Don't Just Stand There is the second album by the Canadian band Haywire .[ 1] [ 2] It was released 1987 via Attic Records .[ 3] "Dance Desire", a hit in Canada, was released as a single.[ 4] [ 5] The album sold more than 100,000 copies by the end of 1987.[ 6]
The band desired to make a harder album than their pop rock debut. They wrote 35 songs for Don't Just Stand There , although Attic asked them to work on more songs with cowriters. Ten of the album's 11 songs are from the original pool of 35.[ 7]
Title Writer(s) 1. "Dance Desire" Birt, Rashed, MacAusland, Kilbride 4:04 2. "One Heart Affair" Birt, Rashed, MacAusland, Kilbride 4:29 3. "Black and Blue" Birt, Rashed, MacAusland 4:10 4. "Fire" Birt, Rashed, Kilbride 4:26 5. "Man Enough" Birt, Rashed, MacAusland, Kilbride 4:25 6. "Hard Reaction" Taylor Rhodes, Birt, MacAusland, Kilbride 3:56 7. "Affection" Birt, Rashed, MacAusland, Kilbride 3:30 8. "Separate Dreams" Birt, Rashed, MacAusland 3:58 9. "Angel" Birt, Rashed, MacAusland 3:54 10. "Thinkin' About the Years" Birt, Rashed 5:07
Title Writer(s) 11. "Dance Desire (Basuchi Mix)" Birt, Rashed, MacAusland, Kilbride 7:45
Title Writer(s) 12. "Oh Oh Oh (Why Can't It Be Me Tonight)" Birt, MacAusland 3:55
Additional musicians
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Backing vocals: Sheree Jeacocke
^ MacInnis, Craig (7 Aug 1987). "Haywire's playing game by its own rules". Toronto Star . p. E9.
^ "Haywire. Don't Just Stand There". Canadian Composer (225): 34. Nov 1987.
^ "Haywire Biography by John Bush" . AllMusic . Retrieved 24 April 2023 .
^ Barr, Greg (11 Dec 1987). "Hot news from P.E.I.". Ottawa Citizen . p. C3.
^ Schnurmacher, Thomas (15 Sep 1987). "Attic recording artists Haywire...". The Gazette . Montreal. p. B5.
^ MacInnis, Craig (11 Dec 1987). "Haywire". Toronto Star . p. D11.
^ Burliuk, Greg (11 Dec 1987). "Helix, Haywire Team Up for Hard-Rock Tour". Entertainment. The Kingston Whig-Standard . p. 1.
^ "Don't Just Stand There Review by Mike DeGagne" . AllMusic . Retrieved 24 April 2023 .
^ MacInnis, Craig (14 Aug 1987). "Charlottetown band makes it look so easy". Toronto Star . p. E26.