"Please Leave" is a song by Australian

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Jebediah Jebediah are an Australian alternative rock band formed in 1994 in Perth, Western Australia. They were formed by Chris Daymond on lead guitar, Kevin Mitchell (aka Bob Evans) on lead vocals and rhythm guitar, and Vanessa Thornton on bass guita ...

. It was released on 13 March 2000 as the third and final single from the band's second studio album, ''

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''. "Please Leave" was co-written by all four band members, Chris Daymond, Brett Mitchell, Kevin Mitchell and Vanessa Thornton. Brett, the group's drummer, in a run through ''Of Someday Shambles'' track list, described it as "The lost song. We played it at Planet (in Perth) before ''Slightly Odway''. Kevin had written out the lyrics and gaffa taped them to Vanessa's back. After that we totally forgot about it and Chris found the lyric sheet in a guitar case somewhere."Alt URL
/ref> "Please Leave" peaked at number 53 on the

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. It polled at number 30 on Triple J's Hottest 100 for 2000.

Track listing

Charts

Cover versions

A remix of "Please Leave" by fellow Perth band,

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, was included on the 2001 revised re-release of the band's 2000 split EP with American band,

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, a band from

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, Australia, performed a

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, for "Like a Version", a segment on national radio station,

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. Prior to performing the version, lead singer, Patience Hodgson, stated that Jebediah was the first live performance that she attended. Hodgson also revealed that Jebediah is a band that she continues to enjoy and will always play the band's music to international visitors.

References

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