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Don't Say Your Love Is Killing Me
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Don't Say Your Love Is Killing Me
| cover = Erasure - Don't Say Your Love Is Killing Me.jpg
| alt =
| caption = UK CD single #1 cover
| type = single
| artist = Erasure
| album = Cowboy
| B-side = Heart of Glass
| released = 24 February 1997
| recorded = 1996
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Synthpop
| length = 03:46
| label = Mute Records (UK),
Maverick Records (US)
| writer = Vince Clarke,
Andy Bell
| producer = Gareth Jones,
Neil McLellan
| prev_title = In My Arms
| prev_year = 1997
| next_title = Rain
| next_year = 1997
| misc =
}}
'"Don't Say Your Love Is Killing Me"' is a song by synthpop duo Erasure, released as the second single from their eighth studio album, 'Cowboy' (1996). It is an uptempo dance music song written by Vince Clarke and Andy Bell. Mute Records issued the single in the UK. For the song's release in the United States, Maverick Records requested a remix for radio. The US single version of "Don't Say Your Love Is Killing Me" is quite different from what is on the 'Cowboy' album. The song's intro was changed, as well as the middle eight section. Most notably, an entire verse, edited out of the album version, is restored on the American single release.
On the UK Singles Chart, "Don't Say Your Love Is Killing Me" peaked at #23, ending a chart run of 24 consecutive Top 20 singles. It reached #89 on the German singles chart and did not enter the US 'Billboard' Hot 100. Club remixes proved to be more successful, as the track hit number five on the 'Billboard' Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. On the Swedish Top 60 it peaked at number 26.
The single's B-side is a live cover version of Blondie's "Heart of Glass". Erasure's previous single "In My Arms" featured another Blondie cover ("Rapture").
Critical reception
Barry Walters for 'The Advocate' stated, "Remixed from the poptastic 'Cowboy' album into a hi-NRG monster of proper Erasure-ian proportions, this deserves to be the synth-pop queens' return to Top 40 land."Walters, Barry (1997-09-02). "Music". 'The Advocate'. Issue 741. Larry Flick from 'Billboard' described the song as a "bouncy pop/hi-NRG ditty that's anchored by an instantly appealing if somewhat subversively constructed chorus." He noted that singer Andy Bell's "typically intelligent words are notably dark and brooding, while partner Vince Clarke underlines the track with a vibrant, upbeat melody and a chorus that is downright anthemic." He also added, "It's a nifty trick that only shrewd and daring veterans like these could pull off so well."
Dominic Pride from 'Music & Media' commented, "The day Vince Clarke and Andy Bell don't come up with a radio-friendly song, it will snow pink. As ever, tuneful simplicity combines with intricate productionwith a singable chorus which appears a few lines into the songand, as ever, Bell's clear voice does the lyrics a favour." A reviewer from 'Music Week' rated it three out of five, writing that "this Euro disco number has a real Eighties feel, but sounds rather hollow. Tall Paul and Jon Pleased remixes will attract DJs."
Track listings
* 'Cassette single (CMUTE195)'
# "Don't Say Your Love Is Killing Me"
# "Heart of Glass"
* '12" single (12MUTE195)'
# "Don't Say Your Love Is Killing Me" (Tall Paul Mix)
# "Oh L'amour" (Tin Tin Out Mix)
# "Don't Say Your Love Is Killing Me" (Jon Pleased Wimmin Flashback Vox)
# "Oh L'amour" (Matt Darey Mix)
* 'CD single #1 (CDMUTE195)'
# "Don't Say Your Love Is Killing Me"
# "Heart of Glass" (Live at Oxford)
# "Don't Say Your Love Is Killing Me" (Jon Pleased Wimmin Flashback Vox)
# "Don't Say Your Love Is Killing Me" (Tall Paul Mix)
* 'CD single #2 (LCDMUTE195)'
# "Don't Say Your Love Is Killing Me" (Jon Pleased Wimmin Flashback Dub)
# "Oh L'amour" (Matt Darey Mix)
# "Oh L'amour" (Tin Tin Out Mix)
* 'US CD single (Maverick: )'
# "Don't Say Your Love Is Killing Me" (Single Version)
# "Don't Say Your Love Is Killing Me" (RH Factor Vocal Club Mix)
# "Don't Say Your Love Is Killing Me" (Jon Pleased Wimmin Flash Vocal)
# "Don't Say Your Love Is Killing Me" (RH Factor Insulin Shock Dub)
# "Don't Say Your Love Is Killing Me" (Jon Pleased Wimmin Flash Dub)
# "Don't Say Your Love Is Killing Me" (Tall Paul Mix)
Charts
References
Category:1996 songs
Category:1997 singles
Category:Erasure songs
Category:Music videos directed by Richard Heslop
Category:Mute Records singles
Category:Song recordings produced by Gareth Jones
Category:Songs written by Vince Clarke
Category:Songs written by Andy Bell (singer)
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