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Yazoo — Don't Go
Album: Upstairs at Eric's
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6.9

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Released: 1982
Length: 2:56
Plays (last 30 days): 1
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Came in from the city
Walked into the door
I turned around when I heard
The sound of footsteps on the floor
Love just like addiction
Now I'm hooked on you
I need some time to get it right
Your love's gonna see me through

Can't stop now, don't you know?
I ain't never gonna let you go
Don't go

Oh, baby, make your mind up
Give me what you got
Fix me with your lovin'
Shut the door and turn the lock
Hey, go get the doctor
Doctor came too late
Another night, I feel all right
My love for you can't wait

Can't stop now, don't you know?
I ain't never gonna let you go
Don't go

Came in from the city
Walked into the door
I turned around when I heard
The sound of footsteps on the floor
Said he was a killer
Now I know it's true
I'm dead when you walk out the door
Hey, babe, I'm hooked on you

Can't stop now, don't you know?
I ain't never gonna let you go
Don't go

Can't stop now, don't you know?
I ain't never gonna let you go
Don't go

Can't stop now, don't you know?
I ain't never gonna let you go
Don't go

Can't stop now, don't you know?
I ain't never gonna let you go
Don't go

Can't stop now, don't you know?
I ain't never gonna let you go
Don't go

Can't stop now, don't you know?
I ain't never gonna let you go
Don't go

Can't stop now, don't you know?
I ain't never gonna let you go
Don't go

Can't stop now, don't you know?
I ain't never gonna let you go
Don't go

Don't go
Don't go
Don't go
Don't go
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Radio Paradise, you are SUPERB! My college friends and I are on a Yaz binge. Shouldn’t we all be?
Posted 9 months ago by costoonces    [ Reply ]
Oh my, I remember break dancing to this. I was about 12 and convinced I was cool. Not sure what in the world gave me that impression though, lol. 
Posted 9 months ago by Kajukenbo    [ Reply ]
Alison - whatta voice!!!
Posted 10 months ago by tm    [ Reply ]
Bill reliving the 80s, must have been a good decade for him 
Posted 1 year ago by mgkiwi    [ Reply ]
Despite <5 opposition, this is good. 
Posted 1 year ago by Pjesnik    [ Reply ]
Personally, from this album I'd rather hear Winter Kills or In My Room. But if you really want something completely different, I Before E Except After C.
Posted 1 year ago by NotShakespeare    [ Reply ]
Only You is the ONE!
Posted 1 year ago by deniseperry    [ Reply ]
6.9.  Wow.

Maybe if Radiohead did this song the RP listeners would give it a 10.  Which is what I gave it.
Posted 1 year ago by jelgator    [ Reply ]
1982, sophomore in high school. So many hours listening to this album stoned, driving around aimlessly at night at top volume! 
Posted 1 year ago by surfool    [ Reply ]
10 out of 10 each and every time.

Two geniuses met Just the right moment in time for two albums.
Posted 1 year ago by Fabian_R    [ Reply ]
I'm more familiar with Alison Moyet's solo work after this period, but this is a cool track, and man, does she have a voice. Also, flashbacks to the 80's. man, that was a long time ago.
Posted 1 year ago by talexb    [ Reply ]
This is simply brilliant synth work... It's so rich!!! That VOICE!!! YES!
Posted 1 year ago by tm    [ Reply ]
 SteveInVa wrote:

Heard this for the 1st time on WHFS. I believe it was on a megalomaniacal Monday. Thank you, Weasel


Lot of HFS refugees on these boards. The one that really makes me think of Jake and Company is the one by Was (Not Was) that sampled the president at the time. 

Posted 1 year ago by Zep    [ Reply ]
Quintessential 80s, and a bit of fun, but nothing more. 
Posted 1 year ago by Zep    [ Reply ]
ALISON MOYET !!! What a voice!
Posted 1 year ago by cavemanleong    [ Reply ]
Thank you for adding the image on-off feature.  ;-)
Posted 2 years ago by xrdstv    [ Reply ]
 velvetglove wrote:

Aw, come on people...even if you hate the music, it's Alison Moyet for god's sake...she's amazing.



Basildon represent!
Posted 2 years ago by captbradders    [ Reply ]
Heard this for the 1st time on WHFS. I believe it was on a megalomaniacal Monday. Thank you, Weasel
Posted 2 years ago by SteveInVa    [ Reply ]
Alison for ever
Posted 2 years ago by enkomao    [ Reply ]
Some of the deeper cuts on this album are very...ummm experimental?...well worth the listen.  Winter Kills is as dark as you can get in synth pop.  And Alison kills throughout.  Saw her at The Phoenix in T.O. at some point years ago and she was able to recreate the studio sound perfectly.  Amazing artist.
Posted 2 years ago by sfoster66    [ Reply ]
I can't believe how long it's been and yet people still get up in arms about synths somehow being less valid.

