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| Single by Sam Brown | ||||
| from the album Stop! | ||||
| B-side | "Poor Frank", "Blue Soldier", "Bones" | |||
| Released | 1988 | |||
| Format | 7" single, 12" single, CD single | |||
| Recorded | 1988 | |||
| Genre | R&B, Blues | |||
| Length | 4:02 (Edit) 4:55 (Album Version) |
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| Label | A&M | |||
| Writer(s) | Sam Brown, Gregg Sutton, Bruce Brody | |||
| Producer | Sam Brown, Pete Brown | |||
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"Stop!" is a song by English singer Sam Brown.
The single was originally released in 1988, missing the UK top forty and peaking at number fifty-two. It was not until 1989, however, that the single became a hit, when it peaked at number four on the UK Singles Chart. "Stop!" became her biggest hit to date, spending twelve weeks on the UK chart. It was the 35th best-selling single of 1989 in the UK.
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| Preceded by "Tribute (Right On)" by The Pasadenas |
Dutch Top 40 number-one single 10 September 1988 – 24 September 1988 (3 weeks) |
Succeeded by "The Only Way Is Up" by Yazz and the Plastic Population |
| Preceded by "Downtown" by One 2 Many |
Norwegian VG-Lista number-one single 20 December 1988 (1 week) |
Succeeded by "First Time" by Robin Beck |
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| Single by Jamelia | ||||||||||||||||||||
| from the album Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason soundtrack | ||||||||||||||||||||
| A-side | "DJ" | |||||||||||||||||||
| B-side | "Last Christmas" | |||||||||||||||||||
| Released | 1 November 2004 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Format | CD single | |||||||||||||||||||
| Recorded | 2004 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Genre | Soul, R&B | |||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 3:37 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Label | Parlophone | |||||||||||||||||||
| Writer(s) | Sam Brown, Gregg Sutton, Bruce Brody | |||||||||||||||||||
| Producer | Jimmy Hogarth | |||||||||||||||||||
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Jamelia covered the song when the makers of the 2004 film Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason approached her to record it to illustrate an integral 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.[12] Her cover version was met with critical acclaim, especially for her vocal performance on the track.[13] The exclamation mark at the end of the title was dropped for the Jamelia release.
"Stop" was released as a double A-side with the song "DJ" on 1 November 2004, one of the busiest release weeks of the year competing with Eminem (who got number one with Just Lose It), Destiny's Child (who got number two with Lose My Breath), Britney Spears (who got number three with My Prerogative), Christina Aguilera (who got number four with Car Wash featuring Missy Elliott) and Usher (who got number five with My Boo, a duet with Alicia Keys). 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 1 November 2004 the two-track CD one was released along with the "DJ" CD release. Due to time constraints, the "Stop" video (directed by Alex Hemming) could not be added in time to make the 1 November release date and so the CD two was released a week later on 8 November 2004. This was also the first DVD single release from Jamelia. It is rumoured that the DVD single was released because 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".
| Chart (2004) | Peak position |
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| Australian ARIA Singles Chart[14] 1 | 37 |
| Belgian Ultratop 50 Singles (Flanders)[14] 1 | 46 |
| French Singles Chart[14] 1 | 26 |
| German Singles Chart[15] | 56 |
| Irish Singles Chart[14] 1 | 12 |
| Swiss Singles Chart[14] 1 | 36 |
| UK Singles Chart[14] 1 | 9 |
1 "Stop"/"DJ".
Blues-Rocker Joe Bonamassa recorded a seven minute version of the song for inclusion on his 2009 longplayer The Ballad of John Henry.
Norwegian singer Ane Brun released a version (as a duet with Liv Widell) on her 2005 album Duets.
In France, a cover version of the song was used in a TV advert for Nescafé.
Icelandic indie pop darling Hafdís Huld recorded an a capella version which was used for a pan-European TV commercial for Mercedes-Benz in the summer of 2008. A fully instrumented version was released as a single in Iceland on 24 October 2008 with a full iTunes release on 24 November via Red Grape Records.
Vietnamese diva Mỹ Tâm covered this song on her 10 Years Anniversary Liveshow 2011: Mỹ Tâm Melodies of time
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