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

"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. 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.

Contents

 [hide] *1 Original version

• • 1.1 Charts
• 2 Double You version
  • 2.1 Track listings
  • 2.2 Charts
    • 2.2.1 Peak positions
    • 2.2.2 End-of-year charts
    • 2.2.3 Certifications
    • 2.2.4 Chart successions
• 3 KWS version
  • 3.1 Charts
• 4 Basshunter version
  • 4.1 Track listings
  • 4.2 Charts
• 5 Other cover versions
• 6 References
• 7 External links

Original version

Charts

The song was the last number one hit of the 1970s and the first of the 1980s on the Billboard Hot 100, reaching the number one position on the chart dated the week ending January 5, 1980. The B-side, "I Betcha Didn't Know That", peaked at #25 on the R&B Singles Chart.

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	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 BillboardAdult Contemporary	27

Preceded by "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)" by Rupert Holmes	Billboard Hot 100 number one single January 5, 1980	Succeeded by "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)" by Rupert Holmes
Preceded by "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" by Michael Jackson	Australian Kent Music Report number-one single February 11, 1980 - February 18, 1980	Succeeded by "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" by Queen
Preceded by "Coward of the County" by Kenny Rogers	Canadian RPM number-one single February 16, 1980	Succeeded by "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" by Queen

Double You version

"Please Don't Go"
[1]
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
Austrian Singles Chart	2
Belgium (VRT Top 30 Flanders)	1
Dutch Top 40	1
French SNEP Singles Chart	2
German Singles Chart	3
Spain (AFYVE)	1
Swedish Singles Chart	9
Swiss Singles Chart	2
UK Singles Chart	41
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play	25

End-of-year charts

End of year chart (1992)	Position
Austrian Singles Chart	11
Dutch Top 40	10
Swiss Singles Chart	6

Certifications

Country	Certification	Date	Sales certified
France	Silver	1992	125,000
Germany	Gold	1993	250,000

Chart successions

Preceded by "To Be with You" by Mr. Big

Dutch Top 40 number one single May 23, 1992 - May 30, 1992 (2 weeks)

Succeeded by "Rhythm Is a Dancer" by Snap!

KWS version

"Please Don't Go"
[2]
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 both versions resulted in Network paying compensation to Roberto Zanetti, Double You's producer, following legal action.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.

Charts

End of year chart (1992)	Position
UK Singles Chart	5
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	47

Preceded by "Deeply Dippy" by Right Said Fred

UK number one single May 3, 1992 for 5 weeks

Succeeded by "Abba-esque EP" by Erasure

Basshunter version

"Please Don't Go"
[3]
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
"All I Ever Wanted" (2008) "Please Don't Go" (2008) "Angel in the Night" (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 listings

CD maxi

"Please Don't Go" (CDM)

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)	72
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)	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.