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“Please Do Not Go” by Violent Femmes

From the album Violent Femmes (1983)

“Please Do Not Go” by Violent Femmes appears on 15 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 1999 and 2014. It was first released in 1983 on the album Violent Femmes. Its best result is #194 on the CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #773 alternative song of all time.

15countdowns
2stations
#194best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1999–2014years charted

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"Please Do Not Go" comes from Violent Femmes' self-titled debut, released in April 1983, and it belongs entirely to Gordon Gano, who wrote both the music and the words. Mark Van Hecke produced, with Glenn Lorbiecki and John Tanner engineering, and the title says what it is: a plea, delivered with the nervy, half-desperate, half-bratty urgency that never lets up.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.

RockLists rankings

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All Rock Formats

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1999 589 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
2000 589 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 589 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2002 589 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2003 589 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2003 845 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) 2044
2004 589 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 586 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2007 236 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 194 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 200 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 211 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 224 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 231 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 238 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013

Also listed as: Please Don Not Go.

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