"Don't You Love Me" is a song by
Italian house and
Eurodance act
49ers. Produced by
Gianfranco Bortolotti
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, it was released in 1990 as the fourth single from their debut album, ''
49ers'' (1990). It features a vocal sample from
Jody Watley's 1987 hit "
Don't You Want Me
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". On the European charts, it reached number 12 in the UK, number ten in Switzerland, number eight in Finland and number six in Ireland. In the US, it was the group's second and last number-one single on the ''
Billboard''
Hot Dance Club Play
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chart, where it spent two weeks. "Don't You Love Me" was also the group's only entry on the ''Billboard''
Hot 100, peaking at number 78.
Critical reception
Bill Coleman from ''
Billboard'' wrote, "Sample-happy Italian outfit follows No. 1, "
Touch Me", with an engaging, though less-inspired
house jam, coated with
disco coloring."
James Masterton viewed it as "lyrically unique" in his weekly UK chart commentary. David Giles from ''
Music Week
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History
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'' stated that the song "should do equally well both on the dancefloor and in the shops. It uses all the tricks of the
Italian house formula in order to produce an urgent good-time track."
Charts
See also
*
List of number-one dance singles of 1990 (U.S.)
These are the ''Billboard'' Hot Dance/Disco Club Play and 12 Inch Singles Sales number-one hits of 1990.
See also
*1990 in music
*List of number-one dance hits (United States)
* List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Dance chart
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References
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49ers (group) songs
1990 singles
1990 songs
English-language Italian songs
Songs written by Gianfranco Bortolotti