a hit in Europe, Latin America, Africa and Asia. The record was also moderately successful in North America (top ten maxi sales), Israel (#12) and in the UK (#2 on the Cool Cuts Chart).

Double You's version of "Please Don't Go" was later adopted as closing theme by Gianni Boncompagni for his TV Show Non è la RAI in 1992.

In 2005, Double You released "Please Don't Go 2005" on Triple B Records in collaboration with artist Don Cartel. The single hit the Dutch Mega Top 100 chart at No. 40 and the Pepsi Chart at No. 38.

Track listings

Charts

Certifications

Certifications and sales for "Please Don't Go"
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
France (SNEP) [49] Gold125,000 [49]
Germany (BVMI) [50] Gold250,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

KWS version

"Please Don't Go"
PleaseDontGoKWS.jpg
Artwork for UK and most overseas releases
Single by KWS
from the album KWS
A-side "Game Boy" (double A-side)
ReleasedApril 27, 1992
Genre Dance, house
Length3:39
Label Network Records
Songwriter(s)
  • Harry Wayne Casey
  • Richard Finch
Producer(s)
  • Chris King
  • Winston Williams
KWS singles chronology
"Please Don't Go" / "Game Boy"
(1992)		"Rock Your Baby"
(1992)

A sound-alike cover of Double You's arrangement was released as the debut single by the British group KWS and hit number one on the UK Singles Chart for five weeks in May 1992 and reached number six on the US Billboard Hot 100 in October that year. [51] In Germany, the song reached No. 7 but disappeared out of the German Singles Chart the following week due to legal issues with Double You, who covered the song before. Due to this fall, "Please Don't Go" is the song with the highest position that dropped out of the country's singles chart the following week.[ citation needed ]

It was recorded and released after record company Network Records failed to secure UK distribution rights for the Double You version. KWS band member Chris King heard the Double You version in a club in early 1992, and, bringing together the other KWS members to form the band, decided to cover it "like the Love Affair covered Robert Knight's 'Everlasting Love' or David Parton covered Stevie Wonder's 'Isn't She Lovely'." [52] The similarity between the versions resulted in Network paying compensation to Roberto Zanetti, Double You's producer, following three years of legal action. [53]

The KWS version was dedicated in honour of Nottingham Forest (European football) defender Des Walker, who was on the verge of signing for Italian team Sampdoria. [52] It was also a double A-side with "Game Boy"; King recalled: "We wanted something new and Game Boy was my son's favourite games console at the time. There were various mixes on the 12-inch single with silly names like "Afternoon of the Rhino", which had been the title of a northern soul single by Mike Post." [52]

Release

The single was featured in a news story by a local TV station in Nottingham, the UK. BBC Radio 1 soon made it "Record of the Week" and it climbed from number 30 in the UK Singles Chart to number nine and then in its third week to number one, which is when the group first performed it on Top of the Pops . [52] They performed it five times on the show, one week upsetting Elton John by using Dressing Room 1, relegating John to Dressing Room 2. [54]

During the time that the song was number one on the UK Singles Chart, SL2's "On a Ragga Tip", [55] Guns N' Roses' "Knockin' on Heaven's Door", [56] Shut Up & Dance's "Raving I'm Raving" [57] and Kris Kross' "Jump" were number two. [58]

The song was certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry. [59]

After the song reached 500,000 sales in the UK, the Nottinghamshire County Council honoured KWS with a civic reception. [60]

Critical reception

Joseph McCombs of AllMusic was mixed in his retrospective assessment of the KWS cover, writing that: "The bright vocals, synth bleeps, and predictable house groove that drove 'Please Don't Go' to the top of the charts wear thin quickly." [61] Larry Flick from Billboard described the song as a "house-induced cover" and noted further that the beats "are hard enough to fill dancefloors, but are brightened by radio-friendly vocals and slick synths." [62] Amy Linden from Entertainment Weekly gave it a B−, adding that the song "is loaded with Hi-NRG beats, shake-your-groove-thing vibes, and a couple of originals straight out of Saturday Night Fever . All you need are the disco ball and a white suit." [63]

In 2017, BuzzFeed listed the song at number 52 in their list of "The 101 Greatest Dance Songs Of the '90s". [64]

