Don't Let It End

Don't Let It End
"Don't Let it End"
Single by Styx
from the album Kilroy Was Here
Released 1983
Recorded 1982
Genre Progressive rock
Length 4:53
Label A&M
Writer(s) Dennis DeYoung
Producer Styx
Styx singles chronology
"Mr. Roboto"
(1983)		 "Don't Let It End"
(1983)		 "High Time"
(1983)

"Don't Let It End" is the third track on the 1983 album Kilroy Was Here, by Styx.

The song was written and sung by Dennis DeYoung. The track is a mid-tempo ballad about one who breaks up with a lover and pleads to get the person back. The song reached #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 in June 1983 and #56 in the UK Singles Chart.

According to Dennis DeYoung in a 2005 interview with classicrockrevisited.com, the track was originally slated as the first single from Kilroy Was Here until the staff at A&M suggested "Mr. Roboto".

Video

The video of the track was directed by Brian Gibson. It starts out with Dennis portraying Kilroy looking at a picture of a girlfriend he lost (the picture is of Dennis' wife in real life Suzanne) and then gets up to go in another room which changes into the prison that his character of Kilroy was in. Then Dennis changes into the Kilroy as prisoner character and joins the members of Styx who play prisoners in the video performing the track and then the end shows Dennis as he appeared at the intro.

The reprise of the track was more to do with not letting rock and roll die and had a teaser of the riff to "Mr. Roboto" before ending like a 50s rocker with Tommy Shaw singing the first section and DeYoung the finale. Near the end of the song, Dennis mentions the names of a few rock and roll stars including Elvis, Chuck Berry, the Beatles (live version only), and Little Richard. The live version also ends with the ending guitar chords from "Twist and Shout."

Personnel

v · Styx
Tommy Shaw • James "J.Y." Young • Todd Sucherman • Lawrence Gowan • Ricky Phillips • Chuck Panozzo
Dennis DeYoung • John Panozzo • John Curulewski • Glen Burtnik
Studio albums
Styx • Styx II • The Serpent Is Rising • Man of Miracles • Equinox • Crystal Ball • The Grand Illusion • Pieces of Eight • Cornerstone • Paradise Theater • Kilroy Was Here • Edge of the Century • Brave New World • Cyclorama • Big Bang Theory
Studio EPs
Live albums
Caught in the Act • Return to Paradise • Arch Allies: Live at Riverport • Styx World: Live 2001 • At the River's Edge: Live in St. Louis • 21st Century Live • One with Everything: Styx and the Contemporary Youth Orchestra
Compilations
Best of Styx • Lady • Styx Classics Volume 15 • Greatest Hits • Styx Greatest Hits Part 2 • The Best of Times: The Best of Styx • Best of Styx 1973-1974 • Extended Versions • Singles Collection • Styx Yesterday & Today • 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection • Rockers • Come Sail Away – The Styx Anthology • The Complete Wooden Nickel Recordings
Singles
"Best Thing" • "Lady" • "You Need Love" • "Lorelei" • "Mademoiselle" • "Crystal Ball" • "Come Sail Away" • "Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man)" • "Blue Collar Man (Long Nights)" • "Sing for the Day" • "Renegade • "Babe" • "Why Me" • "Borrowed Time" • "The Best of Times" • "Too Much Time on My Hands" • "Nothing Ever Goes As Planned" • "Rockin' the Paradise • "Snowblind" • "Mr. Roboto" • "Don't Let It End" • "High Time" • "Music Time" • "Love Is the Ritual" • "Show Me the Way" • "Love at First Sight" • "Paradise" • "Everything Is Cool" • "Waiting for Our Time" • "Can't Stop Rockin" (with REO Speedwagon)
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