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

"Please Don't Go"
Dutch vinyl 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"
Released	July 12, 1979
Format	7-inch vinyl
Genre	R&B soul
Length	3:43
Label	TK Records
Writer(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 recorded and released in 1979 on the KC and the Sunshine Band album Do You Wanna Go Party. Originally written in the key of D flat, the song was the band's first love ballad, in which 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 went solo. The song was a number-one hit on the Australian ARIA Charts, the band's fifth and final number-one hit on Billboard Hot 100 charts, and the first number-one hit of the 1980s.^[1] As the band was known as a pioneer of the disco genre, the song was released, ironically, on the same day as Disco Demolition Night in Chicago, Illinois.

Original version

Charts

The song was the first number one hit of the 1980s on the Billboard Hot 100

The song was also an international chart hit, reaching number 1 in Australia and Canada and charting in Belgium (#8), Germany (#20), Ireland (#5), the Netherlands (#7), New Zealand (#3), Norway (#4) and the UK (#3).

Chart (1980)	Peak position
Australian Kent Music Report	1
Belgium VRT Top 30	8
Canadian RPM Top Singles	1
Dutch Top 40	6
German Media Control Top 100	20
Irish Singles Chart	5
New Zealand RIANZ Top 40	3
Norwegian VG-lista Top Singles	4
UK Singles Chart	3
US Billboard Hot 100	1
US Billboard Adult Contemporary	27

Double You version

"Please Don't Go"
Single by Double You
from the album We All Need Love
B-side	"Please Don't Go" (remix)
Released	January 26, 1992
Format	CD single, CD maxi, 7" single
Genre	Eurodance
Length	3:18
Label	ZYX
Producer(s)	Robyx Zanetti
Double You singles chronology
"Please Don't Go" (1992) "We All Need Love" (1992)

Track listings

CD maxi

1. "Please Don't Go" (radio mix) – 3:18
2. "Please Don't Go" (club mix) – 6:14
3. "Please Don't Go" (let's go mix) – 3:31
4. "Please Don't Go" (a cappella) – 3:18

7" single

1. "Please Don't Go" (radio mix) – 3:18
2. "Please Don't Go" (a cappella) – 3:18

7" single – France

1. "Please Don't Go" (radio mix) – 3:18
2. "Please Don't Go" (let's go mix) – 3:31

12" maxi – Germany, Italy, Spain, U.S.

1. "Please Don't Go" (club mix) – 6:14
2. "Please Don't Go" (radio mix) – 3:18
3. "Please Don't Go" (let's go mix) – 3:31
4. "Please Don't Go" (a cappella) – 3:18

12" maxi – France

1. "Please Don't Go" (club mix) – 6:14
2. "Please Don't Go" (let's go mix) – 3:31

CD maxi / 12" maxi – Remixes

1. "Please Don't Go" (herbie remix) – 5:20
2. "Organ Dream" – 2:15
3. "Please Don't Go" (underground mix) – 4:55
4. "Please Don't Go" (dub go) – 1:45

CD maxi / 12" maxi – Techno remixes

1. "Please Don't Go" (U.S.-rave mix) – 6:00
2. "Please Don't Go" (UK-break mix) – 5:00
3. "Please Don't Go" (euro-house mix) – 4:55

Charts

Peak positions Chart (1992) Peak position Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[2] 2 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[3] 1 Canada Dance (RPM)[4] 2 Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[5] 8 France (SNEP)[6] 2 Germany (Official German Charts)[7] 3 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[8] 1 Spain (AFYVE)[9] 1 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[10] 9 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[11] 2 UK Singles Chart[12] 41 U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play[13] 25

End-of-year charts End of year chart (1992) Position Austrian Singles Chart[14] 11 Dutch Top 40[15] 10 Swiss Singles Chart[16] 6 Certifications Country Certification Date Sales certified France[17] Silver 1992 125,000 Germany[18] Gold 1993 250,000

Chart successions

KWS version

"Please Don't Go"
Single by KWS
from the album KWS
A-side	"Game Boy" (double A-side)
Released	April 27, 1992
Format	CD single, 7", 12"
Genre	Dance
Label	Network Records
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 by the British group KWS hit number one on the UK Singles Chart for five weeks in May 1992 and reached number six on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. It was recorded and released after record company Network failed to secure UK distribution rights for the Double You version. The similarity between the versions resulted in Network's paying compensation to Roberto Zanetti, Double You's producer, following legal action.^[19] The KWS version was claimed to be released in honour of Nottingham Forest (European football) defender Des Walker, who was on the verge of signing for Italian team Sampdoria.

