"Don't Say You Love Me" is the debut single of M2M, a Norwegian pop duo consisting of singers

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and

Marit Larsen Marit Elisabeth Larsen (born 1 July 1983) is a Norwegian singer and songwriter. She began playing violin at age of 5 and played it until the age of 8. She gained international fame during her teenage years as a member of the pop duo M2M with ch ...

. The song first appeared on

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before its official US radio and single release in October 1999. It was released on the soundtrack to the film '' Pokémon: The First Movie'' in November 1999 and appears in the film's

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. The song was featured on M2M's debut album, ''

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'' (2000), and also appeared on their compilation album '' The Day You Went Away: The Best of M2M'' (2003). The song received positive reviews. Chuck Taylor from ''

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'' said it was "absolutely enchanting" and would appeal to both young and mature listeners. It reached number 2 in Norway, number 4 in both Australia and New Zealand, number 16 in the UK and number 21 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100. It was

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gold in the US and Australia and remained M2M's biggest hit. M2M performed the song on episodes of the television series ''One World'', ''

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'' and '' Disney Channel in Concert''. Two similar music videos were released for the song, with one showing clips from '' Pokémon: The First Movie''.

Background and composition

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come from

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in the district east of

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, Norway. They met when they were five years old and became best friends, discovering they had similar interests in music. They began singing together and performing in musical productions. The duo released a

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album, ''Synger Kjente Barnesanger'' (''Sing Famous Children's Songs''), in 1996 under the band name Marit & Marion, when Larsen was 11 and Raven was 12 years old. The album was nominated for a

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award. After the album's release they started writing their own pop songs and sent demo recordings out; one of the demos ended up at

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and they were signed to a worldwide contract in 1998. They held a competition for fans to come up with a new name for their duo, and one girl suggested M2M. Raven and Larsen were 14 and 15 years old, respectively, when they recorded the tracks from their debut album ''

'', including their debut single, "Don't Say You Love Me". The music and lyrics were written by Raven, Larsen, Peter Zizzo and Jimmy Bralower. It was produced by Zizzo and Bralower and was mixed by

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. "Don't Say You Love Me" is performed in a 4/4 time signature at a moderately slow

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of 100 beats per minute. Raven and Larsen alternate singing lead vocals for the first two verses, and then sing harmony together during the choruses. For most of the song, the verses are in the

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of C♯ minor and the choruses are in the

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key of

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. The final chorus has a

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. The song's prominent instruments are

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and acoustic guitar, with

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sounds layering the production in the chorus in a style akin to

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's "

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". The final chorus repeats with ad-libbed background vocals until the song fades out. Lyrically, the song is about getting "the rules straight on a budding relationship: Slow down and don't say you love me until you give me some time and get to know me." According to musicologist Jon Mikkel Broch Ålvik, "Don't Say You Love Me" is the "thinking person's

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." Ålvik rejects a superficial interpretation that the lyrics are a "moralistic message of

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", arguing instead that M2M "signal a stance that sounds considered and assured rather than prudish" and that the song is a statement of "burgeoning

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." The song has been described as

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music with similar lyrical qualities to songs by girl groups of the 1960s, while also having more influence from rock and singer-songwriter genres than was typical for other teen pop songs of the late 1990s. There is a slight difference in lyrics between the version used in '' Pokémon: The First Movie'' version and the one released on ''Shades of Purple''. The ''Shades of Purple'' version includes the line "you start kissing me, what's that about?" In the ''Pokémon'' version, the lyric is "you said you love me, what's that about?" When asked about the lyric change in an interview, M2M replied "the ''Pokémon'' people didn't find it appropriate to have kissing in the lyrics, because it was for younger kids. We think he lyric changewas stupid. The original version is on 'Shades of Purple'' and that's the one we wanted to go with." M2M had not heard of ''

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'' until the song was chosen for the soundtrack, as the franchise was not yet popular in Norway.

