Please Don't Go (No Mercy song)

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"Please Don't Go"
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Single by No Mercy
from the album No Mercy/My Promise
B-side "Please Don't Go" (Spanish version)
Released21 January 1997 (1997-01-21)
Genre Dance
Length4:14
Label
Composer(s) Franz Reuther
Lyricist(s)
Producer(s) Frank Farian
No Mercy singles chronology
"When I Die"
(1996)
"Please Don't Go"
(1997)
"Kiss You All Over"
(1997)

"Please Don't Go" is a song by Germany-based pop band No Mercy, released on 21 January 1997 as the fourth single from their debut album, My Promise (1997). It became a worldwide hit, entering the top 10 in Austria, the Netherlands, Spain, and the United Kingdom. The song is written by Peter Bischof, Marty Cintron, Mary Applegate and Frank Farian (under his given name Franz Reuther).

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Composition

"Please Don't Go" is a dance track with a Spanish guitar constantly playing in the background.

Critical reception

Alan Jones from Music Week commented, "The dance beat, the balearic guitar work, the Gregorian backing vocals — it has to be No Mercy's Where Do You Go, but it's not. It's their identikit follow-up Please Don't Go, which includes all the elements of their long-running debut hit bolted onto a tune which doesn't quite measure up." [1]

Music video

The music video for "Please Don't Go" was directed by Hannes Rossacher and premiered in March 1997. It features the group in a recording studio recording the track. Rossacher also directed the video for "Where Do You Go".

Track listings

  1. "Please Don't Go" – 4:00
  2. "Do You Want Me" – 4:12
  1. "Please Don't Go" (radio edit) – 4:14
  2. "Please Don't Go" (Spanish version) – 4:14
  3. "Please Don't Go" (Ocean Drive mix) – 5:44
  4. "Please Don't Go" (Berman Bros club mix) – 5:15
  5. "Please Don't Go" (Spike pop mix) – 5:02
  6. "Please Don't Go" (Trip House mix) – 5:07
  7. "Please Don't Go" (Spike club mix) – 5:16
  8. "Please Don't Go" (Manumission mix) – 5:01
  1. "Please Don't Go" (Berman Brothers club mix) – 6:56
  2. "Please Don't Go" (Darrin Friedman Spike Anthem) – 9:29
  3. "Please Don't Go" (Vission & Lorimer Voyage club mix) – 7:03
  4. "Please Don't Go" (Spanish remix) – 4:15
  5. "Please Don't Go" (Ocean Drive mix)

Charts

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United States14 January 1997 Contemporary hit radio Arista [31]
21 January 1997CD [32]
Japan2 May 1997
[33]
United Kingdom12 May 1997
  • CD
  • cassette
[34]

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