Simply Red

Released: November 8, 2019

Songwriter: Mick Hucknall

Producer: Andy Wright

Some people out there are tryin' to bring me down
But I won't let 'em
No I won't let 'em
Some people out there really let me down
I don't regret 'em
But I won't forget 'em

I love my life
Love my wife
And my baby

Some people are suggestin' maybe I should leave town
But I ain't leaving (no no no)
I ain't leaving (no no no)
No I ain't leaving (no no no)
No I ain't leaving (no no no)
I don't do down (don't do down)
I don't do down (don't do down)
I don't do down (don't do down)
I don't do down (don't do down)
No I don't do down (don't do down)
I don't do down (don't do down)
I don't do down (don't do down)
No I don't do down (don't do down)

If you need some lovin' soul
I promise I won't let you down
I'll be right here
Let me tell you
I will be right here
Come on

Cos I I ain't leaving (no no no)
I ain't leaving (no no no)
No I ain't leaving (no no no)
I ain't leaving (no no no)
No, no, no (no no no)
No, no, no (no no no)
No, no, no (no no no)
No, no, no (no no no)
I don't do down (don't do down)
I don't do down (don't do down)
I don't do down (don't do down)
I don't do down (don't do down)
I don't do down (don't do down)
I don't do down (don't do down)
No I don't do down (don't do down)
I don't do down (don't do down)
Come on, hit it

Hey
I ain't leaving (no no no)
I ain't leaving (no no no)
No I ain't leaving (no no no)
I ain't be leaving (no no no)
I ain't gonna be leaving (no no no)
I ain't leaving (no no no)
I ain't leaving (no no no)
I ain't leaving (no no no)

No, no, no (don't do down)
No, no, no (don't do down)
No, no, no (don't do down)
No, no, no (don't do down)
No, no, no (don't do down)
I don't do down (don't do down)
I don't do down (don't do down)
I don't do down (don't do down)
I don't do down (don't do down)
No, No
Hey
Hit it now

Simply Red is a British soul and pop band. The first incarnation of the band was a punk group called The Frantic Elevators, whose seven-year run produced limited releases on local labels and ended in 1984 upon critical acclaim for their final single, “Holding Back the Years”.

By early 1985, Mick Hucknall and manager Elliot Rashman had assembled a band of local session musicians and begun to attract record company attention. The group adopted the name “Red” (after Hucknall’s nickname, denoting his hair colour) but then Mick decided it would sound better with the addition of the word ‘Simply.’

Since the mid 1980s, the band has sold more than 50 million albums.

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