{{Short description|2004 single by Dido}} {{For|the film|Don't Leave Home (film)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}} {{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 = {{start date|2004|4|10|df=y}} | recorded = | studio = * The Ark * The Church, Wessex (London, UK) * Cubejam (Miami, Florida) | genre = <!-- Do not add unsourced genres --> | 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 = {{External music video|{{YouTube|tLpsDamWdIM|"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'' Dance Club Play chart and received airplay in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).

==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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/dido/posts/its-actually-a-song-about-drug-addiction-dido-chats-about-dont-leave-home-in-our/10152124687272905/|title=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|publisher=Dido's Official Facebook Account|date=10 December 2013|url-access=limited|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/19571497904/10152124687272905|archive-date=26 February 2022|access-date=20 September 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/life-for-rent-mw0000020802|title=Life for Rent – Dido|publisher=AllMusic|first=Stephen Thomas|last=Erlewine|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|access-date=20 September 2020}}</ref> The song is set in common time composed in a moderate tempo of 80 beats per minute,<ref name="sheet">{{cite news|title=Don't Leave Home – Dido Digital Sheet Music (Digital Download)|work=MusicNotes.com|publisher=Alfred Publishing Co. Inc}}</ref> written in F{{sharp}} major with a vocal range from the tone of F{{sharp}}<sub>4</sub> to the note of C{{sharp}}<sub>6</sub>.<ref name="sheet"/>

==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 of the "Don't Leave Home" single, "'''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'' Dance Club Play chart on the week dated 24 January 2004.<ref name="usd"/> At the end of 2004, ''Billboard'' ranked the remix as the second-most-successful dance club track of year.<ref name="usdye"/> The song was also an airplay hit in the CIS, reaching number 28 on the global chart, number 35 in Russia, and number 18 in Ukraine.<ref name="cis2"/><ref name="rus"/><ref name="ukr"/>

==Track listings== '''UK CD single'''<ref name="ukcd">{{cite AV media notes|title=Don't Leave Home|year=2004|type=UK CD single liner notes|publisher=Cheeky Records, Arista Records|id=82876611722}}</ref> # "Don't Leave Home" # "Stoned" (Deep Dish Stoner remix edit)

'''European CD single'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Don't Leave Home|year=2004|type=European CD single liner notes|publisher=Cheeky Records, Arista Records|id=82876609532}}</ref> # "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.<ref name="ukcd"/><ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Life for Rent|title-link=Life for Rent|type=European CD album booklet|publisher=Arista Records, BMG, Cheeky Records|id=82876545982}}</ref> {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} '''Studios''' * Recorded at The Ark, The Church, Wessex Studios (London, England), and Cubejam (Miami, Florida) * Mixed at The Church (London, England) * "Don't Leave Home" strings recorded at AIR Studios (London, England) * Mastered at Metropolis Studios (London, England) {{col-2}} '''Artwork''' * Simon Corkin – artwork design * Bev Jones – photography {{col-end}} {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} '''"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 assistance * Ash Howes – mixing * Phill Brown – recording * Ger McDonnell – recording * James Sanger – programming * Mark Bates – programming assistance * Pete Davies – programming assistance * Nick Ingman – string arrangement * Gavyn Wright – concertmaster * Miles Showell – mastering {{col-2}} '''"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 {{col-end}}

==Charts== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}}

==="Don't Leave Home"=== ====Weekly charts==== {|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" !scope="col"|Chart (2004) !scope="col"|Peak<br/>position |- {{single chart|Austria|54|song=Don't Leave Home|artist=Dido|rowheader=true|access-date=9 May 2018}} |- {{single chart|Flanders|50|song=Don't Leave Home|artist=Dido|rowheader=true|access-date=9 May 2018}} |- {{single chart|Wallonia Tip|2|artist=Dido|song=Don't Leave Home|rowheader=true|access-date=9 May 2018}} |- !scope="row"|Canada AC Top 30 (''Radio & Records'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Archive-RandR/2000s/2004/RR-2004-06-25.pdf|title=R&R Canada AC Top 30|magazine=Radio & Records|issue=1561|page=49|date=June 25, 2004}}</ref> |15 |- !scope="row"|Canada Hot AC Top 30 (''Radio & Records'')<ref name="canhac">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Archive-RandR/2000s/2004/RR-2004-06-18.pdf|title=RR Canada Hot AC Top 30|magazine=Radio & Records|issue=1560|page=55|date=June 18, 2004|access-date=November 14, 2023}}</ref> |12 |- {{single chart|CIS|102|artist=Dido|song=Don't Leave Home|songid=843|rowheader=true|access-date=31 December 2025|refname="cis"}} |- {{single chart|Germany|67|artist=Dido|song=Don't Leave Home|songid=6107|rowheader=true|access-date=9 May 2018}} |- !scope="row"|Greece (IFPI)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ifpi.gr/chart03.htm|title=Top 50 Singles Εβδομάδα 13–19/6|publisher=IFPI|language=el|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040619192935/http://www.ifpi.gr:80/chart03.htm|archive-date=19 June 2004|access-date=30 June 2020}} ''See'' Best Position ''column''.</ref> |24 |- !scope="row"|Hungary (Editors' Choice Top 40)<ref>{{cite web |title=2004/28. heti Editors' Choice Top 40 slágerlista |url=https://slagerlistak.hu/editors-choice-radios-jatszasi-lista/2004/28 |publisher=MAHASZ|language=hu|access-date=30 April 2025}}</ref> |21 |- {{single chart|Ireland3|35|artist=Dido|rowheader=true|access-date=16 January 2020}} |- {{single chart|Dutch40|36|year=2004|week=21|rowheader=true|access-date=10 July 2018}} |- {{single chart|Dutch100|38|artist=Dido|song=Don't Leave Home|rowheader=true|access-date=9 May 2018}} |- !scope="row"|Romania (Romanian Top 100)<ref name="romania">{{cite web|url=http://www.rt100.ro/editie-top-100_x1023.html|title=Arhiva romanian top 100 – Editia 24, saptamina 14.06 – 20.06, 2004|publisher=Romanian Top 100|language=ro|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041013022358/http://www.rt100.ro/ed.php?tn=x10123|archive-date=13 October 2004|access-date=1 September 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> |29 |- !scope="row"|Russia Airplay (TopHit)<ref name="cis"/> |106 |- {{single chart|Scotland|26|date=20040424|rowheader=true|access-date=9 May 2018}} |- {{single chart|Switzerland|45|artist=Dido|song=Don't Leave Home|rowheader=true|access-date=9 May 2018}} |- {{single chart|UK|25|date=20040424|rowheader=true|access-date=9 May 2018}} |- {{single chart|Billboardadultpopsongs|22|artist=Dido|rowheader=true|access-date=11 February 2020}} |}

