Leave Me Alone (Let Me Cry)
{{Infobox song
| name = Leave Me Alone (Let Me Cry)
| cover =
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| type = single
| artist = Dicky Doo & the Don'ts
| album =
| B-side = Wild Party
| released = 1958
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| genre = Rock and Roll
| length = {{Duration|m=2|s=13}}
| label = Swan
| writer = Marion Smith & Dicky Doo
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| prev_title = Nee Nee Na Na Na Na Nu Nu
| prev_year = 1958
| next_title = Teardrops Will Fall
| next_year = 1959
}}
"Leave Me Alone (Let Me Cry)" is a song released in 1958 by Dicky Doo & the Don'ts, a recording alias of Gerry Granahan. The song's melody is based on the Battle Hymn of the Republic.Whitburn, Joel (2007). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2006, Record Research. p. 239. The song spent nine weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, reaching No. 44,{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/300901/dicky-doo-donts/chart |title= Dicky Doo & the Don'ts - Chart History - The Hot 100|accessdate=February 11, 2018 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160811001315/http://www.billboard.com/artist/300901/dicky-doo-donts/chart |archivedate=August 11, 2016 |website=Billboard.com }} while reaching No. 47 on the Cash Box Top 100,"[http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Cash-Box/50s/1958/CB-1958-11-01.pdf The Cash Box Top 100]", Cash Box, November 1, 1958. p. 4. Retrieved February 11, 2018. and No. 29 on Canada's CHUM Hit Parade."[http://www.las-solanas.com/surveys/CHUM/CHUM_1958-11-17_2.jpg CHUM Hit Parade]", CHUM, November 17, 1958. Retrieved February 11, 2018.
Chart performance
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align="left"|Chart (1958)
! style="text-align:center;"|Peak |
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align="left"|US Billboard Hot 100
| style="text-align:center;"|44 |
align="left"|US Cash Box Top 100
| style="text-align:center;"|47 |
align="left"|Canada - CHUM Hit Parade
| style="text-align:center;"|29 |
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