“Don’t Say You Love Me” is the debut single by M2M, a Norwegian pop duo. It was released on the soundtrack to the film Pokémon: The First Movie in November 1999. The song 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 has been listed as one of the top ten songs of all time by Rolling Stone magazine.
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“Don’t Say You Love Me” is the debut single by M2M, a Norwegian pop duo. It was released on the soundtrack to the film Pokémon: The First Movie in November 1999. 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. The song has been described as bubblegum pop music with similar lyrical qualities to songs by girl groups of the 1960s. The duo performed the song on episodes of the TV series One World, Top of the Pops and Disney Channel in Concert. Two similar music videos were released for the song, with one showing clips from Pokémon: The First Movie. There is a slight difference between the lyrics in the Pokémon: The First Movie version and the one released on Shades of Purple. The original version includes the line “you start kissing me, what’s that about?” in the lyric “you said you love me”? In an interview, the duo said they didn’t find it appropriate to have the kissing in the lyrics, because it was stupid for kids younger than them to do. The music and lyrics were written by Raven, Larsen, Peter Zizzo and Jimmy Bralower and was mixed by Tom Lord-Alge. It is performed in a 44 time signature at a moderately slow tempo of 100 beats per minute. 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.
The final chorus repeats with ad-libbed background vocals until the song fades out. The version on Shades of Purple was not chosen for the soundtrack, as the song was not popular in Norway yet. M2m had not heard the song until the soundtrack was chosen as the franchise was not yet popular in Norway and that people wanted to go with “Don’t Say You Love Me” The song was certified gold in the US and Australia and remained M 2M’s biggest hit. It also appeared on their compilation album The Day You Went Away: The Best of M2 M. The song received positive reviews. Chuck Taylor from Billboard said it was “absolutely enchanting” and would appeal to both young and mature listeners. The album was nominated for a Spellemannprisen award for best pop album of the 1990s. It has been listed as one of the top ten songs of all time by Rolling Stone magazine in their list of the 100 greatest songs of the 90s and early 2000s, along with “I Will Always Love You” and “I Can’t Go for That One Day” by The Rolling Stones. The single was released in October 1999 and was the first single to be released by Atlantic Records, which later signed the duo to a worldwide contract.
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