Released: April 16, 1988
Songwriter: Maurice Starr
Producer: Maurice Starr
[Spoken Intro]
We’ve been together for a long time, baby
Do you have to leave?
(Please don’t go, girl)
I just can’t live without you
(Please)
So listen to me
(Don’t go, girl)
Don’t go girl
[Chorus]
Please, don’t go, girl
You would ruin my whole world
Tell me you’ll stay
Never ever go away
[Verse 1]
I love you
(I love you)
I guess I always will
Girl, you’re my best friend
Girl, you’re my love within
I just want you to know that I will always love you
Ooh, baby, ooh
Tell me you’ll stay
Never ever go away
[Verse 2]
I need you
(I need you)
I guess I always will
Girl, you’re my best friend
Girl, you’re my love within
I just want you to know that I will always love you
Ooh, baby
(Please don’t go, girl)
I’m gonna always love you, girl
[Pre-Chorus]
I’m gonna love you, girl
Until the end of time
Tell me girl (Tell me, girl)
You’re gonna always be mine
[Chorus]
Please don’t go, girl
You would ruin my whole world
Tell me you’ll stay
Never, ever go away
[Outro]
I love you (I love you)
I guess I always will
Girl, you’re my best friend
Girl, you’re my love within
I just want you to know that I will always love you
Ooh, baby (Please don’t go, girl)
Please don’t go, girl (Please don’t go, girl)
Please don’t go, girl (Please don’t go, baby)
Please don’t go, girl (Please don’t go, girl)
Please don’t go, girl (Please don’t go, darlin’)
Please don’t go, girl (Please don’t go, baby, no, no)
Please don’t go, girl (Please don’t go, girl)
We’ve been together for a long time, baby
Do you have to leave?
(Please don’t go, girl)
I just can’t live without you
(Please)
So listen to me
(Don’t go, girl)
Don’t go girl
[Chorus]
Please, don’t go, girl
You would ruin my whole world
Tell me you’ll stay
Never ever go away
[Verse 1]
I love you
(I love you)
I guess I always will
Girl, you’re my best friend
Girl, you’re my love within
I just want you to know that I will always love you
Ooh, baby, ooh
Tell me you’ll stay
Never ever go away
[Verse 2]
I need you
(I need you)
I guess I always will
Girl, you’re my best friend
Girl, you’re my love within
I just want you to know that I will always love you
Ooh, baby
(Please don’t go, girl)
I’m gonna always love you, girl
[Pre-Chorus]
I’m gonna love you, girl
Until the end of time
Tell me girl (Tell me, girl)
You’re gonna always be mine
[Chorus]
Please don’t go, girl
You would ruin my whole world
Tell me you’ll stay
Never, ever go away
[Outro]
I love you (I love you)
I guess I always will
Girl, you’re my best friend
Girl, you’re my love within
I just want you to know that I will always love you
Ooh, baby (Please don’t go, girl)
Please don’t go, girl (Please don’t go, girl)
Please don’t go, girl (Please don’t go, baby)
Please don’t go, girl (Please don’t go, girl)
Please don’t go, girl (Please don’t go, darlin’)
Please don’t go, girl (Please don’t go, baby, no, no)
Please don’t go, girl (Please don’t go, girl)
Hangin’ Tough (30th Anniversary)
- I Need You
- Cover Girl (7" Remix)
- Hangin’ Tough (Tougher Mix)
- I’ll Be Loving You (Forever) (More 7" Remix Version)
- You Got It (The Right Stuff) (7" Version)
- Please Don’t Go Girl (Extended Version)
- 80s Baby
- Boys in the Band (Boy Band Anthem)
- You Got It (The Right Stuff)
- I Remember When
- Hold On
- My Favorite Girl
- I’ll Be Loving You (Forever)
- Cover Girl
- What’cha Gonna Do (About It)
- Hangin’ Tough
- Please Don’t Go Girl
- The Way
- CBS/Sony Hot Tracks Collection 1988, Nov. Dec. 1988 (1988)
- Hangin’ Tough (1988)
- H.I.T.S. (1991)
- Greatest Hits (1999)
- Super Hits (2001)
- #1's (2005)
- Greatest Hits (2008 Edition) (2008)
- NKOTBSB (2011)
- Hangin’ Tough (30th Anniversary) (2019)
- Step by Step
- You Got It (The Right Stuff)
- Please Don’t Go Girl
- I’ll Be Loving You (Forever)
- Merry, Merry Christmas
- Valentine Girl (The C&C Quiet Storm Mix)
- The Right Stuff (The New Kids In the House Mix)
- Jealous (Blue)
- Favorite Girl
- Are You Down?
- Officially Over
- If You Go Away
- Now or Never
- Never Let You Go
- Take My Breath Away
- Call It What You Want
- Twisted
- Funny Feeling
- The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)
- Girls
- Looking Like Danger
- Hangin’ Tough
- Let’s Play House
- Keepin’ My Fingers Crossed