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"I Don't Love You" Is the third UK, Philippine and Australian single and sixth track from My Chemical Romance's third studio album, The Black Parade. It is the eleventh overall single from the band. It was released on April 2, 2007, to the United Kingdom, following "Welcome to the Black Parade" and "Famous Last Words", both of which were successful hits for the band. The band opted to release "Teenagers" as the third single in the U.S. instead of "I Don't Love You". The band released the single in Canada, on MuchMusic on March 19.



Background[]

While the band was on their touring bus in 2005, they began to record the song, using the bus's recording studio. "I Don't Love You" was one of the only songs to be used on the album from the tour bus recording sessions. The band can be seen playing an early version of the song from the tour bus sessions on the 2006 DVD Life on the Murder Scene at about 1:57:12 on the first DVD.

Single Track listing[]

Version 1 (promotional CD)

  1. "I Don't Love You" – 3:58

Version 2 (CD and 7" vinyl)

  1. "I Don't Love You" – 3:58
  2. "Cancer" (live in Berlin) – 2:37

Version 3 (7" vinyl)

  1. "I Don't Love You" – 3:58
  2. "House of Wolves" (live in Berlin) – 2:57

Version 4 (CD)

  1. "I Don't Love You" – 4:00
  2. "Cancer" (Live in Berlin) – 2:39
  3. "House of Wolves" (live in Berlin) – 2:57

Version 5 (digital download)

  1. "I Don't Love You" (live from Sessions@AOL) – 3:57

Version 6 (digital download)

  1. "I Don't Love You" (live from Sessions@AOL) – 3:57
  2. "Cancer" (live in Berlin) – 2:37
  3. "House of Wolves" (live in Berlin) – 2:57

Lyrics (emotional)[]

[Verse 1]
Well, when you go
Don't ever think I'll make you try to stay
And maybe when you get back
I'll be off to find another way

[Pre-Chorus 1]
And after all this time that you still owe
You're still a good-for-nothing I don't know
So take your gloves and get out
Better get out
While you can

[Chorus]
When you go
Would you even turn to say
"I don't love you
Like I did
Yesterday"?

[Verse 2]
Sometimes I cry so hard from pleading
So sick and tired of all the needless beating
But baby, when they knock you
Down and out
Is where you oughta stay

[Pre-Chorus 2]
And after all the blood that you still owe
Another dollar's just another blow
So fix your eyes and get up
Better get up
While you can
Whoa, whoa, whoa

[Chorus]
When you go
Would you even turn to say
"I don't love you
Like I did
Yesterday"?

Well, come on, come on

[Chorus]
When you go
Would you have the guts to say
"I don't love you
Like I loved you
Yesterday"?
I don't love you
Like I loved you
Yesterday
I don't love you
Like I loved you
Yesterday

Critical Response[]

The song has a positive 4/5 star review from music site Pitchfork Media, who claimed: "..it's the band's first proper power ballad and, well, they should definitely think about writing dozens more."

Chart Positions[]

"I Don't Love You" debuted at number sixty-six on the UK Singles Chart on downloads alone on March 25th, 2007. It climbed twenty-three places to number forty-three, still on downloads alone, on April 1st, 2007. It rose to number thirteen in its physical release.

"I Don't Love You" has also been a hit in the Philippines. The song leapt from #5 to #3 in the MYX Hit Chart dated April 8, 2007, matching the peak position of "Helena", the band's previous highest-charting video before the first two videos from The Black Parade. It then reached #1 in May and then went back to #3. Yet, in most of the MYX Daily Top Ten episodes it retained its position at #4.

On May 24, 2007, "I Don't Love You" debuted at #3 on the Galgalatz Israel Top 20.

Covers[]


The Black Parade singles
Welcome to the Black Parade | Teenagers | I Don't Love You | Famous Last Words
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