Peak
1
Weeks
21
Score
3,559
Chart Year
1987
Wilde filmed a music video to promote the song.[58] Directed by Greg Masuak, the video shows Wilde in a dark room lying on a large bed. She then rises from the bed as she sings the song and finds herself being "threatened" by a strange man who is breaking down the walls around her.[5
This is Wilde’s cover of the 1966 Supremes song “You Keep Me Hanging On”. Both Wilde and the Supremes took the song to the number one spot on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
[Intro] Keep me hanging on Set me free, why don't you, babe? Get out my life, why don't you, babe? 'Cause you don't really love me You just keep me hanging on [Chorus] Set me free, why don't you, babe? Get out my life why don't you, babe? (Ooh-woo, ooh) 'Cause you don't really need me But you keep me hanging on [Verse 1] Why do you keep on coming around? Playing with my heart Why don't you get out of my life And let me make a brand new start? Let me get over you The way you've gotten over me, yeah [Chorus] Set me free, why don't you, babe? Get out my life, why don't you, babe? (Ooh-woo, ooh) 'Cause you don't really love me You just keep me hanging on No, you don't really need me You just keep me hanging on [Verse 2] You say although we broke up You still just wanna be friends But how can we still be friends When seeing you only breaks my heart again? (And there ain't nothing I can do about it) [Bridge] Whoa, whoa, whoa Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa Whoa, whoa, whoa Yeah, yeah [Chorus] Get out, get out of my life And let me sleep at night 'Cause you don't really love me You just keep me (Hanging on) hanging on [Verse 3] You say you still care for me But your heart and soul needs to be free And now that you've got your freedom You wanna still hold on to me You don't want me for yourself So let me find somebody else [Chorus] Set me free, why don't you, babe? Get out my life why don't you, babe? (Ooh-woo, ooh) 'Cause you don't really love me You just keep me hanging on Why don't you be a man about it And set me free? (Ooh-woo, ooh) Now you don't care a thing about me You're just using me, hey, abusing me Get out, get out of my life And let me sleep at night (Ooh-woo, ooh) 'Cause you don't really love me You just keep me hanging on (Ooh-woo, ooh)
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mar 28, 1987 | 96 | 30 |
| 2 | Apr 4, 1987 | 70 | 56 |
| 3 | Apr 11, 1987 | 51 | 75 |
| 4 | Apr 18, 1987 | 39 | 87 |
| 5 | Apr 25, 1987 | 29 | 97 |
| 6 | May 2, 1987 | 23 | 103 |
| 7 | May 9, 1987 | 14 | 112 |
| 8 | May 16, 1987 | 8 | 118 |
| 9 | May 23, 1987 | 4 | 122 |
| 10 | May 30, 1987 | 2 | 124 |
| 11 | Jun 6, 1987 | 1 | 125 |
| 12 | Jun 13, 1987 | 2 | 124 |
| 13 | Jun 20, 1987 | 8 | 118 |
| 14 | Jun 27, 1987 | 17 | 109 |
| 15 | Jul 4, 1987 | 30 | 96 |
| 16 | Jul 11, 1987 | 39 | 87 |
| 17 | Jul 18, 1987 | 48 | 78 |
| 18 | Jul 25, 1987 | 63 | 63 |
| 19 | Aug 1, 1987 | 80 | 46 |
| 20 | Aug 8, 1987 | 85 | 41 |