Listen guys, this is an expertly crafted pop song that basically sounds like the moment the 80s became the 80s. It's a total bop. It's cool if that doesn't work for you- but it's still "real" music. No need to get on your soap box over it.
Posted 2 years ago by bialia    [ Reply ]
 talexb wrote:

Alison Moyet released her own album a little after that (maybe called Alf?) -- and it was the other end of the spectrum from this -- lush, gorgeous, and way different from this. As captivating a voice as Annie Lennox.



It was called Alf, you're right - still one of my favourite albums ever. It's a moment in time for me, plus her voice is amazing!
Posted 2 years ago by hellsgardener    [ Reply ]
 ImaOldman wrote:
I thought this was INXS, sounds like Michael Hutchence to my ears.
 
Eh?
Posted 2 years ago by rtrt    [ Reply ]
I thought this was INXS, sounds like Michael Hutchence to my ears.
Posted 2 years ago by ImaOldman    [ Reply ]
Alison Moyet released her own album a little after that (maybe called Alf?) -- and it was the other end of the spectrum from this -- lush, gorgeous, and way different from this. As captivating a voice as Annie Lennox.
Posted 2 years ago by talexb    [ Reply ]
Wow đŸ˜® this takes me back! What a remarkable voice, Alison Moyet!
Posted 2 years ago by xc.farmer.antoine486    [ Reply ]
 HectorPascal wrote:

I pay RP and have for years. I value the excellent curation. Things seem to be changing in the last 18 months as more and more stuff like this is aired. As someone said before it’s a great pop song (that’s why it’s been a staple of the mainstream for decades) but it’s inclusion and others of the same ilk are the reason I increasingly hit the FF button. Perhaps it’s a desire to appeal to the mass audience more for that might make commercial sense but it dilutes the RP purity and this listener would defend that ferociously.




This song wasn't what I would call mainstream in the U.S., maybe you hail from somewhere else.  Anyway, doesn't matter if it was or wasn't, it's a great song!
Posted 2 years ago by jelgator    [ Reply ]
Put two powerhouse artists together and you get something like Yazoo.
Awesome.
Posted 3 years ago by easmann    [ Reply ]
Vince Clark is The Towering Figure of Synth Pop
Posted 3 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
Rubbish, HectorPascal.
Posted 3 years ago by MattRudely    [ Reply ]
 HectorPascal wrote:

I pay RP and have for years. I value the excellent curation. Things seem to be changing in the last 18 months as more and more stuff like this is aired. As someone said before it’s a great pop song (that’s why it’s been a staple of the mainstream for decades) but it’s inclusion and others of the same ilk are the reason I increasingly hit the FF button. Perhaps it’s a desire to appeal to the mass audience more for that might make commercial sense but it dilutes the RP purity and this listener would defend that ferociously.



I know that synth pop is for quite some people far from the "quality" of the rock and pop stuff played on RP most of the time, but for me, this MIX is what I'm here for.
"RP purity" would IMHO totally contradict what RP tries to do, wouldn't it?
Posted 3 years ago by trogel    [ Reply ]
Thanks RP.
Posted 3 years ago by jesseoxwell    [ Reply ]
Fantastic synth lines, Yamaha DX-7 maybe?
Posted 3 years ago by Pioneer_Sing    [ Reply ]
Yah! My getting ready to go out pre- clubbing album! 
Back in the day, of course...
Posted 3 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
I pay RP and have for years. I value the excellent curation. Things seem to be changing in the last 18 months as more and more stuff like this is aired. As someone said before it’s a great pop song (that’s why it’s been a staple of the mainstream for decades) but it’s inclusion and others of the same ilk are the reason I increasingly hit the FF button. Perhaps it’s a desire to appeal to the mass audience more for that might make commercial sense but it dilutes the RP purity and this listener would defend that ferociously.
Posted 3 years ago by HectorPascal    [ Reply ]
My first 12 inch, awesome synth  sonics that still sounds amazing. Great 3 minutes of synth pop
Posted 3 years ago by garydgould    [ Reply ]
Posted 3 years ago by KickingUpDust    [ Reply ]
Alison Moyet!!!!! 
Posted 3 years ago by cavemanleong    [ Reply ]
Ugh, I can't believe they're playing this [turns volume up two notches, chair dances for entire song]
Posted 3 years ago by Solanus    [ Reply ]
My wife is just telling me of the first time she heard this, on the coach in London on grade 12 trip, the streets populated by post-punks and new wavers, she and her classmates from a small town of less than 6000. Brings her right back to that moment.
Posted 4 years ago by derrylm1    [ Reply ]
Posted 4 years ago by jugece    [ Reply ]
I never thought I'd hear Alf on RP - a welcome addition in my opinion! I might just have to dig out a few of her solo albums later. 
Posted 4 years ago by Ben_D_Wire    [ Reply ]
Fantastic album and band, vocals and synths.
High praise indeed from a rocker!!!