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.

Track listings

CD Maxi

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

Peak positions Chart (1992) Peak position Australia (ARIA)[20] 2 Canada Dance (RPM)[21] 5 Canada Top Singles (RPM)[22] 27 Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[5] 2 Germany (Official German Charts)[23] 7 Ireland (IRMA) 3 New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[24] 9 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[25] 8 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[26] 11 UK Singles (The Official Charts Company) 1 US Billboard Hot 100 6 US Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales 25

End-of-year charts End of year chart (1992) Peak position Australian Singles Chart[27] 7 UK Singles Chart 5 U.S. Billboard Hot 100[28] 47

Basshunter version

"Please Don't Go"
Single by Basshunter
from the album Now You're Gone - The Album
Released	2008
Format	CD single CD maxi-single 7" single
Recorded	2007
Genre	Dance, techno, club
Length	3:18
Label	Hard2Beat
Basshunter singles chronology
"Now You're Gone" (2007) "Please Don't Go" (2008) "All I Ever Wanted" (2008)

In 2008, it was remade into a eurodance tune by dance-techno musician Basshunter.

The single was released as a single in Sweden, where it reached number 6.

The song was originally planned to be released in the UK as the second single on June 23, 2008. But due to technical difficulties, the release was cancelled and "All I Ever Wanted" took its place on July 7. It had much more success than originally thought as the single reached number 2 in the UK charts.

However, despite rumours that this would be the third UK single, "Angel in the Night" was released instead and was premiered on BBC Radio 1 on 22 August 2008, during Scott Mills "Friday Floor Fillers".

Track listing

• CD maxi

1. "Please Don't Go" (Radio Edit) — 2:58
2. "Please Don't Go" (Extended Mix) — 5:00
3. "Please Don't Go" (Ultra DJ's Remix) — 4:39
4. "Please Don't Go" (The WideBoys Remix) — 5:37

Charts

Chart (2008)	Peak position
Slovakia (Rádio Top 100)[29]	72
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[30]	6

Other cover versions

• In 1985, it was covered by Italo disco group Digital Game.
• In 1990, it was covered by freestyle singer Timmy T.
• In 2006, a variation of it was used in "Love You So" by Natalie.
• In 2007, it was once again covered, this time by singer José Galisteo.
• In 2009, it was covered by Hermes House Band on their album Rhythm of the Nineties.

See also

• List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1980

References

1. Dean, Maury (2003). Rock N' Roll Gold Rush. Algora. p. 287. ISBN 0-87586-207-1.
2. "Austriancharts.at – Double You – Please Don't Go" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
3. "Ultratop.be – Double You – Please Don't Go" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
4. "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
5. Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Tammi. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
6. "Lescharts.com – Double You – Please Don't Go" (in French). Les classement single.
7. "Musicline.de – Double You Single-Chartverfolgung" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH.
8. "Nederlandse Top 40 – Double You search results" (in Dutch) Dutch Top 40.
9. Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
10. "Swedishcharts.com – Double You – Please Don't Go". Singles Top 100.
11. "Swisscharts.com – Double You – Please Don't Go". Swiss Singles Chart.
12. Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 167. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
13. Billboard Allmusic.com (Retrieved September 6, 2008)
14. Steffen Hung (1992-12-20). "Jahreshitparade 1992". Austriancharts.at. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
15. "Single top 100 over 1992" (PDF) (in Dutch). Top40. Retrieved 14 April 2010.
16. Steffen Hung. "Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1992". Hitparade.ch. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
18. "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank ('Please+Don%27t+Go')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved September 6, 2008.
20. "Australian-charts.com – K.W.S. – Please Don't Go". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
21. "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
22. "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
23. "Musicline.de – K.W.S. Single-Chartverfolgung" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH.
24. "Charts.org.nz – K.W.S. – Please Don't Go". Top 40 Singles.
25. "Swedishcharts.com – K.W.S. – Please Don't Go". Singles Top 100.
26. "Swisscharts.com – K.W.S. – Please Don't Go". Swiss Singles Chart.
27. "ARIA Charts - End of Year Charts - Top 50 Singles 1992". Aria.com.au. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
28. "Billboard Top 100 - 1992". Retrieved 2010-07-30.
29. "SNS IFPI" (in Slovak). Hitparáda – Radio Top 100 Oficiálna. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: insert 200826 into search.
30. "Swedishcharts.com – Basshunter – Please Don't Go". Singles Top 100.

External links

• Official website