Olivia Newton John - Please Mr. Please

Please Mr. Please

"Please Mr. Please" is a song from 1975 by the British-Australian singer Olivia Newton-John. The song was written by Bruce Welch and John Rostill, both members of British pop singer Cliff Richard's backing band, The Shadows.Welch had originally recorded the song himself in 1974 with no commercial success. The song appears on Newton-John's album, Have You Never Been Mellow.

Released as a single in 1975, "Please Mr. Please" reached the Top 10 on three major Billboard charts in the U.S. that year. On the pop chart, the song peaked at #3 in August 1975, remaining in the Top 40 for 12 weeks: Newton-John's fifth consecutive Top Ten hit, "Please Mr. Please" would also mark Newton-John's last appearance in the Top Ten for a three-year period.On the country chart, the song reached #5, while on the adult contemporary chart, the song spent three weeks at #1.The single was a certified Gold record by the RIAA.

Olivia Newton John - Please Mr. Please Lyrics

In the corner of the bar there stands a jukebox

With the best of country music, old and new

You can hear your five selections for a quarter

And somebody else's songs when yours are through

I got good Kentucky whiskey on the counter

And my friends around to help me ease the pain

'Til some button-pushing cowboy plays that love song

And here I am just missing you again

Please, Mr., please, don't play B-17

It was our song, it was his song, but it's over

Please, Mr., please, if you know what I mean

I don't ever wanna hear that song again

If I had a dime for every time I held you

Though you're far away, you've been so close to me

I could swear I'd be the richest girl in Nashville

Maybe even in the state of Tennessee

But I guess I'd better get myself together

'Cause when you left, you didn't leave too much behind

Just a note that said "I'm sorry" by your picture

And a song that's weighing heavy on my mind

Please, Mr., please, don't play B-17

It was our song, it was his song, but it's over

Please, Mr., please, if you know what I mean

I don't ever wanna hear that song again