So was the Yaz/Yazoo name a copyright issue? Being from the UK I've only ever known them as Yazoo
Posted 4 years ago by LoudshirtsBand    [ Reply ]
What happened to Yaz?
Posted 4 years ago by misery_goat    [ Reply ]
 dig wrote:
 
 
or Yaz
Posted 4 years ago by Aud    [ Reply ]
 brian.gass77551 wrote:

Personally, I think this is singularly great pop crap.  So glad that RP likes to play occasional booty shaking song.  Dance on!!!
 

Right on!!!
Posted 4 years ago by khardog145    [ Reply ]
guilty pleasure music from my teenage days 
Posted 4 years ago by niseywee    [ Reply ]
This song in the background of the movie "Tango & Cash" with Teri Hatcher in the foreground...
Posted 4 years ago by SpencerAR    [ Reply ]
I'm back at the Travel Agency bar at Ohio State.  With an ill-begotten Long Island Iced tea in my hand.  
Posted 5 years ago by Beanie    [ Reply ]
 adib wrote:
I had come to think of RP as a sanctuary from pop-crap.  
This isn't terrible pop-crap, but it's pop-crap nonetheless...
4 = acceptable, and skipped - thanks, but no thanks.
 
Personally, I think this is singularly great pop crap.  So glad that RP likes to play occasional booty shaking song.  Dance on!!!
Posted 5 years ago by brian.gass77551    [ Reply ]
I love Alison Moyet!
Posted 5 years ago by jocelynsart    [ Reply ]
I had come to think of RP as a sanctuary from pop-crap.  
This isn't terrible pop-crap, but it's pop-crap nonetheless...
4 = acceptable, and skipped - thanks, but no thanks.
Posted 5 years ago by adib    [ Reply ]
Posted 5 years ago by lukas1987    [ Reply ]
Posted 5 years ago by zaebb    [ Reply ]
Yazoo??
Posted 5 years ago by dig    [ Reply ]
Largely forgotten now but very, very high impact album at the time
Posted 5 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
Rita's Underground Club, Cape Town, 1983. Tequila Sunrises, poppers, sweaty dancefloor, police raids and much much more. I was a rather macho South African boy and I wore mascara and winklepickers. I met my first wife in the video room. Unforgettable.
Posted 5 years ago by fredhatman    [ Reply ]
Brilliant. And what's this after? Thievery Corporation smoothing out all the edges of The Supreme Illusion.

Tonight I'm paying the bills. Then my tithe. <3  I can listen to you at home AND work!
Posted 6 years ago by Segue    [ Reply ]
 midigitguy wrote:
Some bad things happened in the 80s///
 
Agreed, but this track isn't one of them.
Posted 6 years ago by ScottishWillie    [ Reply ]
I love this singer! Her solo stuff even more.
Posted 6 years ago by jocelynsart    [ Reply ]
lol

Tango and Cash

They're real and they're spectacular
Posted 6 years ago by shaun315    [ Reply ]
 midigitguy wrote:
Some bad things happened in the 80s///

 
and are repeated into the next century....
Posted 7 years ago by ckcotton    [ Reply ]
Are you kidding!  Instant 9...
Posted 7 years ago by Foot    [ Reply ]
 jsjacob wrote:
The current audio is mislabeled. The audio is "Sweet Dreams" by Eurythmics.
 

 
Yeppers.
Posted 7 years ago by Bleyfusz    [ Reply ]
The current audio is mislabeled. The audio is "Sweet Dreams" by Eurythmics.
 
