Don't Play Your Rock 'n' Roll to Me
1975 single by Smokie
"Don't Play Your Rock 'n' Roll to Me" | ||||
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Single by Smokie | ||||
from the album Changing All the Time | ||||
B-side | "Talking Her Around" | |||
Released | September 1975 | |||
Studio | Audio International Studios in London | |||
Genre | Pop rock, glam rock, country rock | |||
Length | 3:18 | |||
Label | RAK | |||
Songwriter(s) | Chinn/Chapman | |||
Producer(s) | Mike Chapman, Nicky Chinn | |||
Smokie singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Don't Play Your Rock 'n' Roll to Me" on YouTube | ||||
"Don't Play Your Rock 'n' Roll to Me" is a song by British rock band Smokie. It was released in early September 1975 as a single and appeared later on the album Changing All the Time. Like the band's previous two singles "Pass It Around" and "If You Think You Know How to Love Me", the song was composed by Nicky Chinn/Mike Chapman.
The acoustic guitar riff in "Don't Play Your Rock 'n' Roll to Me" is adopted from the Elvis Presley hit "His Latest Flame".[1][2]
The single was as successful as the previous one. It debuted in the UK Singles Chart on 4 October 1975, reaching #8 and lingering in the charts for 7 weeks.[3]
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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2. | "Talking Her Around" | Uttley | 02:44 |
Charts
Chart (1975) | Position |
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Australia (Kent Music Report)[4] | 50 |
Austria | 13[5] |
Belgium (Flanders) | 27[6] |
Belgium (Wallonia) | 48[7] |
Netherlands | 22[8] |
New Zealand | 24[9] |
UK Singles Chart | 8[3] |
West Germany | 10[10] |
References
- ^ Hendriks, Phil (July 2007). Changing All the Time (CD booklet). Smokie. London: 7T's Records.
- ^ "Lyrics of Presley's song specifically sung live". YouTube.
- ^ a b "Smokie chart positions in the UK". The Official Charts Company.
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 279. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ Norwegian Charts site
- ^ Norwegian Charts site as above
- ^ Norwegian Charts site as above
- ^ Norwegian Charts site as above
- ^ Norwegian Charts site as above
- ^ Infinity Charts - German Top 20
External links
- Smokie discography 1975-1982
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- Alan Silson
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- Pass It Around
- Changing All the Time
- Midnight Café
- Bright Lights & Back Alleys
- The Montreux Album
- The Other Side of the Road
- Solid Ground
- Boulevard of Broken Dreams
- Wild Horses – The Nashville Album
- Take a Minute
- Greatest Hits
- "Pass It Around"
- "If You Think You Know How to Love Me"
- "Don't Play Your Rock 'n' Roll to Me"
- "Something's Been Making Me Blue"
- "Wild Wild Angels"
- "I'll Meet You at Midnight"
- "Living Next Door to Alice"
- "Lay Back in the Arms of Someone"
- "It's Your Life"
- "Needles and Pins"
- "For a Few Dollars More"
- "Oh Carol"
- "Mexican Girl"
- "Do to Me"
- "Babe It's Up to You"
- "San Francisco Bay"
- "Take Good Care of My Baby"
- "Run to Me"
- "Little Town Flirt"
- "Boulevard of Broken Dreams"