Don't You Love Me (Eternal song)

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"Don't You Love Me"
Don't You Love Me (Eternal song) album cover.jpg
Single by Eternal
from the album Before the Rain
Released24 February 1997 (1997-02-24) [1]
Genre
Length3:50
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Ronnie Wilson
  • Dennis Charles
Eternal singles chronology
"Secrets"
(1996)		"Don't You Love Me"
(1997)		"I Wanna Be the Only One"
(1997)
Alternative cover
CD Single Cover for Eternal Dont You Love Me CD2.jpg
UK CD2

"Don't You Love Me" is a song by British R&B girl group Eternal. It was the second single to be released from their third studio album, Before the Rain (1997), released in February 1997 by EMI and 1st Avenue. The song was written by Cynthia Biggs, Carolyn Mitchell, Terence Dudley and Christopher Kellum, and produced by Ronnie Wilson and Dennis Charles. It deals with child neglect and abuse and features a choir of 20 children. [3] "Don't You Love Me" was well-received by music critics and peaked at number three on the UK Singles Chart in March 1997, becoming the group's tenth top-10 entry on the chart, as well as their first top-three hit.

Contents

Critical reception

A reviewer from Music Week gave "Don't You Love Me" a score of four out of five, writing, "Unusually opening like a second cousin of The Persuaders theme, this breaks into one of Eternal's strongest singles yet. Its powerful, rounder sound hints at a more mature musical direction for the forthcoming new album." [4] Music Week editor Alan Jones described it as "a classy mid-tempo pop/R&B song hanging on a slightly changed but otherwise familiar bassline from the Dennis Edwards hit 'Don't Look Any Further'. Quite haunting and not even spoilt by a kid's chorus which appears as the record heads for the fade." [2]

Gavin Reeve from Smash Hits also gave it four out of five, naming it "another powerful soul searcher". He added, "A poignant tale of homelessness, poverty and depression. Designed to pluck at your heart strings like an over zealous army of crabs, police sirens, children singing, an old fashioned harpsichord-type-thing(?) and the ever excellent vocals of the lay-dees combine to produce a haunting ditty that will get you blubbing with the sadness of it all." [5] Ian Hyland from Sunday Mirror commented, "Before Spice Girls, Eternal were the most successful girl group in Britain - but they're not bitter. In fact, as this single shows, Eternal are better. A great taster for their next album, 'Don't You Love Me', this proves that when it comes to R'n'B the girls are up there with En Vogue. A definite hit, there's even a cheesy Charlie's Angels CD cover." [6]

Track listings

  1. "Don't You Love Me" (radio mix)
  2. "I'll Take a Pass on Love"
  3. "This Life's Not for Me"
  1. "Don't You Love Me" (radio mix)
  2. "Don't You Love Me" (Blacksmith remix)
  3. "Don't You Love Me" (Ronnie Size mix)
  4. "Don't You Love Me" (Mark's Dream House vocal)
  5. "Don't You Love Me" (Tony De Vit Trade mix)
  1. "Don't You Love Me" (radio mix)
  2. "This Life's Not for Me"
  3. "Don't You Love Me" (Mark's Dream House vocal)
  1. "Don't You Love Me" (radio mix)
  2. "Don't You Love Me" (Mark's Dream House vocal)

Charts

References

  1. ↑ "New Releases: Singles" (PDF). Music Week . 22 February 1997. p. 41. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 Jones, Alan (8 February 1997). "Talking Music" (PDF). Music Week . p. 8. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  3. ↑ Before the Rain (UK CD album booklet). EMI Records, 1st Avenue Records. 1997. CDEMD 1103, 7243 8 56352 2 9.
  4. ↑ "Reviews: Singles" (PDF). Music Week . 22 February 1997. p. 14. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  5. ↑ Reeve, Gavin (26 February 1997). "Singles". Smash Hits . p. 58. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
  6. ↑ Hyland, Ian (23 February 1997). "Kula Are in a Hush to Shake It Up". Sunday Mirror .
  7. ↑ Don't You Love Me (UK CD1 liner notes). EMI Records, 1st Avenue Records. 1997. CDEMS 465, 7243 8 83745 2 1.
  8. ↑ Don't You Love Me (UK CD2 liner notes). EMI Records, 1st Avenue Records. 1997. CDEM 465, 7243 8 83746 2 0.
  9. ↑ Don't You Love Me (Australian CD single liner notes). EMI Records, 1st Avenue Records. 1997. 8838272.
  10. ↑ Don't You Love Me (UK cassette single sleeve). EMI Records, 1st Avenue Records. 1997. TCEM 465, 7243 8 83745 4 5.
  11. ↑ Don't You Love Me (European CD single liner notes). EMI Records, 1st Avenue Records. 1997. 7243 8 83732 2 7.
  12. ↑ "Eternal – Don't You Love Me". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  13. ↑ "Eternal – Don't You Love Me" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
  14. ↑ "Eurochart Hot 100" (PDF). Music & Media . Vol. 14, no. 12. 22 March 1997. p. 17. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  15. ↑ "Íslenski Listinn NR. 218 Vikuna 24.4. '97 – 30.4. '97". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 25 April 1997. p. 16. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  16. ↑ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Don't You Love Me". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  17. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Eternal" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  18. ↑ "Eternal – Don't You Love Me" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  19. ↑ "Eternal – Don't You Love Me". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  20. ↑ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  21. ↑ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  22. ↑ "Official Hip Hop and R&B Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  23. ↑ "Romanian Top 100 Singles Airplay – Top of the Year 1997" (in Romanian). Romanian Top 100. Archived from the original on 22 January 2005. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  24. ↑ "Top 100 Singles 1997". Music Week. 17 January 1998. p. 27.
  25. ↑ "Najlepsze single na UK Top 40–1997" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 4 June 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
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