Don't Say Your Love Is Killing Me

"Don't Say Your Love Is Killing Me"
UK CD single #1 cover
Single by Erasure
from the album Cowboy
B-side	"Heart of Glass"
Released	27 February 1997
Format	12" Single CD Single
Recorded	1996
Genre	Synthpop
Length	03:46
Label	Mute Records (UK), Maverick Records (US)
Writer(s)	Vince Clarke, Andy Bell
Producer(s)	Gareth Jones, Neil McLellan
Erasure singles chronology
"In My Arms" (1997) "Don't Say Your Love Is Killing Me" (1997) "Rain" (1997)
Alternative covers US CD single cover

"Don't Say Your Love Is Killing Me" is a song by synthpop duo Erasure. It was released as the second single from their eighth studio album Cowboy. The track is an uptempo dance music song written by Vince Clarke and Andy Bell. Mute Records issued the single in the UK.

For the song's release in the United States, Maverick Records requested a remix for radio. The U.S. single version of "Don't Say Your Love Is Killing Me" is quite different from what is on the Cowboy album. The song's intro was changed, as well as the middle eight section. Most notably, an entire verse, edited out of the album version, is restored on the American single release.

The single's B-side is a live cover version of Blondie's "Heart of Glass". Erasure's previous single "In My Arms" featured another Blondie cover ("Rapture").

On the UK singles chart, "Don't Say Your Love Is Killing Me" peaked at #23, ending a chart run of 24 consecutive Top 20 singles. It reached #89 on the German singles chart and did not enter the Billboard Hot 100. Club remixes proved to be more successful, as the track hit number five on the U.S. Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. On the Swedish Top 60 it peaked at number 26.

Track listings

Cassette single (CMUTE195)

1. "Don't Say Your Love Is Killing Me"
2. "Heart of Glass"

12" single (12MUTE195)

1. "Don't Say Your Love Is Killing Me" (Tall Paul Mix)
2. "Oh L'amour" (Tin Tin Out Mix)
3. "Don't Say Your Love Is Killing Me" (Jon Pleased Wimmin Flashback Vox)
4. "Oh L'amour" (Matt Darey Mix)

CD single #1 (CDMUTE195)

1. "Don't Say Your Love Is Killing Me"
2. "Heart of Glass" (Live at Oxford)
3. "Don't Say Your Love Is Killing Me" (Jon Pleased Wimmin Flashback Vox)
4. "Don't Say Your Love Is Killing Me" (Tall Paul Mix)

CD single #2 (LCDMUTE195)

1. "Don't Say Your Love Is Killing Me" (Jon Pleased Wimmin Flashback Dub)
2. "Oh L'amour" (Matt Darey Mix)
3. "Oh L'amour" (Tin Tin Out Mix)

U.S. CD single (Maverick: 43914-2)

1. "Don't Say Your Love Is Killing Me" (Single Version)
2. "Don't Say Your Love Is Killing Me" (RH Factor Vocal Club Mix)
3. "Don't Say Your Love Is Killing Me" (Jon Pleased Wimmin' Flash Vocal)
4. "Don't Say Your Love Is Killing Me" (RH Factor Insulin Shock Dub)
5. "Don't Say Your Love Is Killing Me" (Jon Pleased Wimmin' Flash Dub)
6. "Don't Say Your Love Is Killing Me" (Tall Paul Mix)

Chart performance

References

External links

• Full lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics