"Please Don't Go" is a song by American recording artist

Mike Posner Michael Robert Henrion Posner ( ; born February 12, 1988) is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer.For Posner's full name, see He released his debut album, ''31 Minutes to Takeoff'', in 2010. The album includes the US ''Billboar ...

, released as the second single from his debut album ''

31 Minutes to Takeoff ''31 Minutes to Takeoff'' is the debut studio album by American singer Mike Posner. It was released on 10 August 2010, by J Records. The album includes the singles " Cooler Than Me", " Please Don't Go" and " Bow Chicka Wow Wow". Background Posne ...

'' (2010). Posner co-wrote and co-produced the song with

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released the single to

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in the United States on June 9, 2010. The song peaked at number 16 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, giving Posner his second top 40 hit on that chart. It also peaked at numbers 9, 18, and 30, on the

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, and

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charts, respectively. It managed to peak within the top 40 in countries like Austria, Canada, Germany and New Zealand. A remix of the song features American rapper

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Composition

Posner co-wrote and produced the song alongside

. Posner's lyrics plead for his girlfriend not to leave him, while his production with Blanco is uptempo and contains prominent

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and

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characteristics. In addition, Blanco provides background vocals in the chorus. The song was mixed by Serban Ghenea and engineered by John Hanes and Tim Roberts.

Commercial performance

In the United States, the song debuted at number 94 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and reached number 16. It also reached number 9 on the ''Billboard'' Pop Songs chart. As of January 2011, 1,000,000 copies had been purchased. It also charted on the New Zealand charts and on the Canadian charts. It peaked at number 23 in Canada and reached number 19 in New Zealand, making it his second top 20 single of that country along with " Cooler Than Me". In the UK, the song charted poorly. In 2021, the song experienced a resurgence on

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where users would wear a scarf and glasses and drive in a car. This got the attention of Posner himself who would repost the videos on to his official pag
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Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of ''

''. *

– vocals, songwriting, production, drums, keyboards and programming *

– background vocals, songwriting, production, drums, keyboards, programming, vocal editing and engineering * Rob Murray – vocal editing assistant * Serban Ghenea –

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* John Hanes – engineering * Tim Roberts – engineering assistant

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

References

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