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| "Don't" | ||||
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| Single byElvis Presley | ||||
| B-side | "I Beg of You" | |||
| Released | January 7, 1958 | |||
| Recorded | September 6, 1957 | |||
| Studio | Radio Recorders,Hollywood | |||
| Length | 2:48 | |||
| Label | RCA Victor | |||
| Songwriter | Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller | |||
| Elvis Presley singles chronology | ||||
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| "Don't" (audio) onYouTube | ||||
"Don't" is a song recorded byElvis Presley and released in 1958. Written and produced byJerry Leiber and Mike Stoller,[1] it was Presley's eleventhnumber-one hit in theUnited States. "Don't" also peaked at number four on the R&B charts.[2]Billboard ranked theballad[3] as theNo. 3 song for 1958.
The song was included in the musical revueSmokey Joe's Cafe, as a medley with "Love Me", and cleverly used in the key scene of the 1993 filmDave, right at the moment the President of the United States (played byKevin Kline), suffers a stroke while making love to a mistress, inside the White House.
| Chart (1958) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| UK Singles Chart | 2 |
| USBillboard Hot 100[4] | 1 |
| USBillboard Hot Country Singles | 2 |
| USBillboard Hot R&B Singles | 4 |
