Don't Leave Home
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| Single by Dido | ||
| from the album Life For Rent | ||
| Released | 12 April 2004 | |
| Format | CD Single Airplay |
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| Genre | Pop | |
| Label | BMG | |
| Writer(s) | Dido Armstrong Rollo Armstrong |
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| Producer(s) | Rollo Armstrong | |
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| Dido singles chronology | ||
| "Life For Rent" (2003) |
"Don't Leave Home" (2004) |
"Sand in My Shoes (2004) |
"Don't Leave Home" was the third single released in the UK from Dido's second album, Life For Rent. It was officially released on April 12, 2004. Even though it didn't go further than #25 on the UK Singles Chart, staying 6 weeks there; the song reached the top of the Airplay charts. This gave Dido the dubious honour of having a song at the top of the Airplay chart with the lowest singles chart position.
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[edit] The song
"Don't Leave Home" deals with drug addiction. It is written and sung from the unusual point of view of the drug singing to the person who is addicted to it. It was originally a demo recorded for her 1999 album No Angel that was instead included on the 2003 album, Life for Rent.
[edit] The singles
The original single in the United Kingdom contained the following tracklist:
- "Don't Leave Home"
- "Stoned" (Deep Dish Remix)
[edit] The music video
The music video for "Don't Leave Home" starts with the singer driving on a desert road as it gets dark. Suddenly, she finds herself in front of a forest. Dido leaves the car, drops her suitcase on the floor, and enters the forest. After a while, she leaves the forest to find a huge rock by the shore, with the ocean in front of her. The end of the video has Dido in the beach, singing happily alone in the sand.
[edit] Remix
Gabriel & Dresden released their 10-minute, 52-second remix of "Don't Leave Home" on their 2004 double album, Bloom.
| Dido |
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| Discography |
| Studio albums |
| No Angel · Life For Rent |
| Singles |
| "Here with Me" · "Thank You" · "Hunter" . "All You Want" "White Flag" . "Life for Rent" . "Don't Leave Home" . "Sand in My Shoes" |