====Year-end charts==== {|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" !scope="col"|Chart (2004) !scope="col"|Position |- !scope="row"|US Adult Top 40 (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title=2004 The Year in Charts: Most-Played Adult Top 40 Songs|magazine=Billboard Radio Monitor|volume=12|issue=51|page=26|date=17 December 2004}}</ref> |64 |} {{col-2}}

==="Stoned" (Deep Dish remix)=== ====Weekly charts==== {|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" !scope="col"|Chart (2004) !scope="col"|Peak<br/>position |- {{single chart|CIS|28|artist=Dido|song=Stoned (Deep Dish remix)|songid=923|rowheader=true|access-date=24 February 2025|refname="cis2"}} |- {{single chart|Russiaradio|35|date=20040514-20040520|rowheader=true|access-date=31 December 2025|refname="rus"}} |- {{single chart|Ukraineradio|18|date=20040514-20040520|rowheader=true|access-date=31 December 2025|refname="ukr"}} |- {{single chart|Billboarddanceclubplay|1|artist=Dido|rowheader=true|access-date=11 February 2020|refname="usd"}} |}

====Year-end charts==== {|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" !scope="col"|Chart (2004) !scope="col"|Position |- !scope="row|US Dance Club Play (''Billboard'')<ref name="usdye">{{cite magazine|title=Year in Music & Touring: Hot Dance Club Play Singles|magazine=Billboard|volume=116|issue=52|page=YE-60|date=25 December 2004}}</ref> |2 |- !scope="row"|Ukraine Airplay (TopHit)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tophit.com/chart/top/radio/hits/ua/annual/2004|title=Top Radio Hits Ukraine Annual Chart: 2004|publisher=TopHit|access-date=31 August 2025}}</ref> |184 |} {{col-end}}

==Release history== {|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" !scope="col"|Region !scope="col"|Date !scope="col"|Format(s) !scope="col"|Label(s) !scope="col"|{{abbr|Ref(s).|Reference(s)}} |- !scope="row"|Various |10 April 2004 |Digital download |rowspan="4"|{{hlist|Cheeky|Arista}} |align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/gb/album/dont-leave-home-single/530918442|title=Don't Leave Home – Single|publisher=Apple Music|access-date=5 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/dont-leave-home-single/530918442|title=Don't Leave Home – Single|publisher=Apple Music|access-date=5 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/dont-leave-home-single/530918442|title=Don't Leave Home – Single|publisher=Apple Music|access-date=5 October 2021}}</ref> |- !scope="row"|United Kingdom |12 April 2004 |CD |align="center"|<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Reviews: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=25|date=3 April 2004}}</ref> |- !scope="row"|United States |19 April 2004 |Hot adult contemporary radio |align="center"|<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/2000s/2004/RR-2004-04-16.pdf|title=Going for Adds|magazine=Radio & Records|issue=1551|page=26|date=16 April 2004|access-date=24 May 2021}}</ref> |- !scope="row"|Sweden |3 May 2004 |CD |align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://click2music.se/product.asp?prd=1912&art=246|title=Dido: Don't Leave Home|website=click2music.se|language=sv|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050213083749/http://click2music.se/product.asp?prd=1912&art=246|archive-date=13 February 2005|access-date=29 November 2023}}</ref> |}

==See also== * List of number-one dance singles of 2004 (U.S.)

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