Welcome to Music Friday when we bring you joyous songs with jewelry, gemstones or precious metals in the title or lyrics. Today, Cuban-American singing sensation Camila Cabello kicks up her heels in the 2021 international dance hit, “Don’t Go Yet.”
Viewed on Youtube more than 47 million times, the video of this instant classic tells a story of a young woman who can’t cope with the idea of being apart from her boyfriend. Throughout the song she implores him to stay — even though he’s scheduled to take a flight. Cabello sets the scene by using precious metals to paint a picture of a magical, romantic place.
She sings, “I imagine myself in satin, the room was platinum and gold / I’d dance and catch your eye, you’ll be mesmerized, oh.”
Written by Cabello and collaborators Scott Harris, Eric Frederic and Mike Sabath, “Don’t Go Yet” made its radio debut in July of 2021 as the lead single of Cabello’s third studio album, Familia. The song quickly became an international success, charting in 33 countries.
It was nominated for Song of the Summer at the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards and as the Best International Video at the 2021 LOS40 Music Awards.
“Familia” in Spanish means “family,” and Cabello’s official video for “Don’t Go Yet” is all about family. The singer told YouTube’s “Released” that the song and music video were both inspired by Cuban-Mexican family parties from her childhood, where “everybody eats dinner, and then after you put on a little cheap disco ball with lights and suddenly the living room is the dance floor.”
The video is teeming with a cast of colorful characters, including professional dancers, reality show celebrities and Cabello’s actual relatives.
The 24-year-old, Cuban-born Cabello is best known for her smash hits “Havana” (2018) and “Señorita” (2019), a duet she performed with Shawn Mendes.
She got her first big break in 2012, when she placed third on The X Factor. Soon after, she joined a group called Fifth Harmony, which signed a record deal with Syco Music, a music company owned by X Factor host Simon Cowell.
Please check out the awesome video of Cabello and her familia performing “Don’t Go Yet.” The lyrics are below if you’d like to sing along…
“Don’t Go Yet”
Written by Camila Cabello, Cabello, Scott Harris, Eric Frederic and Mike Sabath. Performed by Camila Cabello.
Oh, my love, oh, yeah, yeah
I’m in love, yeah
I replayed this moment for months
Alone in my head, waitin’ for it to come
I wrote all your lines in the scripts in my mind, and
I hope that you follow it for once
I imagine myself in satin, the room was platinum and gold
I’d dance and catch your eye, you’ll be mesmerized, oh
We’d find a corner, then your hands in my hair
Finally we’re here, so, why
Are you sayin’ you got a flight, need an early night?
No, don’t go yet
Oh, yeah, don’t go yet, don’t go yet
Oh, yeah, don’t go yet, don’t go yet
Oh, yeah, don’t go yet, don’t go yet
What you leavin’ for, when my night is yours?
Just a little more, don’t go yet
Baby, don’t go yet, ’cause I wore this dress for a lil’ drama
And I bet, I bet that you think that you know, but you don’t
Baby, come to mama
I get, I get what I want when I want
And I get it how I wanna, wanna
And I want you baby, gotta get you, baby
We’d find a corner, then your hands in my hair
Finally we’re here, so, why
Are you sayin’ you got a flight, need an early night?
No, don’t go yet
Oh, yeah, don’t go yet, don’t go yet
Oh, yeah, don’t go yet, don’t go yet (No, no)
Oh, yeah, don’t go yet, don’t go yet
What you leavin’ for, when my night is yours?
Just a little more, don’t go yet
Dámelo
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la (Don’t go yet)
La-la-la-la-la-la-la, hey (Don’t go yet)
Hey!
(Oh-no-no, don’t leave yet)
(No te vayas, quédate)
(Oh-no-no, don’t leave yet) Ahora voy yo
(No te vayas, quédate)
(Oh-no-no, don’t leave yet) Stay a little longer
(No te vayas, quédate) Know you really wanna
(Oh-no-no, don’t leave yet) Stay a little longer
(No te vayas, quédate) Oh
Oh, yeah, don’t go yet, don’t go yet
Oh, yeah, don’t go yet, don’t go yet
Oh, yeah, don’t go yet, don’t go yet
(Oh-no-no, don’t leave yet) What you leavin’ for, when my night is yours?
(No te vayas, quédate) Just a little more
(Oh, yeah, don’t go yet, don’t go yet) What you leavin’ for, when my night is yours? Yours, yours
What you leavin’ for, when my night is yours?
Just a little more, don’t go yet
Credit: Screen capture via Youtube.com / Camila Cabello.