"Don't Tell Me" | ||||
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Single by Blancmange | ||||
from the album Mange Tout | ||||
B-side | "Get Out of That" | |||
Released | 6 April 1984 [1] | |||
Genre | Synth-pop | |||
Length | 3:28 | |||
Label | London Sire (US) | |||
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Producer | Peter Collins | |||
Blancmange singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Don't Tell Me" on YouTube |
"Don't Tell Me" is a song by the English synth-pop duo Blancmange, released on 6 April 1984 as the third single from their second studio album Mange Tout (1984). Written by Neil Arthur and Stephen Luscombe, and produced by Peter Collins, [2] "Don't Tell Me" reached No. 8 in the UK and remained in the charts for ten weeks. [3] A music video was filmed in Valencia, Spain, to promote the single. [4]
Upon release, Debbi Voller of Number One stated: "Blancmange are back with a joyous and uplifting romp that could make them the flavour of the month. This song's so bouncy it sounds as if [it was] recorded on a highly sprung trampoline." [5] Tom Hibbert of Smash Hits commented: "Neil Arthur sings of climbing mountains, touching skies and other unlikely physical feats to an energetic electro-pop backing that, if not thoroughly satisfying, contains a certain perky appeal." [6] Billboard considered the song to have "an engaging melody with jagged and exotic studio effects". [7]
In a retrospective review of Mange Tout (1984), Bill Cassel of AllMusic considered the song to be "nigh irresistible". [2] Paul Scott-Bates of Louder Than War described the song as "poppy and catchy" with a "towering chorus". He added that it "maybe came the closest to repeating the Eastern sound of "Living on the Ceiling"." [8]
7" single
12" single
12" single (US release)
12" single (US promo)
Chart (1984) | Peak position |
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Belgian Singles Chart [9] | 35 |
Canadian RPM Top 100 [10] | 48 |
Dutch Singles Chart [11] | 26 |
German Singles Chart [12] | 34 |
Irish Singles Chart [13] | 10 |
Swiss Singles Chart [14] | 27 |
UK Singles Chart [3] | 8 |
US Billboard Hot Dance/Disco [15] | 44 |
Chart (1984) | Position |
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UK Singles (Gallup) [16] | 96 |
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