Don't Play Your Rock 'n' Roll to Me

"Don't Play Your Rock 'n' Roll to Me"
Single by Smokie
from the album Changing All the Time
B-side"Talking Her Around"
ReleasedSeptember 1975
StudioAudio International Studios in London
GenrePop rock, glam rock, country rock
Length3:18
LabelRAK
Songwriter(s)Chinn/Chapman
Producer(s)Mike Chapman, Nicky Chinn
Smokie singles chronology
"If You Think You Know How to Love Me"
(1975) 		"Don't Play Your Rock 'n' Roll to Me"
(1975) 		"Something's Been Making Me Blue"
(1976)
Music video
"Don't Play Your Rock 'n' Roll to Me" on YouTube

"Don't Play Your Rock 'n' Roll to Me" is a song by British rock band Smokie. It was released in early September 1975 as a single and appeared later on the album Changing All the Time. Like the band's previous two singles "Pass It Around" and "If You Think You Know How to Love Me", the song was composed by Nicky Chinn/Mike Chapman.

The acoustic guitar riff in "Don't Play Your Rock 'n' Roll to Me" is adopted from the Elvis Presley hit "His Latest Flame".[1][2]

The single was as successful as the previous one. It debuted in the UK Singles Chart on 4 October 1975, reaching #8 and lingering in the charts for 7 weeks.[3]

Track listing

Side A
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Don't Play Your Rock 'n' Roll to Me"Chinn/Chapman03:18
Side B
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
2."Talking Her Around"Uttley02:44

Charts

Chart (1975) Position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[4] 50
Austria 13[5]
Belgium (Flanders) 27[6]
Belgium (Wallonia) 48[7]
Netherlands 22[8]
New Zealand 24[9]
UK Singles Chart 8[3]
West Germany 10[10]

References

  1. ^ Hendriks, Phil (July 2007). Changing All the Time (CD booklet). Smokie. London: 7T's Records.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: year (link)
  2. ^ "Lyrics of Presley's song specifically sung live". YouTube. 23 June 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Smokie chart positions in the UK". The Official Charts Company.
  4. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 279. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  5. ^ Norwegian Charts site
  6. ^ Norwegian Charts site as above
  7. ^ Norwegian Charts site as above
  8. ^ Norwegian Charts site as above
  9. ^ Norwegian Charts site as above
  10. ^ Infinity Charts - German Top 20