Release and appearances

"Don't Say You Love Me" appeared in "The List", an episode in the TV series '' Felicity'' that aired in the US on 3 October 1999 and reached an audience of 5million people, helping to generate interest in the song. On 10 October it appeared in the ''

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'' episode "Moving On". The song was recently being played on

before it made its commercial US debut on 26 October 1999 as a CD and

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. In Canada, it was released on the same day. Prior to this, the track was officially serviced to US

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radio on 11 October 1999 and to mainstream pop and

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radio the following day. Within a month, more than 100 US top-40 radio stations were playing the song; by 10 November it was the sixth-most requested song on New York radio stations. The song appeared during the

of the film ''Pokémon: The First Movie'' and on the film's soundtrack; both the film and soundtrack were released in the US on 10 November 1999. "Don't Say You Love Me" was the debut single from the album. The single first entered the charts in the US on 20 November, by which time more than 400,000 units had already been shipped to record stores. Despite the success in the US, in November 1999 it was reported that the single would not be released in the duo's home country of Norway until the following year, as Warner Music Norway wanted to wait until both the ''Pokémon'' film and soundtrack were released in Europe to capitalise on the exposure. The single was released in Norway on radio on 24 November, and by 11 January it was on sale in Norway and 25 other countries in Europe, the Americas, Asia and Oceania. It was expected to be released in the remaining European countries by the end of the month, though European countries where the single had not yet been released were already playing the song on the radio. The song was popular in Southeast Asia, receiving heavy airplay in Korea, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand and Singapore, and also in South America; in late May 2000 in Mexico it was the best selling foreign song and the second best selling song overall. On 12 January it was featured in the episode of ''

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'', "Tainted Love". The song was released in Japan on 25 January, in Spain on 22 February, and in the UK on 20 March on

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. It appeared on ''Shades of Purple'', which was released in Europe in mid-February and the US on 7 March, and in 2003 it appeared on the album '' The Day You Went Away: The Best of M2M''.

Reception

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gave a positive review, calling the song one of the "impossibly touching" tracks on ''Shades of Purple'' that "sets the standard" for the rest of the album. Chuck Taylor from ''

'' said the song would appeal to both the young and mature listeners as it "neatly walks the line between pure pop and the cusp of the adult top 40". He added the song was "Absolutely enchanting in its youthful vocal and meaty series of hooks". Michael Paoletta, also from ''Billboard'', called the song an "infectious pop rocker", adding that "what's most dazzling about the track is the vocal verve of the girls' harmonizing." Heather Phares from

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referred to the song as "sweet yet down-to-earth pop". Marius Lillelien, the director of the Norwegian radio station ''

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'', said "It's a very well-written, well-produced pop song, they're young and potentially the largest Norwegian pop success ever. The song is best suited to an audience aged 10–16, but in my opinion it won't scare away older listeners". "Don't Say You Love Me" was nominated for the year's best song at the 2000 Spellemannprisen awards, though it lost to ''Propaganda'' by

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. In the US, "Don't Say You Love Me" entered the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 at number 72, later peaking at number 21. It also reached number 40 on both the

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and

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charts. The single sold 39,000 copies in the week preceding 27 November, and had sold 580,000 units by May 2000. It reached number 2 in their native Norway and number 4 in both Australia and New Zealand. It made the top 10 in Finland, the top 20 in Canada, the UK, Ireland, Sweden and the Netherlands, the top 40 in Italy and Belgium and the top 80 in Germany, France and Switzerland. It was

gold in the US on 6 December 1999 and in Australia in 2000. "Don't Say You Love Me" was M2M's biggest hit and is their most recognisable song. While their next single, " Mirror Mirror", was a top 40 single in Australia and Canada, and reached number 62 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, "Don't Say You Love Me" would remain M2M's only top-40 hit in the US, and their only hit at all in many other countries. The song has been called a

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. While speaking favourably of the duo, in 2014 Abby Devora from

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ranked M2M and the song at number 2 on her list "9 Girl Group One-Hit Wonders You Need To Remember Right Now". Jessica Booth from Gurl.com included the duo and song in her 2012 list "Flashback: 15 Old-School Girl Singers We Miss", calling the song "ridiculously catchy". Kaitlin Cubria from Teen.com listed the duo and song in her 2014 list of "12 forgotten girl groups from the '90s/'00s that are worth your time." In 2014, Nathan Jolly from '' MAX'' said it was "one of those few pop songs that is happiness incarnate despite being a 'back the fuck off, dude' anthem".

