Stop! (Sam Brown song)

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“Stop!”
Single by Sam Brown from the album Stop!
B-side	"Poor Frank" "Blue Soldier" "Bones"
Released	1988 (1988)
Format	7", 12", CD Single
Recorded	1988 (1988)
Genre	Pop
Length	4:02 (Edit) 4:55 (Album version)
Label	A&M
Writer(s)	Sam Brown Gregg Sutton Bruce Brody
Producer	Sam Brown Pete Brown
Sam Brown singles chronology
"Walking Back To Me" (1988) "Stop" (1988) "This Feeling" (1988)

"Stop!" is the name of the hit single from the English singer Sam Brown, which was later covered by the UK R&B pop star, Jamelia.

Contents 1 Sam Brown version 1.1 Track listings 1.2 Charts 2 Jamelia version 2.1 Track listings 2.2 Charts 3 Other versions 4 References

[edit] Sam Brown version

The single was originally released in 1988, missing the UK Top 40 and peaking at number 52. It was not until 1989, however, that the single became a hit, when it peaked at number 4 in the UK Singles Chart. "Stop!" became her biggest hit to date, spending 12 weeks in the UK chart.

In France, a cover version of the song was used in a TV advert for Nescafé.

[edit] Track listings

UK CD Stop! [Edit] Blue Soldier UK 7" Vinyl Stop! [Edit] Blue Soldier

UK 12" Vinyl Side A Stop! [Album Version] Poor Frank Side B Blue Soldier Bones

[edit] Charts

Country	Peak position
Australia	4
Austria	3
France	2
Ireland	5
The Netherlands[1]	1
Norway	1
Sweden	11
Switzerland	5
U.K.	4
U.S.	65

Preceded by "Downtown" by One 2 Many

Norwegian number one single by Sam Brown 51/1988

Succeeded by "First Time" by Robin Beck

[edit] Jamelia version

“Stop”
Single by Jamelia from the album Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason OST
A-side	"DJ"
B-side	"Last Christmas"
Released	November 1, 2004
Format	CD Single
Recorded	2004
Genre	Ballad pop, soul, R&B
Length	3:37
Label	Parlophone
Producer	Jimmy Hogarth

"Stop" was recorded when the makers of the Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason film approached Jamelia to record it to illustrate an integeral part of the film. Jamelia instantly accepted the offer and explained how much she was a fan of the character and of the first film [1]. Her cover version was met with critical acclaim, especially for her vocal performance on the track [2]. The exclamation mark at the end of "Stop!" was dropped for the Jamelia release.

"Stop" was released as a double a-side with the song "DJ". It was released on November 1, 2004, one of the busiest release weeks of the year competing with Eminem, Destiny's Child, Usher, Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera. However, the single still managed to get a UK top ten place at number nine, despite the stiff competition and became her fourth consecutive top ten hit, spending twelve weeks inside the UK Singles Chart, one week longer than "See It in a Boy's Eyes", despite having a lower peak. The single also became her fourth consecutive top forty hit in Australia, peaking at number thirty-seven there.

The formats of "DJ" and "Stop" received a staggered release. On November 1, 2004 the 2-track CD: 1 was released along with the "DJ" CD release. Due to time constraints, the "Stop" video could not be added in time to make the November 1 release date and so the maxi single CD: 2 was released a week later on November 8, 2004. This was also the first DVD single release from Jamelia and it is rumoured that the DVD single was released due to the fact that the "DJ" video was not finished in time to be added to the "Thank You - Live" DVD release. The single release also contained a cover of Wham's "Last Christmas".

[edit] Track listings

UK CD single 1

1. "DJ" (radio edit)
2. "Stop"

UK CD single 2

1. "DJ" (radio edit)
2. "Stop"
3. "Last Christmas"
4. "Stop" (music video)

[edit] Charts

Chart (2004)	Peak position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart[2] 1	37
Belgium Singles Chart[2] 1	46
French Singles Chart[2] 1	26
Germany Singles Chart[3]	56
Ireland Singles Chart[2] 1	12
Switzerland Singles Chart[2] 1	36
UK Singles Chart[2] 1	9

¹ "Stop"/"DJ".

[edit] Other versions

Ane Brun released a version (as a duet with Liv Widell) on her 2005 album Duets.

Los Angeles based rock band Duda Did It covered the song in 2008 and it's available on their independent release Who Did It?.

[edit] References