Posted 7 years ago by jsjacob    [ Reply ]
Like many have also said, this brings me back! {#High-five} Bought this album in about 1984 (vinyl, of course), same cover as shown here - band name printed as Yaz (not Yazoo). I loved the whole album then, and still enjoy it now. Sure, the synth and drum track sound dated... but unless you had a REALLY BAD time in the 80s, it's a good, nostalgic kind of dated! {#Bananasplit}
Posted 7 years ago by skindy    [ Reply ]
What a Time Machine this one is, eh?
I was instantly transported back to the makeshift disco at the Victoria Hall, in Oundle, Northamptonshire, during the autumn of 1982.
I didn't want to come back.
And the band's name is indeed "Yazoo", you ridiculous bloody yanks. 
Posted 7 years ago by changodelaplaya    [ Reply ]
Some bad things happened in the 80s///
Posted 7 years ago by midigitguy    [ Reply ]
Vince Clarke is the Mozart of Synth Pop. Nobody did more with an Arpeggiator and synth melodies than Vince. This album was friggin brilliant.
Posted 7 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
Thank god the 80's are over. Always hated those shoulder pads.
Posted 7 years ago by kylieh    [ Reply ]
Wow!  This one took me way back today!
Posted 7 years ago by mardisoninnc    [ Reply ]
did I mention I saw Yazoo live back in 1982?
Posted 7 years ago by Vakse    [ Reply ]
 kalpol wrote:

no surprise, both bands are Vince Clarke with a throaty singer.

 
Apparently, Vince Clarke wrote this as a parting gift for Depeche Mode, when he left the band. They turned him down, so Yaz made a killing on it.
Posted 7 years ago by shakylegs    [ Reply ]
 Imkirok wrote:
Reminds me of Erasure.

 
I always thought this was Burl Ives.
Posted 7 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
 Imkirok wrote:
Reminds me of Erasure.

 
no surprise, both bands are Vince Clarke with a throaty singer.
Posted 7 years ago by kalpol    [ Reply ]
 Jelani wrote:
Memories!!!!!!

 
Ah yes...


Posted 8 years ago by mojcamojca77    [ Reply ]
Memories!!!!!!
Posted 8 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
Oh man, memories of working the light and sound boards in high school productions.
Not sure why this song always seemed to be playing...? 
Posted 8 years ago by Cannon    [ Reply ]
Yaz is great and I wore out this record when I first got it.  RECOGNIZE!
Posted 8 years ago by jameyp    [ Reply ]
Reminds me of Erasure.
Posted 8 years ago by Imkirok    [ Reply ]
 westslope wrote:

I cannot for the life of me imagine being young enough or doing enough C or E to dig this.

My bad.



 
I wouldn't kick yourself too hard. This song wore its welcome out fairly quickly. 
Posted 8 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
stunix wrote:

erm, Vince and Alison were called Yazz in the US and sold more records there than here, so technically they are arguably Yazz.   However Yazz from the plastic poulation wasnt a one hit wonder, 4 top 10 hits in the UK and seven albums.


My CDs say "Yaz" on them. Upstairs at Eric's, for example comes as either Yaz or Yazoo 


Posted 8 years ago by MJMJ    [ Reply ]
"Upstairs at Eric's" now that takes me back a bit. It wasn't another life, but is sure feels like one today. 
Posted 8 years ago by ScottishWillie    [ Reply ]
 DavidS_UK wrote:
Final comment - it's NOT Yaz, it's Yazoo.  Yaz was a female solo vocalist one-hit wonder a few years later.

 
erm, Vince and Alison were called Yazz in the US and sold more records there than here, so technically they are arguably Yazz.   However Yazz from the plastic poulation wasnt a one hit wonder, 4 top 10 hits in the UK and seven albums.
Posted 9 years ago by stunix    [ Reply ]
In fact, this is YAZOO - see the explanation in Wikipedia...
Posted 9 years ago by rgabriel    [ Reply ]
Final comment - it's NOT Yaz, it's Yazoo.  Yaz was a female solo vocalist one-hit wonder a few years later.
Posted 9 years ago by DavidS_UK    [ Reply ]
 fotd wrote:
i guess the problem for me is the disco keyboard and drum machine.  Don't care for it at all.  

That said, I cut RP a lot of slack.  I come to this site because of the variety.  My tastes run strongly to americana, jazz, obscure 60s tunes, and jam band stuff but RP has opened me more to other styles.

 
Well with tastes like that I am glad you cut other people a fair amount of slack!
:-)
Posted 9 years ago by DavidS_UK    [ Reply ]
Move Out....
 
Posted 9 years ago by hempmandan    [ Reply ]
AhhahhAAA I'm back to 80's {#Mrgreen}
Posted 9 years ago by Nenelena    [ Reply ]
 aelfheld wrote:
Having survived the 70's, I have no desire to revisit its worst aspects.

