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Don't Leave Home
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Don't Leave Home
| cover = Dido - Don't Leave Home.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Dido
| album = Life for Rent
| B-side = "Stoned" (Deep Dish Remix)
| released =
| recorded =
| studio =
* The Ark (Lincolnshire, England)
* The Church, Wessex (London, England)
* Cubejam (Miami, Florida, US)
| genre =
| length = 3:47
| label =
* Cheeky
* Arista
| writer =
* Dido Armstrong
* Rollo Armstrong
| producer =
* Dido
* Rollo
* Mike Hedges
| prev_title = Life for Rent
| prev_year = 2003
| next_title = Sand in My Shoes
| next_year = 2004
| misc =
}}
"'Don't Leave Home'" is the third single released from English singer Dido's second album, 'Life for Rent' (2003). The song was first released as a digital download in various territories on 10 April 2004 before its physical UK release two days later. "Don't Leave Home" peaked at number 25 on the UK Singles Chart and charted for nine weeks. A remix of the song's B-side, "Stoned", by American electronic music duo Deep Dish topped the US 'Billboard' Hot Dance Club Play chart.
Background
"Don't Leave Home" deals with drug addiction. It is written and sung from the point of view of the drug singing to the person who is addicted to it. It was originally a demo recorded for her 1999 album 'No Angel', but it was included instead on the 2003 album, 'Life for Rent.' It was written and produced by Dido Armstrong and her brother Rollo Armstrong. The song is set in common time composed in a moderate tempo of 80 beats per minute, written in F major with a vocal range from the tone of F4 to the note of C6.
Music video
The Jake Nava-directed music video for "Don't Leave Home" starts with the singer driving on a desert road as it gets dark. Suddenly, she finds herself in front of a forest. Dido leaves the car, drops her suitcase on the ground, and enters the forest. Some of the themes and scenery imply drug addiction, like the hazy affects, the forest filled with mushrooms and hallucinations of spiders and snakes. She leaves the forest and comes across a huge rock-like cliff by the ocean. She sings calmly by the cliff before jumping into the ocean and finds herself on a wide strand with white sand singing out to the ocean. The video ends with the car driving on with broken white lines. The video was shot in Cape Town, South Africa.
"Stoned"
The B-side, "'Stoned'", was released as a promotional single from 'Life for Rent'. The song tells the story of an unwinding relationship, clouded through drugs. "Stoned" was remixed by Deep Dish; this version peaked at number one on the US 'Billboard' Hot Dance Club Play chart on the week dated 24 January 2004. At the end of 2004, 'Billboard' ranked the remix as the second-most-successful dance club track of year.
Track listings
'UK CD single'
# "Don't Leave Home"
# "Stoned" (Deep Dish Stoner Remix edit)
'European CD single'
# "Don't Leave Home" 3:48
# "Stoned" (Deep Dish Remix edit) 4:00
# "Don't Leave Home" (video with lyrics)
Credits and personnel
Credits are lifted from the "Don't Leave Home" UK CD single liner notes and the 'Life for Rent' booklet.
'Studios'
* Recorded at The Ark (Lincolnshire, England), The Church, Wessex Studios (London, England), and Cubejam (Miami, Florida, US)
* Mixed at The Church (London, England)
* "Don't Leave Home" strings recorded at Air Studios (London, England)
* Mastered at Metropolis Studios (London, England)
'Artwork'
* Simon Corkin artwork design
* Bev Jones photography
'"Don't Leave Home" personnel'
* Dido writing (as Dido Armstrong), production
* Rollo writing (as Rollo Armstrong), production
* Richard Parfitt guitar
* Sister Bliss additional keyboards, drum programming
* Makoto Sakamoto drums
* Mike Hedges production
* Matthieu Clouard production assistant
* Ash Howes mixing
* Phill Brown recording
* Ger McDonnell recording
* James Sanger programming
* Mark Bates programming assistant
* Pete Davies programming assistant
* Nick Ingman string arrangement
* Gavyn Wright concertmaster
* Miles Showell mastering
'"Stoned" (Deep Dish Remix) personnel'
* Dido writing (as Dido Armstrong), production
* Rollo writing (as Rollo Armstrong), production
* Lester Mendez writing, original recordings
* Adam Zimmon acoustic guitar
* Carlos Paucer percussion
* Sister Bliss piano
* Mark Bates additional keyboards, programming
* Ash Howes mixing
* Phill Brown recording
* Steve Sidelnyk additional drum programming
* Deep Dish remix and additional production (as Dubfire and Sharam), remix mixing
* Matt Nordstrom remix mixing
Charts
"Don't Leave Home"
"Stoned" (Deep Dish Remix)
Weekly chartsYear-end charts
Release history
See also
* List of number-one dance singles of 2004 (U.S.)
References
Category:2003 songs
Category:2004 singles
Category:Arista Records singles
Category:Cheeky Records singles
Category:Dido (singer) songs
Category:Music videos directed by Jake Nava
Category:Song recordings produced by Dido (singer)
Category:Song recordings produced by Mike Hedges
Category:Song recordings produced by Rollo Armstrong
Category:Songs about drugs
Category:Songs written by Dido (singer)
Category:Songs written by Rollo Armstrong
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