DON’T LEAVE ME THIS WAY

Don’t Leave Me This Way had been a moderate Disco hit for Harold Melvin And The Blue Tones when first released in 1975. The following year, up-and-coming Motown singer Thelma Houston released her version and it became a global hit, even carrying the Blue Tones’ version back into the charts in its wake. Jump to 1986 and The Communards’ Hi-NRG version gave the song a third chart outing. In 1994, The Australian National Gallery presented an exhibition entitled Don’t Leave Me This Way – Art In The Age Of AIDS, referencing the song’s enduring popularity among gay audiences and the sense of grief experienced at the height of the AIDS crisis.