 
I agree entirely - thank God for the electronic music of the 1980s like Depeche Mode, Yazoo, OMD etc. :-)
In it's time a great track, great album, from one of the most industrious and influential early synthesixer and sampler wizards - Vince Clarke.
Posted 9 years ago by DavidS_UK    [ Reply ]
Saw them back in 2006 or 2007, don't remember exactly, in Los Angeles.  Interesting show and people at the show and I leave it at that.  
Posted 9 years ago by xtalman    [ Reply ]
i guess the problem for me is the disco keyboard and drum machine.  Don't care for it at all.  

That said, I cut RP a lot of slack.  I come to this site because of the variety.  My tastes run strongly to americana, jazz, obscure 60s tunes, and jam band stuff but RP has opened me more to other styles.
Posted 9 years ago by fotd    [ Reply ]
Music has (at least) two functions.  Enjoyment, and showing how cool you are.  Listening to Radio Paradise provides both benefits most of the time, but not on this song.

So would I blast this song out of my car? No.  Do I enjoy it.  Yes, yes I do.  I'll just keep my windows rolled up.


 
Posted 9 years ago by Nerubo    [ Reply ]
I LOOOOOOVE me some Alison! 
{#Dancingbanana}{#Dancingbanana}{#Dancingbanana}
Posted 9 years ago by QueenLucia    [ Reply ]
Love Yaz! This entire album is a classic. Thanks RP!
Posted 9 years ago by lshinkawa    [ Reply ]
I miss disco and blow.
Posted 9 years ago by blotto    [ Reply ]
Wow, I simply can not believe the negative comments on this tune. I saw the video on MTV probably the day they first played it and it just took to me instantly.


Allison was a big girl and she sang this with her whole voice. I thought it was totally awesome and still do. I ended up spending my hard earned money to buy the album.


I still have it in my collection.     


I looked Allison up on the internet and she is a mere shadow of what she once was size wise but still sings with her whole voice.  
Posted 10 years ago by Grizzly_old_man    [ Reply ]
Aw, come on people...even if you hate the music, it's Alison Moyet for god's sake...she's amazing.
Posted 15 years ago by velvetglove    [ Reply ]
Up the Yazoo, indeed.

Posted 15 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
Having survived the 70's, I have no desire to revisit its worst aspects.
Posted 15 years ago by aelfheld    [ Reply ]
Simply bad on mine ears.
Posted 15 years ago by Jamunca    [ Reply ]
Thanks Radio Paradise!
Posted 15 years ago by coyote620    [ Reply ]
Clarke left Depeche Mode to create this?

I wonder if he ever kicks himself....
Posted 15 years ago by sirrus    [ Reply ]
Great 80's dance vibe!  Got the chair dancing banana going on!  {#Dancingbanana}
Posted 15 years ago by maryte    [ Reply ]
I think they had to call themselves Yaz in the USA (as opposed to Yazoo) because of the Blues label called Yazoo Records CORRECTION: According to Wikipedia, it's because the name was already in use by a small American rock band. It seems that they called themselves Yazoo because of Yazoo Records.


Posted 15 years ago by fugglesworth    [ Reply ]

 

Wow!  "Upstairs at Eric's" (1982) of Band "Yazoo"....very well...much danced at this time!

i have not had the news but i find that this band finished

** 5 **

 



Posted 15 years ago by calypsus_1    [ Reply ]

I cannot for the life of me imagine being young enough or doing enough C or E to dig this.

My bad.


Posted 15 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
OOOOHHHHHNOOOOOOOO There's just not enough spandex to cover this song up...Please go...{#Cry}
Posted 15 years ago by Kimberly8    [ Reply ]

Who kidnapped Bill?  . . .and who has taken over picking out the music?   yuck!


Posted 16 years ago by bindi    [ Reply ]
Yaz, an oral hormonal contraceptive that may also be used to treat premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD). Its key ingredient is drospirenone.



Posted 16 years ago by MojoJojo    [ Reply ]
garbo sucko {#Puke}
Posted 16 years ago by buddyweiser    [ Reply ]
i never thought i'd be the first to comment, but hey someone had to...

my younger dancin' days relieved...loved allison's voice
Posted 16 years ago by water    [ Reply ]
Shocked! that this hasn't been played before now, it seems like I hear it a lot, probably just in my head. Good album, didn't miss it.

7 
edit: Ha, Rachel. Okay I missed it a little.
Posted 16 years ago by ScottFromWyoming    [ Reply ]
all right.  I do dig this song.  really.  puts me in a zone.  I miss it.
Posted 16 years ago by rachlan    [ Reply ]
Pretty solid pair of 80s tunes —- Lined Up and then this.

Back to the Diamond Club ... 1985 or so ...


Posted 16 years ago by keller1    [ Reply ]