Stop the Cavalry

"Stop the Cavalry"
Single by Jona Lewie
B-side"Laughing Tonight"
Released21 November 1980 (1980-11-21)
StudioMorgan Studios, London
Genre
Length2:55
LabelStiff
Songwriter(s)Jona Lewie
Producer(s)
Jona Lewie singles chronology
"Big Shot – Momentarily"
(1980)
"Stop the Cavalry"
(1980)
"Louise (We Get It Right)"
(1981)

"Stop the Cavalry" is an anti-war song and a Christmas song written and performed by English musician Jona Lewie, released in 1980. The song peaked at number three on the UK Singles Chart in December 1980, at one point being kept from number one by two re-issued songs by John Lennon, who had been murdered on 8 December that year. Initially a stand-alone single, the song was included on Lewie's album Heart Skips Beat which was released nearly two years later.