Stop Listening

"Stop Listening" is a song by British singer-songwriter Tanita Tikaram, which was released in 1998 as the lead single from her sixth studio album The Cappuccino Songs. The song was written by Tikaram and Marco Sabiu, and produced by Sabiu. "Stop Listening" reached No. 67 on the UK Singles Chart and remained in the Top 100 for two weeks.[1]

"Stop Listening"
Single by Tanita Tikaram
from the album The Cappuccino Songs
A-side"Stop Listening"
B-side"To Drink The Rainbow, Bloodlines"
Released1998
Length4:23
LabelMother Records
Songwriter(s)Tanita Tikaram, Marco Sabiu
Producer(s)Marco Sabiu
Tanita Tikaram singles chronology
"And I Think of You - E penso a te"
(1996)		 "Stop Listening"
(1998)		 "I Don't Wanna Lose At Love"
(1998)

"Stop Listening" was Tikaram's first recording for her new record label, Mother Records. Included as b-sides on the single are re-recorded "electronic" versions of her hit singles "Good Tradition" and "Twist in My Sobriety", and the previously unreleased "The Feeling Is Gone".

In a 1998 Polydor press release, Tikaram described "Stop Listening" as being "about still loving somebody with whom you have nothing left in common, being pulled this way and that way. Not being able to speak to somebody who you love is so awful."[2]

Critical reception

In a review of The Cappuccino Songs, NME felt the song was "heavy with distress and the imminent threat of Tanita bursting into tears".[3]

Releases

Cassette single (UK)

  1. "Stop Listening" – 3:54
  2. "Twist In My Sobriety" – 3:18

CD single (Europe and UK #2)

  1. "Stop Listening" – 3:54
  2. "Twist In My Sobriety" – 3:18
  3. "Good Tradition" – 3:28

CD single (UK #1)

  1. "Stop Listening" – 3:54
  2. "The Cappuccino Song" – 3:50
  3. "Feeling Is Gone" – 3:23
  4. "Stop Listening" (Directors Cut) – 7:29

12-inch single (UK promo)

  1. "Stop Listening" (Dub Maraglio) – 5:40
  2. "Stop Listening" (Purple Haze Mix) – 5:57
  3. "Stop Listening" (Directors Cut) – 7:30
  4. "Stop Listening" (Directors Dub) – 6:25

Charts
Chart (1998) Peak
position
UK Singles Chart[1] 67

References
  1. "Official Charts - Tanita Tikaram". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  2. "Polydor Biography". Web.archive.org. 2004-12-17. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
  3. https://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews-nme-114-352916


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