Please don't go

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Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Singles
Please don't go
  DE 20th 03/03/1980 (23 weeks)
  UK 3 December 8, 1979 (12 weeks)
  US 1 08/25/1979 (26 weeks)

Please Don't Go is a 1979 song by KC and the Sunshine Band , written by Harry Wayne Casey and Richard Finch. It appeared on the album Do You Wanna Go Party .

history

Of all the songs that KC and the Sunshine Band released as a single, this is the first ballad. With the song, the protagonist asks his lover to give him a second chance. It was the band's fifth and final number one hit in the United States . It was released on July 12, 1979. The disco song was also a number one hit in Canada and Australia .

Cover version of Double You

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Singles
Please don't go
  DE 3 06/01/1992 (28 weeks)
  AT 2 07/05/1992 (18 weeks)
  CH 2 06/21/1992 (25 weeks)
  UK 41 05/02/1992 (3 weeks)

In 1992 Double You published their version of the ballad, which corresponds in its version to Eurodance and contains modified texts. The release took place on January 26, 1992, in the Netherlands , Belgium and Spain the cover reached the top of the charts. The producer of the cover was Savage .

Cover version by KWS

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Singles
Please don't go
  DE 7th 06/01/1992 (5 weeks)
  UK 1Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / NR1 link 04/25/1992 (16 weeks)
  US 6th 06/20/1992 (26 weeks)

A little later in 1992, the version by KWS followed , which musically sounds almost the same as the version by Double You, but can be assigned to the music genre dance . Since the band KWS forgot to secure the cover rights of Savage (due to the similarity of the melodies), a lawsuit broke out and KWS ultimately had to pay compensation to Savage. The KWS version is said to have been released in honor of the former Nottingham Forest player Des Walker , who was moving to Sampdoria Genoa at the time . In Germany the cover reached number 7, but had to leave the field quickly due to the legal dispute with Savage. It was released on April 27, 1992.

More cover versions

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chart statistics for Please Don't Go (KC and the Sunshine Band) on chartsurfer.de
  2. ↑ Chart statistics for Please Don't Go (Double You) on chartsurfer.de
  3. ↑ Chart statistics for Please Don't Go (KWS) on chartsurfer.de
  4. ^ The Eurodance Encyclopaedia - Z. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on August 26, 2007 ; accessed on May 25, 2015 .