Please Mr. Please
| "Please Mr. Please" | ||||
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| Single by Olivia Newton-John | ||||
| from the album Have You Never Been Mellow | ||||
| B-side | "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" (UK) "And in the Morning" (USA and rest of world) |
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| Released | June 1975 | |||
| Format | 7" | |||
| Genre | Country, pop | |||
| Length | 3:31 | |||
| Label | MCA | |||
| Writer(s) | Bruce Welch, John Rostill | |||
| Producer(s) | John Farrar | |||
| Certification | Gold (US) | |||
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| "Please Mr. Please" | |
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| Single by Bruce Welch | |
| B-side | "Song of Yesterday" |
| Released | 19 April 1974 |
| Label | EMI |
| Writer(s) | Bruce Welch, John Rostill |
| Producer(s) | Bruce Welch |
"Please Mr. Please" is the title of a popular song from 1975 (see 1975 in music) by the Australian singer Olivia Newton-John. The song was written by Bruce Welch and John Rostill, both members of British pop singer Cliff Richard's backing band, The Shadows.[1] Welch had originally recorded the song himself in 1974[2] with no commercial success. The song appears on Newton-John's album, Have You Never Been Mellow.
Released as a single in 1975, "Please Mr. Please" reached the Top 10 on three major Billboard charts in the U.S. that year. On the pop chart, the song peaked at #3 in August 1975, remaining in the Top 40 for 12 weeks: Newton-John's fifth consecutive Top Ten hit, "Please Mr. Please" would also mark Newton-John's last appearance in the Top Ten for a three-year period.[3] On the country chart, the song reached #5, while on the adult contemporary chart, the song spent three weeks at #1.[1] The single was a certified Gold record by the RIAA.[4]
"Please Mr. Please" has been rendered in Czech as "Nechci Už Víc" recorded by Helena Blehárová and in Finnish as "Viistoista Siis" recorded by Taiska.
It also was rendered in Spanish, and recorded by salvadoran singer Evangelina Sol.
It has been rendered in French in 1975 by Claude François under the title : "Pourquoi pleurer ? "
Contents
Song story
The song begins as an apparent tribute to the jukebox and how one can listen to a lot of great music for a small price. But instead of continuing along those lines, the song picks up on how some songs on the jukebox can trigger bad memories. This happens when the protagonist — at a tavern with friends, trying to get over a just-broken relationship — sees another customer at the jukebox, trying to play "B-17," which is coded to a song the woman does not want to hear.
The song, she cries, was one of the now-broken relationship. The song now triggers such bad memories to the point that she never wants to hear the song again. The refrain sees the woman begging the "button-pushin' cowboy" not to play the undesirable song.
Chart performance
Weekly singles charts
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Year-end charts
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Hyatt, Wesley (1999). The Billboard Book of #1 Adult Contemporary Hits (Billboard Publications)
- ↑ http://www.45cat.com/artist/bruce-welch Bruce Welch single release information
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications)
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- ↑ http://50.6.195.142/archives/70s_files/19750802.html
- ↑ http://50.6.195.142/archives/70s_files/1975YESP.html
- ↑ http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1975.htm
- ↑ http://50.6.195.142/archives/70s_files/1975YESP.html
External links
| Preceded by | Billboard Easy Listening Singles number-one single by Olivia Newton-John 12 July 1975 (3 weeks) |
Succeeded by "Rhinestone Cowboy" by Glen Campbell |
| Preceded by | RPM Top Singles number-one single 2 August 1975 |
Succeeded by "Jive Talkin'" by Bee Gees |
| Preceded by | RPM Country Tracks number-one single 6 September 1975 |
Succeeded by "The First Time" by Freddie Hart |
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- 1975 singles
- Olivia Newton-John songs
- Billboard Adult Contemporary number-one singles
- RPM Country Tracks number-one singles
- Songs written by John Rostill
- Songs written by Bruce Welch
- RPM Adult Contemporary number-one singles
- MCA Records singles
- Song recordings produced by John Farrar
- Jukeboxes
- 1975 songs
