Hey, hey, hey In the song, the subject pleads for a second chance. [32], The KWS version was dedicated in honour of Nottingham Forest (European football) defender Des Walker, who was on the verge of signing for Italian team Sampdoria. [33] Across the song's five-week reign at the top of the UK Singles Chart, it kept SL2's "On a Ragga Tip",[34] Guns N' Roses' "Knockin' on Heaven's Door",[35] Shut Up & Dance's "Raving I'm Raving"[36] and Kris Kross' "Jump" stalled at number 2. That I, I, I love you so [...] 'Please Don’t Go' isn't quite as deathly as the king of the dance cover version, Undercover's formica take on 'Baker Street', but it’s never memorable. During recording sessions for Do You Wanna Go Party, he began playing on a piano and ‘all of a sudden’ this song began to take shape. There were various mixes on the 12-inch single with silly names like "Afternoon of the Rhino", which had been the title of a northern soul single by Mike Post. 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's "Friday Floor Fillers". Originally written in the key of D flat, the song was the band's first love ballad. That I'm gonna miss your love We like to put on receptions for people that have achieved something. In the song, the subject pleads for a second chance. 20), Ireland (No. Don't go away 4) and the UK (No. It took 19 weeks for it to climb to the top of the US pop chart, making it the first official #1 of the 1980s. I love you We stopped what we were doing and went right to that. I want you to know The song was a number-one hit on the Australian ARIA Charts, their sixth and final number-one hit in Canada on the RPM national chart as well as their fifth and final number-one hit on the U.S. 1 hit of the 1980s on the Billboard Hot 100. KC himself, however, still found big chart success two more times. [1] "Please Don't Go" was actually part of a double-sided single, with the flip slide "I Betcha Didn't Know That" being released to R&B stations and hitting number 25 on the R&B chart.[2]. [42] "It's hard to muster much love for 'Please Don’t Go' – a barely adequate trot through a good song," Tom Ewing of Freaky Trigger wrote in his 3/10 review of the cover; "It's a good example, though, of one of the nineties least-regarded, most revival-immune style, the generic dance cover version. 5), the Netherlands (No. Yeah Originally written in the key of D flat, the song was the band's first love ballad. It was really beautiful. I'm begging you to stay First he guested on Terri DeSario’s hit “Yes I’m Ready” that same year, and then his solo hit “Give It Up” reached the top 20 in seven countries a few years later. Shortly after the song's one-week run at number one, the group broke up and Harry Wayne Casey went solo. The song was the first No. By someone as wonderful as you It had much more success than originally thought as the single reached number 2 in the UK charts. A sound-alike cover of Double You's arrangement was released as the debut single by the British group KWS and hit number one on the UK Singles Chart for five weeks in May 1992 and reached number six on the U.S. (Missing Lyrics). [59], Artwork for UK and most overseas releases, Israel Top-30: 1 week at No. 1 (9 June 1992), http://www.uk-charts.top-source.info/top-100-1980.shtml, "Billboard Hot 100 60th Anniversary Interactive Chart", Austriancharts.at – Double You – Please Don't Go", Ultratop.be – Double You – Please Don't Go", Lescharts.com – Double You – Please Don't Go", Offiziellecharts.de – Double You – Please Don't Go", Dutchcharts.nl – Double You – Please Don't Go", Swedishcharts.com – Double You – Please Don't Go", Swisscharts.com – Double You – Please Don't Go", "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank ('Please+Don%27t+Go')", "Official Singles Chart Top 75 (3 May 1992)", "Official Singles Chart Top 75 (17 May 1992)", "Official Singles Chart Top 75 (24 May 1992)", "Official Singles Chart Top 75 (31 May 1992)", "The Week That Was 1992: Nottingham boyband KWS celebrate chart success", "The 101 Greatest Dance Songs of the '90s", Australian-charts.com – K.W.S.