Don't Go (Yazoo song)

"Don't Go"
Single by Yazoo
from the album Upstairs at Eric's
B-side "Winter Kills"
Released 1982
Format
Genre Synthpop[1]
Length 3:08
Label
Writer(s) Vince Clarke
Producer(s)
Certification Silver (BPI)
Yazoo singles chronology
"Only You"
(1982)		 "Don't Go"
(1982)		 "Situation"
(1982)

"Don't Go" is a song by British synthpop band Yazoo. It was released in 1982 as the second single from their debut album, Upstairs at Eric's. Released in the UK in July 1982, the song peaked at number three on the UK Singles Chart, becoming Yazoo's second top 5 hit. In the US, where the band was known as Yaz, the song was their second big hit on the American dance chart, where it spent two weeks at number one in October 1982. Their first American dance chart hit was "Situation", which had also gone to number one on this chart earlier the same year. The music video for the song features band members Alison Moyet and Vince Clarke in a sort of haunted mansion. The song is featured in the 1989 film Tango & Cash, in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories on the radio station Wave 103, and appears in Dance Dance Revolution II. The song re-entered the UK Dance Chart on 13 December 2009 at number 30, peaking at number 15 on 2 January 2010.

Formats and track listings

UK 7" single (Mute 7 YAZ 001)
  1. "Don't Go" – 2:53
  2. "Winter Kills" – 4:02
US 12" single (Sire 29886-0)
  1. "Don't Go (Re-mix)" – 4:08
  2. "Don't Go (Re-re-mix)" – 4:20
  3. "Winter Kills (album version)" – 4:03

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Year Chart Peak
position
1982 Australia (Kent Music Report)[2] 6
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[3] 6
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[4] 1
France (IFOP)[5] 3
Germany (Official German Charts)[6] 4
Ireland (IRMA)[7] 4
Italy (FIMI)[8] 29
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[9] 2
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[10] 6
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[11] 22
South Africa (Springbok Radio)[12] 9
Spain (AFYVE)[13] 4
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[14] 5
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[15] 2
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[16] 3
US Hot Dance/Disco[17] 1
19991 Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)[18] 17
US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play[17] 16
US Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales[17] 8
2000 France (SNEP)[19] 91
2009 UK Dance (Official Charts Company)[20] 30
2010 UK Dance (Official Charts Company)[21] 15

1Remixes

Year-end charts

Chart (1982) Rank
Australia (Kent Music Report)[22] 70
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[23] 9
France (IFOP)[24] 31
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[25] 24
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[26] 46

Sales and certifications

Region Certification Certified units/Sales
France 515,000[27]
United Kingdom (BPI)[28] Silver 250,000^

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

Other versions

The following artists produced a cover or sampled the song:

Starting Rock featuring Diva Avari version

"Don't Go"
Single by Starting Rock featuring Diva Avari
Released 2006
Format CD single
Length 3:27
Label 541
Writer(s)
Producer(s)
  • Hédi Banon
  • Stéphane Tedesco
Starting Rock featuring Diva Avari singles chronology
"Don't Go"
(2006)		 "Movin' On"
(2007)

The song was covered and remixed by French project Starting Rock featuring Diva Avari. It was released in December 2006 as a single and had modest success in Europe. It reached the top 10 in Finland.

Music video

The music video depicts a male at a club dancing with women. He meets Diva Avari, who has her eyes set on him and he cannot escape her throughout their time at the club.

Chart performance

Chart (2006) Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)[36] 10
Belgium (Ultratip Wallonia)[37] 10
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[38] 3
France (SNEP)[39] 24
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[40] 34
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[41] 42

See also

References

  1. ↑ "On Stage > Alison Moyet – Old Vic Theater, London". Billboard. Vol. 114 no. 51. 21 December 2002. p. 37. ISSN 0006-2510. Situation," followed by "Don't Go," two synth-pop dance jams from the singer's Yazoo days that, sadly, sounded out of place
  2. ↑ "Billboard – Hits of the World". Billboard. Vol. 94 no. 45. 13 November 1982. p. 64. ISSN 0006-2510.
  3. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Yazoo – Don't Go" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
  4. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Yazoo – Don't Go" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
  5. ↑ "Le Détail par Artiste" (in French). InfoDisc. Select "Yazoo" from the artist drop-down menu. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  6. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Yazoo – Don't Go". GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
  7. ↑ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Yazoo". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
  8. ↑ "Indice per Interprete: Y" (in Italian). Hit Parade Italia. Creative Commons. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
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  11. ↑ "Charts.org.nz – Yazoo – Don't Go". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
  12. ↑ "South African Rock Lists Website SA Charts 1969 – 1989 Acts (Y)". Rock.co.za. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
  13. ↑ Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (in Spanish) (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
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  15. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Yazoo – Don't Go". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
  16. ↑ "Archive Chart: 1982-07-31" UK Singles Chart. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
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  21. ↑ "Archive Chart: 2010-01-02" UK Dance Chart. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
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  27. ↑ "Les Meilleures Ventes "Tout Temps" de 45 T. / Singles / Téléchargement" (in French). InfoDisc. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  28. ↑ "British single certifications – Yazoo – Don't Go". British Phonographic Industry. Enter Don't Go in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select single in the field By Format. Select Silver in the field By Award. Click Search
  29. ↑ Hoos, Willem (21 May 1994). "Dutch Dance Duo Scores Int'l Hit With 'Doop'". Billboard. Vol. 106 no. 21. p. 79. ISSN 0006-2510.
  30. ↑ "Boobytrax – Don't Go!" (in German). Austriancharts.at. Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  31. ↑ "Lizzy Mack". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 30 July 2013.
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  35. ↑ Lester, Paul (11 November 2010). "Slow Moving Millie (No 1,147)". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
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  38. ↑ "Starting Rock feat. Diva Avari: Don't Go" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
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