Let's Lock the Door (And Throw Away the Key)

"Let's Lock the Door (And Throw Away the Key)"
"Let's Lock the Door (And Throw Away the Key)"
Single by Jay and the Americans
from the album Blockbusters
B-side	"I'll Remember You"
Released	November 25, 1964
Genre	Rock
Length	2:24
Label	United Artists
Songwriters	Roy Alfred, Wes Farrell
Producer	Artie Ripp
Jay and the Americans singles chronology

B-side"I'll Remember You"

ReleasedNovember 25, 1964^[1]

GenreRock

Length2:24

"Let's Lock the Door (And Throw Away the Key)" is a song written by Roy Alfred and Wes Farrell and recorded by Jay and the Americans in 1964. The song went to No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1965 and was on the charts for 10 weeks.^[2] The lyrics express the narrator's desire to make out in private with a woman he met at a party.

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Chart (1965)	Peak position
Canada Top Singles (RPM)^[3]	9
US Billboard Hot 100^[4]	11
US Cash Box^[5]	10

v t e Jay and the Americans
Sandy Deanne Howie Kane Jay Reincke Marty Sanders Jay Traynor Kenny Vance Jay Black
Studio albums	She Cried Come a Little Bit Closer Blockbusters Sunday and Me Livin' Above Your Head Try Some of This! Sands of Time Wax Museum Capture the Moment
Singles	"Tonight" "She Cried" "Come a Little Bit Closer" "Let's Lock the Door (And Throw Away the Key)" "Cara Mia" "Some Enchanted Evening" "Sunday and Me" "Crying" "No Other Love" "This Magic Moment" "Hushabye" "Walkin' in the Rain" "There Goes My Baby"
Other songs	"Here, There and Everywhere" "It's a Big Wide Wonderful World" "Maria" "Monday, Monday" "Nature Boy" "Since I Don't Have You" "Solitary Man" "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine (Anymore)" "(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me"

Let's Lock the Door (And Throw Away the Key)

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