The Communards Version
| "Don't Leave Me This Way" | |||||||||||
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| Single by The Communards with Sarah Jane Morris | |||||||||||
| from the album Communards | |||||||||||
| B-side | "Sanctified" | ||||||||||
| Released | 1986 | ||||||||||
| Format | 7" vinyl, 12" vinyl, CD single, Cassette single |
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| Recorded | 1985 | ||||||||||
| Genre | Hi-NRG, synthpop | ||||||||||
| Length | 4:31 | ||||||||||
| Label | London | ||||||||||
| Writer(s) | Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff, and Cary Gilbert | ||||||||||
| Producer | Mike Thorne | ||||||||||
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Nine years later, the song was revived by The Communards in an avowedly Hi-NRG version. This recording topped the UK charts for four weeks in September 1986, becoming the biggest selling record of the year in the process. The featured guest vocalist was jazz singer Sarah Jane Morris. The song only reached #40 on the US Billboard Hot 100 but did top the Billboard Dance chart.
Several remixes were issued, notably the "Son of Gotham City Mix" which was split across two sides of a 12" single and ran for a total of 22 minutes 55 seconds.
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