Leave It Alone (Operator Please song)


"Leave It Alone" is a song by Operator Please and is the third single released from their debut album Yes Yes Vindictive. It was released as the second single from the album in the United Kingdom on 19 November 2007, and as the third single in Australia on 25 February 2008.
The Nine Network has been using the song to promote its coverage of the 2008 Commonwealth Bank Series cricket tournament.
The song peaked at number 62 on the ARIA Singles Chart, number 32 on the Top 100 Physical and number 14 on the Australian Artists singles charts.
The song exists in two versions: one is a radio edit and the other is the album version. Both versions have three choruses but the order they appear in are mixed around between both versions.

Music video

The music video was directed by Duncan Skiles. The video premiered on Operator Please's official website on 31 October.
The video opens up with all band members playing their instruments in a warehouse. At the beginning of the chorus, the keyboardist, Sarah Gardiner, and the lead singer, Amandah Wilkinson, begin to fight. As Wilkinson hits Gardiner in the mouth, yellow paint pours out of her mouth. The bassist, Ashley McConnell, begins to fight Wilkinson as well during the chorus. Wilkinson wins while green paint pours out of her mouth. For the second chorus the violinist, Taylor Henderson, begins to fight Wilkinson and Henderson punches Wilkinson in the mouth and pink paint pours out of her mouth. Wilkinson then punches Henderson in the mouth and orange blood pours out. During the bridge, it shows various shots of all members getting punched except for Tim Commandeur. Commandeur then uses his crash cymbal from his drum set and uses them as Frisbees and cuts off Henderson's hand and McConnell's foot. He then chucks his drum sticks at Gardiner and they go through her eyes. Wilkinson then rips off Commandeur's arm as blue blood pours out. Henderson then uses her remaining arm to make her violin as a bow and arrow which then stabs Wilkinson in the stomach. For the conclusion of the video, it shows all members dead on the floor.
Blood colours

Amandah - Pink

Sarah - Yellow

Ashley - Green

Taylor - Orange

Timmy - Blue

Track listings

UK CD single
  1. "Leave It Alone"
  2. "Leave It Alone"
  3. "Leave It Alone"
  4. "Leave It Alone"
  5. "Crash Tragic"
  6. "Icicle"
UK 7" single
  1. "Leave It Alone" – 4:49
  2. "Leave It Alone" – 4:52
UK iTunes CD single
  1. "Leave It Alone"
  2. "Leave It Alone"
AUS CD single
  1. "Leave It Alone" – 3:34
  2. "Leave It Alone" – 3:41
  3. "Mister Mister" – 2:22
  4. "Leave It Alone" – 4:49
  5. "Leave It Alone" – 4:52

    Charts

Chart Peak
position
Australia 62
Australian Physical Singles 32
Australian Artist Singles 14