Don't Go (Hothouse Flowers song)

"Don't Go"
Single by Hothouse Flowers
from the album People
Released
  • 1987 (Ireland)
  • May 2, 1988 (Worldwide)
Genre Rock
Length 3:48
Label London
Songwriter(s) Liam Ó Maonlaí, Fiachna Ó Braonáin, Peter M. O'Toole
Producer(s) Clive Langer, Alan Winstanley
Hothouse Flowers singles chronology
"Love Don't Work This Way"
(1987)		 "Don't Go"
(1987)		 "Feet On the Ground"
(1988)

"Love Don't Work This Way"
(1987)		 "Don't Go"
(1987)		 "Feet On the Ground"
(1988)

"Don't Go" is the first single released by Irish rock group Hothouse Flowers from their 1988 album People. It is their most successful single worldwide, reaching the top 10 in New Zealand and Sweden and the top 40 in other European countries. In the band's native Ireland, the song peaked at number two on the IRMA Singles Chart, their highest chart position until the release of their next single "Feet On the Ground", which reached number one.[1] In the United States, the song did not chart on the Billboard Hot 100, but reached numbers 7 and 16 on the Alternative Songs and Mainstream Rock Songs charts, respectively.

Cover versions

In 2005, Shane Lynch released a cover version of the song.

The song was performed by the Hothouse Flowers as the interval act of the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest held in Dublin, Ireland. The song is featured on an episode of the Irish sitcom Moone Boy.

Chart positions

Chart (1987-88) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA Singles Chart)[2] 39
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[2] 16
Belgium (Ultratop 50)[2] 36
Canada (RPM)[3] 47[upper-alpha 1]
Germany (Media Control Chart)[2] 26
Ireland (IRMA Singles Chart)[1] 2
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[2] 28
New Zealand (RIANZ Singles Chart)[2] 6
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[2] 6
UK Single Chart (Official Charts Company)[5] 11
US Billboard Alternative Songs[6] 7
US Billboard Mainstream Rock Songs[7] 16

Notes

  1. ↑ Chart information is missing after October 15, 1988, so this may not be its actual peak position.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "The Irish Charts - All there is to know". Retrieved 24 June 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "HOTHOUSE FLOWERS - DON'T GO (SONG)". Retrieved 24 June 2017.
  3. ↑ "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Government of Canada. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
  4. ↑ "Results: RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Retrieved 26 June 2017.
  5. ↑ "don't go - full Official Chart History - Official Charts Company". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
  6. ↑ "Hothouse Flowers - Chart history - Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
  7. ↑ "Hothouse Flowers - Chart history - Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
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