Do Not Disturb (song)

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"Do Not Disturb"

Single by Bananarama
from the album True Confessions
B-side(s)	Ghost
Released	August 1985
Format	7" single, 12" single
Recorded	1984
Genre	Pop
Label	London Records
Writer(s)	Jolley & Swain
Producer(s)	Jolley & Swain
Chart positions
#31 (UK)
Bananarama singles chronology
"The Wild Life" (1984)	"Do Not Disturb" (1985)	"Venus" (1986)

"Do Not Disturb" is a song recorded by English girl group Bananarama. It was written and produced by the production duo of Steve Jolley and Tony Swain. Originally released as a stand-alone single in 1985, the track was later added to Bananarama's third album True Confessions which was issued by London Records several months later. "Do Not Disturb" was released in the UK, Australia, Germany and Japan but only charted in the UK.

Bananarama did not like the song. Group member Keren Woodward later said of the True Confessions album, "It is all our ideas, it is what we wanted to sound like and sing about. Except 'Do Not Disturb' which Swain and Jolley wrote and which we don't think is very good. Thats why there's eleven songs on the LP instead of ten" [1]. When released, "Do Not Disturb" was a mid-charting single, peaking at number thirty-one.

The video for Do Not Disturb (directed by Simon Milne) features Bananarama in a brightly lit hotel clad in long white flowing dresses and blouses similiar to the picture sleeve. The video also cuts frequently to a set with Bananarama dancing, and doing football tricks with superimposed circular footage. The whole video has a "round" theme, from round beds, and spa's to a round frame in which each member dances within. Do Not Disturb is also interesting because it demarcates between the silly contrived videos from Deep Sea Skiving, and the sophisticated and sensual videos from Venus onwards. For this reason, Do Not Disturb is a transitional video in style and image; the trite and silly storyline is a remnant of their predecessor videos, but the tidier and glamourous image and clothes is much more aligned towards "Venus".

[edit] Charts

Chart (1985)	Peak position
UK Singles Chart	31

Bananarama
Sara Dallin \| Keren Woodward Siobhan Fahey \| Jacquie O'Sullivan
Discography
Studio albums: Deep Sea Skiving \| Bananarama \| True Confessions \| Wow! \| Pop Life \| Please Yourself \| Ultra Violet / I Found Love \| Exotica \| Drama Compilations: Greatest Hits Collection \| Greatest Remixes Collection \| Bunch of Hits \| Master Series \| The Essentials \| The Very Best of Bananarama \| Venus and Other Hits \| Really Saying Something: The Platinum Collection \| The Twelve Inches of Bananarama Singles: Aie a Mwana \| T'ain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It) \| Really Saying Something \| Shy Boy \| Cheers Then \| He's Got Tact \| Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye \| Cruel Summer \| Robert DeNiro's Waiting \| Rough Justice \| King of the Jungle \| Hot Line to Heaven \| The Wild Life \| Do Not Disturb \| Venus \| More Than Physical \| A Trick of the Night \| Set on You \| I Heard a Rumour \| Love in the First Degree \| I Can't Help It \| I Want You Back \| Love, Truth and Honesty \| Nathan Jones \| Help! \| Cruel Summer '89 \| Megarama '89 \| Only Your Love \| Preacher Man \| Long Train Running \| Tripping on Your Love \| Movin' On \| Last Thing on My Mind \| More, More, More \| I Found Love \| Every Shade of Blue \| Take Me to Your Heart \| Careless Whisper \| If \| Really Saying Something (Solasso Remix) \| Move in My Direction \| Look on the Floor (Hypnotic Tango)
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