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

| recorded =

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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

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"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
position

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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Category:1958 songs

Category:1958 singles

Category:Swan Records singles

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