Stop the World (and Let Me Off)

"Stop the World (and Let Me Off)"
Single by Carl Belew
B-side"I Can't Forget"
ReleasedDecember 1957 (1957-12)
GenreCountry
Length2:12
LabelFour Star
Songwriter(s)
  • Carl Belew
  • W.S. Stevenson
Carl Belew singles chronology
"Lie to Me"
(1957)
"Stop the World (and Let Me Off)"
(1957)
"24 Hour Night"
(1957)

"Stop the World (and Let Me Off)" is a song written and originally performed by Carl Belew. It was released as a single first by Belew in January 1958. It was later followed by competing versions by Patsy Cline and Johnnie & Jack. The latter duo's version became the first successful version of the song to be a hit. It was later covered a decade later by Waylon Jennings and then again by Susan Raye in 1974.