Please Don't Go Girl

"Please Don't Go Girl"
Single by New Kids on the Block
from the album Hangin' Tough
B-side"Whatcha Gonna Do About It"
ReleasedApril 16, 1988
Recorded1988
Genre
Length4:13
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Maurice Starr
Producer(s)Maurice Starr
New Kids on the Block singles chronology
"Didn't I (Blow Your Mind)"
(1986)
"Please Don't Go Girl"
(1988)
"You Got It (The Right Stuff)"
(1988)

"Please Don't Go Girl" is a 1988 song by American boyband New Kids on the Block. The lead vocals were sung by Joey McIntyre, Jordan Knight, and spoken by Danny Wood, but the majority of the lyrics were sung by Joey McIntyre. Written and produced by Maurice Starr, it was the first release from their second album, Hangin' Tough (1988), and also became the group's first commercial hit.[3] "Please Don't Go Girl" first rose from #62 to #46, on the US Billboard Hot 100 singles chart during the week of July 30, 1988. The single was the first major commercial exposure of the group, resulting in somewhat of a slow, but steady climb. The single eventually peaked at #10 the week of October 8, 1988. In 1997, Aaron Carter covered this song and was featured on his international self-titled debut album.

  1. ^ "Previews: Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. 17 September 1988. p. 17. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  2. ^ a b Breihan, Tom (July 21, 2021). "The Number Ones: New Kids On The Block's "I'll Be Loving You (Forever)". Stereogum. Retrieved November 24, 2023. ...their 1988 single "Please Don't Go Girl," a bubble-soul ballad...
  3. ^ "White Singers + Black Style - Pop Bonanza". The New York Times. 11 March 1990. Retrieved 17 March 2017.