Stop the World (and Let Me Off)
| "Stop the World (and Let Me Off)" | ||||
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| Single by Carl Belew | ||||
| B-side | "I Can't Forget" | |||
| Released | December 1957 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 2:12 | |||
| Label | Four Star | |||
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"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.