Don't Don't Tell Me No

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"Don't Don't Tell Me No"
Sophie B. Hawkins Don't Don't Tell Me No 1994 single cover.jpg
Single by Sophie B. Hawkins
from the album Whaler
B-side
  • "Big Beautiful Bottom in My Face"
  • "Swing from Limb to Limb (My Home Is Your Jungle)"
ReleasedNovember 14, 1994 (1994-11-14) [1]
Genre Pop
Length
  • 4:52 (album version)
  • 3:59 (single version)
Label Columbia
Songwriter(s) Sophie B. Hawkins
Producer(s) Stephen Lipson
Sophie B. Hawkins singles chronology
"Right Beside You"
(1994)		"Don't Don't Tell Me No"
(1994)		"As I Lay Me Down"
(1995)

"Don't Don't Tell Me No" is a song by American singer-songwriter Sophie B. Hawkins, released in November 1994 by Columbia Records as the second single from her second studio album, Whaler (1994). The song was written by Hawkins and produced by Stephen Lipson. "Don't Don't Tell Me No" peaked at No. 36 on the UK Singles Chart and remained in the top 100 for five weeks.

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Critical reception

Upon its release as a single, Music & Media wrote, "Like the wind blows the leaves off the trees, Hawkins constantly pulls pop songs out of her bag." [2] Barbara Ellen of NME stated, "Despite harbouring some of the worst lyrics ever, [this] is a groovy, clever pop ballad, the sort of thing Kylie might have ended up doing if she'd slept with Neil Finn instead of Michael Hutchence." [3] In a review of Whaler, Jim Farber of The Daily News said, "Tracks like 'Right Beside You' and 'Don't Don't Tell Me No' chirp happily along with coquettish flair and great hook appeal." [4] Jonathan Bernstein from Spin described it as "starry-eyed" and "delirious" with its "never-ending a cappella climax." [5] Dave Younk of St. Cloud Times complimented the song as "excellent" with "the most incredible a cappella ending that seems to pleasantly go on forever". [6]

Track listings

  1. "Don't Don't Tell Me No" (album version) – 4:52
  2. "Right Beside You" (The Grid 7-inch mix) – 3:38
  3. "Right Beside You" (The Grid dub mix) – 8:40
  4. "Big Beautiful Bottom in My Face" – 2:55
  1. "Don't Don't Tell Me No" (album version) – 4:52
  2. "Swing from Limb to Limb (My Home Is Your Jungle)" (album version) – 4:15
  1. "Don't Don't Tell Me No" (album version) – 4:52
  2. "I Need Nothing Else" (album version) – 4:15
  3. "Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover" (album version) – 5:24
  4. "Right Beside You" (The Grid 12-inch mix) – 8:35
  1. "Don't Don't Tell Me No" (album version) – 4:52
  2. "Swing from Limb to Limb (My Home Is Your Jungle)" – 4:15
  3. "Right Beside You" (The Grid 12-inch mix) – 8:35
  4. "Right Beside You" (The Grid 7-inch mix) – 3:38

Personnel

Don't Don't Tell Me No

Production

Charts

Chart (1994)Peak
position
Germany (GfK) [7] 69
Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40) [8] 31
UK Singles (OCC) [9] 36
UK Airplay ( Music Week ) [10] 11

References

  1. ↑ "Single Releases". Music Week . November 12, 1994. p. 23.
  2. ↑ "New Releases: Singles". Music & Media. December 3, 1994. p. 8.
  3. ↑ Ellen, Barbara (November 26, 1994). "Singles". New Musical Express . p. 39.
  4. ↑ Farber, Jim (July 31, 1994). "Pop Music: A Sophie Hawkins dance". The Daily News.
  5. ↑ Bernstein, Jonathan (September 1994). "Spins: Sophie B. Hawkins - Whaler". Spin . p. 138. Retrieved June 24, 2025.
  6. ↑ Younk, Dave (September 1, 1994). "Sophie B. Hawkins matures into powerful songwriter with 'Whaler'". St. Cloud Times. p. 7E.
  7. ↑ "Sophie B. Hawkins – Don't Don't Tell Me No" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
  8. ↑ "Íslenski Listinn Topp 40". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). February 4, 1995. p. 20. Retrieved August 2, 2025.
  9. ↑ "Sophie B. Hawkins: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
  10. ↑ "The Airplay Chart" (PDF). Music Week . December 10, 1994. p. 21. Retrieved May 23, 2025.
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