| Don't Play Your Rock 'n' Roll to Me | |
| Cover: | Smokie - Don't Play Your Rock 'n' Roll to Me (1975) front cover.jpg |
| Border: | yes |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Smokie |
| Album: | Changing All the Time |
| B-Side: | Talking Her Around |
| Released: | September 1975 |
| Studio: | Audio International Studios in London |
| Genre: | Pop rock, glam rock, country rock |
| Length: | 03:18 |
| Label: | RAK |
| Producer: | Mike Chapman, Nicky Chinn |
| Prev Title: | If You Think You Know How to Love Me |
| Prev Year: | 1975 |
| Next Title: | Something's Been Making Me Blue |
| Next Year: | 1976 |
"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]
| 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 | |
| West Germany | 10[10] |