Music video

The accompanying

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for "Don't Say You Love Me" was directed by

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and was filmed from 4 until 6 October 1999 at the Mission Tiki

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. In the video, Raven sings the song while she is in a car with a boy, while Larsen sings and plays the guitar in front of another car. This footage is spliced with M2M singing together at the drive-in, people dancing, the

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struggling with his malfunctioning equipment, and the

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worker who has an overflowing

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. When the popcorn stand explodes, M2M continue to perform surrounded by people as popcorn rains down. Air cannons were used to fire 200 garbage bin-sized bags of popcorn into the air to create the raining popcorn effect. In the US, the music video made its premiere on 24 October on

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following that night's screening of '' 7th Heaven''. It began airing on The Box and

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in early November 1999 and began airing on MTV on 15 November. Two similar versions of the video were released. In one, clips from ''Pokémon: The First Movie'' are played on the screen at the drive-in theatre. In the other version, fewer images of the screen are shown; when they are seen the ''Pokémon'' images are replaced with either clips of Raven and Larsen singing the song or words such as "M2M" and "

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". The ''Pokémon'' version of the video uses the edited-out lyrics, while the other one uses the album version of the song. The ''Pokémon'' version was included on the DVD of the film, while the other version was included on the bonus disc in ''The Day You Went Away: The Best of M2M''.

Live performances and covers

Marit Larsen at Het Paradiso Amsterdam (5)

To promote the single Raven and Larsen made a six-stop tour of shopping malls in the

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between 21 August and 2 October; it was their first tour under the name M2M. On 9 November 1999, the day before ''Pokémon: The First Movie'' was released, M2M performed the song live at the Warner Bros. Studio Store on

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, in front of fans and a large media presence. To promote the single M2M also toured Singapore, Hong Kong and Japan before returning to Norway on 24 November. They performed the song on the episode "Band on the Run" of the TV series ''One World'', which aired on 27 November, and on 31 March 2000 they performed it on ''

''. M2M performed the song live at

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park on 12 February 2000. This performance was recorded and appeared on an episode of Disney Channel in Concert on 29 April, which focused on both M2M and

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. As their biggest hit, "Don't Say You Love Me" was a popular song during live performances. In December 2001 the song was performed as an

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, along with "

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", in front of a crowd of 4,000 at an M2M concert in

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. Raven and Larsen ceased performing as M2M in 2002, and both went on to pursue solo careers; Larsen is known for performing a

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version of the song during solo performances. The

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acoustic pop duo

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covered the song on their 2009 self-titled album.

Track listings

The European version of the single contained the

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track ''The Feeling is Gone'', one of three tracks recorded for ''Shades of Purple'' which were left off the US version of the album. The standard US version featured the ''Pokémon: The First Movie'' instrumental score "Mewtwo Strikes Back Suite" as the B-side. * Australian CD single # "Don't Say You Love Me" – 3:46 # "If Only Tears Could Bring You Back" by Midnight Sons – 4:03 # "Mewtwo Strikes Back Suite" – 4:51 # Enhanced section: "Don't Say You Love Me" (music video) – 3:38 * US single # "Don't Say You Love Me" (film version) – 3:46 # "Mewtwo Strikes Back Suite" – 4:51 * US maxi-single # "Don't Say You Love Me" (Tin Tin Out Remix) – 3:33 # "Don't Say You Love Me" (Lenny Bertoldo Radio Mix) – 3:01 # "Don't Say You Love Me" (acoustic version) – 3:15 # "Don't Say You Love Me" (album version) – 3:46 * Japanese maxi-single # "Don't Say You Love Me" (album version) – 3:46 # "Don't Say You Love Me" (Tin Tin Out Remix) – 3:33 # "Don't Say You Love Me" (acoustic version) – 3:15 # "The Feeling Is Gone" – 3:16 (non-album bonus track) # "Don't Say You Love Me" (karaoke version) – 4:06 * European maxi-single # "Don't Say You Love Me" (album version) – 3:46 # "The Feeling Is Gone" – 3:16 # "Don't Say You Love Me" (acoustic version) – 3:15

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Don't Say You Love Me (M2M Song) 1999 debut singles 1999 songs Atlantic Records singles East West Records singles M2M (band) songs Music videos directed by Nigel Dick Songs written by Marit Larsen Songs written by Marion Raven Songs written by Peter Zizzo Songs from Pokémon Songs written for films Songs about marriage