Don't Leave Home

"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.

"Don't Leave Home"
Single by Dido
from the album Life for Rent
B-side"Stoned" (Deep Dish Remix)
Released10 April 2004 (2004-04-10)
Studio
  • The Ark
  • The Church, Wessex (London, England)
  • Cubejam (Miami, Florida, US)
Length3:47
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Dido singles chronology
"Life for Rent"
(2003)		 "Don't Leave Home"
(2004)		 "Sand in My Shoes"
(2004)
Music video
"Don't Leave Home" on YouTube

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.[1] 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.[2] The song is set in common time composed in a moderate tempo of 80 beats per minute,[3] written in F♯ major with a vocal range from the tone of F♯4 to the note of C♯6.[3]

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.[4] At the end of 2004, Billboard ranked the remix as the second-most-successful dance club track of year.[5]

Track listings

UK CD single[6]

  1. "Don't Leave Home"
  2. "Stoned" (Deep Dish Stoner Remix edit)

European CD single[7]

  1. "Don't Leave Home" – 3:48
  2. "Stoned" (Deep Dish Remix edit) – 4:00
  3. "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.[6][8]

Charts

Release history
Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref(s).
Various 10 April 2004 Digital download
[24][25][26]
United Kingdom 12 April 2004 CD [27]
United States 19 April 2004 Hot adult contemporary radio [28]

See also

References
  1. "Dido – "It's actually a song about drug addiction". Dido chats about Don't Leave Home in our latest audio commentary of a track from her new Greatest Hits album. didohq". Dido's Official Facebook Account. 10 December 2013. Archived from the original on 26 February 2022. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  2. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Life for Rent – Dido". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  3. "Don't Leave Home – Dido Digital Sheet Music (Digital Download)". MusicNotes.com. Alfred Publishing Co. Inc.
  4. "Dido Chart History (Dance Club Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  5. "Year in Music & Touring: Hot Dance Club Play Singles". Billboard. Vol. 116, no. 52. 25 December 2004. p. YE-60.
  6. Don't Leave Home (UK CD single liner notes). Dido. Cheeky Records, Arista Records. 2004. 82876611722.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  7. Don't Leave Home (European CD single liner notes). Dido. Cheeky Records, Arista Records. 2004. 82876609532.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  8. Life for Rent (European CD album booklet). Dido. Arista Records, BMG, Cheeky Records. 2003. 82876545982.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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  14. "Top 50 Singles Εβδομάδα 13–19/6" (in Greek). IFPI. Archived from the original on 19 June 2004. Retrieved 30 June 2020. See Best Position column.
  15. "Irish-charts.com – Discography Dido". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  16. "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 21, 2004" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  17. "Dido – Don't Leave Home" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  18. "Arhiva romanian top 100 – Editia 24, saptamina 14.06 – 20.06, 2004" (in Romanian). Romanian Top 100. Archived from the original on 13 October 2004. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  19. "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  20. "Dido – Don't Leave Home". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  21. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  22. "Dido Chart History (Adult Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  23. Dido — Stoned (Deep Dish Remix). TopHit. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  24. "Don't Leave Home – Single". Apple Music. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  25. "Don't Leave Home – Single". Apple Music. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  26. "Don't Leave Home – Single". Apple Music. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  27. "Reviews: Singles". Music Week. 3 April 2004. p. 25.
  28. "Going for Adds" (PDF). Radio & Records. No. 1551. 16 April 2004. p. 26. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
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