Tom Ewing of Freaky Trigger wrote in his 3/10 review of the cover: "It's hard to muster much love for 'Please Don’t Go' – a barely adequate trot through a good song" and "It's a good example, though, of one of the nineties least-regarded, most revival-immune style, the generic dance cover version. [...] 'Please Don’t Go' isn't quite as deathly as the king of the dance cover version, Undercover's formica take on 'Baker Street', but it’s never memorable. That this nullity got five weeks at the top [of the UK charts] says more about the immobile singles chart than any double-digit run." [65] Ewing considers "Game Boy", the other song in the double A-side release, to be as close as the UK Singles Chart came to a hardcore number one, but nonetheless concedes that: "As 'ardkore goes, it's poor, a collection of five years of weary dance tropes in search of even one good hook – Beltram-style hoover noises, house piano, cut-up vocal samples, a dubby bassline, none of them sticking around long enough to make an impact." [65]

Track listings

  1. "Please Don't Go" (Summer Mix) – 3:40
  2. "Please Don't Go" (Instrumental Surf) – 6:09
  3. "Game Boy" – 3:23
  4. "Kollision" – 4:12

Charts

Certifications

Certifications and sales for "Please Don't Go"
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [83] Platinum70,000^
Canada (Music Canada) [84] Gold50,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [85] Gold400,000^
United States (RIAA) [86] Gold500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Basshunter version

"Please Don't Go"
Basshunter - Please Don't Go.jpg
Single by Basshunter
from the album Now You're Gone – The Album
ReleasedMay 19, 2008
Genre
Length2:58
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Basshunter singles chronology
"Now You're Gone"
(2007)		"Please Don't Go"
(2008)		"All I Ever Wanted"
(2008)
Audio video
"Please Don't Go" on YouTube

In 2008 "Please Don't Go" was covered by Swedish musician Basshunter. [87] The dance music song lasts two minutes and 58 seconds. [88] It was produced by Basshunter, Robert Uhlmann and Scott Simons.[ citation needed ] "Please Don't Go" was released by Warner Music Sweden on May 19, 2008. [88] On July 14 it was released as number three on Basshunter's third studio album Now You're Gone – The Album . [89]

The song was originally planned to be released in the United Kingdom as the second single from Now You're Gone – The Album [90] on June 23, 2008.[ citation needed ] However, the release was cancelled due to technical difficulties and "All I Ever Wanted" took its place [91] on June 30. It had much more success than originally thought as the single reached number 2 in the UK charts.[ citation needed ] However, despite rumours that this would be the third single in the United Kingdom, "Angel in the Night" was released instead and was premiered on BBC Radio 1 on August 22, 2008, during Scott Mills's "Friday Floor Fillers".[ citation needed ]

Priya Elan from The Guardian described the single as europop. [92] Editor of Popjustice compared "Please Don't Go" to "Now You're Gone" but with all the fun and spontaneity reduced to a joyless and attempt to quickly capitalise on its predecessor's success. [93] In 2009 "Please Don't Go" was called number 43 of The 50 Worst Songs of the '00s by The Village Voice . Maura Johnston said that it stitches together the undeterred stomp of Gary Glitter's "Rock And Roll Part 2" and the keyboards of L.A. Style's "James Brown Is Dead". [94] "Please Don't Go" debuted at number 39 on May 29, 2008 and after two weeks reached number six on Swedish singles chart. [95] It also charted on Slovak airplay chart. [96]

Track listing

Digital download (May 19, 2008) [88]
No.TitleLength
1."Please Don't Go (Radio Edit)"2:58
2."Please Don't Go (DJ Alex Extended Mix)"5:00
3."Please Don't Go (Wideboys Remix)"5:37
4."Please Don't Go (Ultra DJ's Remix)"4:39
5."Please Don't Go (Wideboys Edit)"2:41
12" single (June 11, 2008) [97]
No.TitleLength
1."Please Don't Go (DJ Alex Extended Mix)"4:58
2."Please Don't Go (Wideboys Remix)"5:35
3."Please Don't Go (Discotronic Remix)"5:13
4."Please Don't Go (Ultra DJ's Remix)"4:37

Charts

Weekly chart performance for "Please Don't Go"
Chart (2008)Peak
position
Slovakia (Radio Top100 Oficiálna) [96] 72
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [98] 6

Release history

DateFormatLabel
May 19, 2008 Digital download Warner Music Sweden [88]
June 11, 2008 12" single Balloon Records [97]

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