"Don't Rush Me" is a song written by Alexandra Forbes and

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and performed by American singer

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. It was released in the late summer of 1988 as the fourth single from Dayne's debut album '' Tell it to My Heart''.

Reception and charts

The single reached number 2 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 for one week (on January 21, 1989; it was behind

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's "Two Hearts"), becoming Dayne's highest-charting single at the time, as well as number 3 on the Adult Contemporary chart and number 6 on the Dance chart. The

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also earned heavy rotation on

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and

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. The music video featured Dayne performing live during her promotional tour.

UK track list

#Extended Version 7:15 #Dub Version 5:41 #Single Version 3:47 #"In the Darkness"

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

1988 singles Taylor Dayne songs Song recordings produced by Ric Wake Music videos directed by Alek Keshishian 1987 songs Arista Records singles Songs written by Jeff Franzel Cashbox number-one singles {{1980s-pop-song-stub