Top 30 Don’t Songs

Neil’s Top 30 Don’t Songs

In this countdown, we acknowledge the best 30 songs that have “Do” or “Don’t” as the first word of the song title.

There have been 181 songs that have made the Australian Top 40 with “Don’t” as the first word in the title – this doesn’t count the ones that just missed out on the Top 40 nor the ones where “Don’t” appears elsewhere in the title.

In this countdown, Neil presents his favourite 30 where the first word in the title is “Don’t”… how many of these would you include in your list?

  1. Don’t Fall In Love – The Ferrets
  2. Don’t Stop – Fleetwood Mac
  3. Don’t Stop Believing – Journey
  4. Don’t Go Breaking My Heart – Elton John & Kiki Dee
  5. Don’t Sleep In The Subway – Petula Clark
  6. Don’t Tell Me The Time – Martha Davis
  7. Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me – George Michael & Elton John
  8. Don’t Pay The Ferryman – Chris de Burgh
  9. Don’t You Know It’s Magic – Johnny Farnham
  10. Don’t Let Me Down – The Beatles
  11. Don’t Change – INXS
  12. Don’t Be Cruel – Cheap Trick
  13. Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood – The Animals
  14. Don’t You Want Me – Human League
  15. Don’t Look Back In Anger – Oasis
  16. Don’t Leave Me This Way – The Communards
  17. Don’t Pull Your Love – Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds
  18. Don’t Get Me Wrong – The Pretenders
  19. Don’t You (Forget About Me) – Simple Minds
  20. Don’t Give Up On Us – David Soul
  21. Don’t Go – Pseudo Echo
  22. Don’t Talk To Strangers – Rick Springfield
  23. Don’t Stand So Close To Me – The Police
  24. Don’t Stop Me Now – Queen
  25. Don’t Let The Sun Catch You Crying – Gerry & The Pacemakers
  26. Don’t Bring Me Down – Electric Light Orchestra
  27. Don’t Fall In Love With A Dreamer – Kenny Rogers & Kim Carnes
  28. Don’t Go – Hothouse Flowers
  29. Don’t Dream It’s Over – Crowded House
  30. Don’t Worry Baby – Beach Boys

The next 10 cabs off the rank if we had taken it to number 40 – in chronological order:

  • Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right – Bob Dylan – 1963
  • Don’t Talk To Him – Cliff Richard – 1963
  • Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue – Crystal Gayle – 1977
  • Don’t Cry For Me Argentina – Julie Covington – 1977
  • Don’t Stop Till You Get Enough – Michael Jackson – 1979
  • Don’t Lose My Number – Phil Collins – 1985
  • Don’t Mess With Doctor Dream – Thompson Twins – 1985
  • Don’t Worry (Be Happy) – Bobby McFerrin – 1988
  • Don’t Call Me Baby – Madison Avenue – 1999
  • Don’t Be Stupid (You Know I Love You) – Shania Twain – 2000