Don't Go (Hothouse Flowers song)


"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 as well as the top 40 in several other European countries. In the band's native Ireland, the song peaked at number two on the Irish Singles Chart, their highest chart position until the release of their next single "Feet On the Ground", which reached number one. In the United States the song did not chart on the Billboard Hot 100, but it did reach number seven on the Modern Rock Tracks chart and number 16 on the Album Rock Tracks chart.
The single version is different from the LP version. It has never been released on CD.

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Cover versions

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

In popular culture

The song was performed by the Hothouse Flowers as the interval act of the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest held in Dublin, Ireland. The version used was the single version, not the LP mix, with the exception that the broadcast version was longer. The song is featured on an episode of the Irish sitcom Moone Boy.