PAUL YOUNG & GEORGE MICHAEL – Every Time You Go Away (The Prince’s Trust Rock Gala 1986)

“Everytime You Go Away” is a song written and composed by Daryl Hall. It was first recorded in 1980 by the American duo Hall & Oates but was not released as a single. A cover version of the song by Paul Young became an international hit in 1985, reaching No. 1 in the US and No. 4 in the UK.

Paul Antony Young is an English musician, singer and songwriter. Formerly the frontman of the short-lived bands Kat Kool & the Kool Cats, Streetband and Q-Tips, he became a teen idol with his solo success in the 1980s.

George Michael (1963–2016) was an English singer-songwriter and record producer. Regarded as a pop culture icon, he is one of the best-selling musicians of all time, with his sales estimated at between 100 million to 125 million records worldwide. Michael was known as a creative force in songwriting, vocal performance, and visual presentation. He achieved 10 number-one songs on the US Billboard Hot 100 and 13 number-one songs on the UK Singles Chart. Michael won numerous music awards, including two Grammy Awards, three Brit Awards, twelve Billboard Music Awards, and four MTV Video Music Awards. He was listed among Billboard’s the “Greatest Hot 100 Artists of All Time” and Rolling Stone’s the “200 Greatest Singers of All Time”. The Radio Academy named him the most played artist on British radio during the period 1984–2004. Michael was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2023.

The Prince’s Trust is a United Kingdom-based charity founded in 1976 by King Charles III (then Prince of Wales) to help vulnerable young people get their lives on track. It supports 11-to-30-year-olds who are unemployed or struggling at school and at risk of exclusion. Many of the young people helped by the trust face issues such as homelessness, disability, mental health problems, or trouble with the law.

Don’t leave me all alone I’m picking up the pieces (I’m picking up the pieces) Don’t leave me all alone I’m picking up the pieces (I’m picking up the pieces) Don’t leave me all alone I’m picking up the pieces (I’m picking up the pieces) Don’t leave me all alone

Hey If we can solve any problem Then why do we lose so many tears? Oh, so you go again When the leading man appears

Always the same thing Can’t you see We’ve got everything Going on and on and on

Every time you go away You take a piece of me with you Every time you go away You take a piece of me with you, ooh

Go on and go free, yeah Maybe you’re too close to see I can feel your body move Doesn’t mean that much to me

I can’t go on Saying the same thing ‘Cause can’t you see? We got everything Baby, even though you know

Every time you go away, yeah You take a piece of me with you, oh Every time you go away You take a piece of me with you, ooh

Oh

I can’t go on Saying the same thing ‘Cause, baby, can’t you see? We got everything Going on and on and on

Every time you go away You take a piece of me with you Every time you go away You take a piece of me with you

Picking up the pieces Every time you go away (ooh) You take a piece of me with you (be careful) Every time you go away (every time you go) You take a piece of me with you You take a piece of me Every time you go away (oh) You take a piece of me with you (every time you go)