Stop Your Sobbing

1979 song performed by The Pretenders

"Stop Your Sobbing" is a 1964 song by The Kinks and taken from their debut studio album Kinks.

"Stop Your Sobbing"
Song by the Kinks
from the album Kinks
Released2 October 1964
RecordedLate August 1964[1]
StudioPye, London
GenrePop[2]
Length2:06
LabelPye
Songwriter(s)Ray Davies
Producer(s)Shel Talmy

The Pretenders version

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"Stop Your Sobbing"
Single by the Pretenders
from the album Pretenders
B-side"The Wait"
ReleasedJanuary 1979
Recorded1979
GenrePop rock[3]
Length2:38
LabelReal, Sire (US)
Songwriter(s)Ray Davies
Producer(s)Nick Lowe
The Pretenders singles chronology
"Stop Your Sobbing"
(1979)
"Kid"
(1979)

In 1979, British band The Pretenders covered Stop Your Sobbing as their debut single from their debut studio album Pretenders. It went to number 34 in the United Kingdom and number 65 in the United States.

References

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  1. Hinman 2004, pp. 34, 37.
  2. Fleiner 2017, p. 38.
  3. "Hits of the Week" (PDF). Record World. June 7, 1980. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-02-20.