Please Don't Go (Joel Adams song)

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"Please Don't Go"
Please Don't Go by Joel Adams.jpg
Single by Joel Adams
Released2 November 2015 (2015-11-02)
Recorded2015
Length3:30
Label Will Walker Records
Songwriter(s) Joel Adams
Producer(s) Joel Adams, Derek Fuhrmann

"Please Don't Go" is a 2015 song by an Australian singer songwriter Joel Adams. The song was released on 2 November 2015 [1] and has peaked at number 55 in Australia. The song charted top 100 on official weekly music charts in 15 countries, peaking in Sweden at #6, the highest of any country.

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Joel performed "Please Don't Go" live on The Morning Show on 1 April 2016. [2]

Joel performed "Please Don't Go - Live Studio Performance on his YouTube Channel known as "Joel Adams" on 12 March 2021. [3]

“Please Don’t Go” is the theme song of 2019 Brat series Zoe Valentine . [4]

Background

In an interview with Girl.com.au, Joel said; "I wrote the song 4 years ago when I was fifteen at school. I remember it was performance week and each student had to write an original song and sing it for the class, but I had totally forgotten. So I grabbed a guitar, sat down on some stairs about an hour before it was my go and just started frantically strumming chords and came up with all the melodies in about 12 minutes and then went in a few minutes later and pretty much winged it! I ended up finishing the song after that night and kind of kept it in my pocket until the right time came to jump in the studio and produce it." [5]

Critical reception

Mark Papadotos from Digital Journal said; "Overall, Joel Adams showcases a great deal of talent and charisma on "Please Don't Go." One can easily tell that he sings from the heart, and he maintains great control over his voice. His tone is crystalline and his lyrics are warm. He deserves to make it big in the contemporary pop music scene. His single garners an A rating." [6]

Music video

The official music video was directed by Chuong Vo and released on 23 December 2015. [7] As of April 2022, the video had earned over 105 Million views and 2 Million likes.

Track listings

Digital download
No.TitleLength
1."Please Don't Go"3:30
Digital download - A Cappella
No.TitleLength
1."Please Don't Go"3:26
Digital download - Remixes
No.TitleLength
1."Please Don't Go" (Tschax remix)3:50
2."Please Don't Go" (Norelli remix)3:31

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [26] Platinum90,000Double-dagger-14-plain.png
United Kingdom (BPI) [27] Gold400,000Double-dagger-14-plain.png

Double-dagger-14-plain.png Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormatVersionLabelRef.
Australia2 November 2015 Digital download OriginalWill Walker Records [28]
16 February 2017 Digital download A Cappella [29]
1 April 2017 Digital download Remixes [30]

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