- I Don't Love You
Single infobox
Name = I Don't Love You
Artist =My Chemical Romance
from Album =The Black Parade
Released =April 2 ,2007
Recorded = 2006
Format = 7" vinyl
CDDigital download
Genre =Alternative rock
Disputed subgenres
Length = 3:58
Label =Reprise Records
Writer =My Chemical Romance
Last single = "Famous Last Words"
(2007)
This single = "I Don't Love You"
(2007)
Next single = "Teenagers"
(2007)
Misc = extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Additional covers
Type =Single
Lower caption = CD cover extra album cover 2
Type =Single
Lower caption = Promotional cover"I Don't Love You" is the third UK, Philippine, Malaysian and
Australian single and sixth track fromMy Chemical Romance 's third studio album, "The Black Parade ". It is the tenth overall single from the band. It was releasedApril 2 ,2007 , to theUnited 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 inCanada , onMuchMusic on March 19. The song nabbed 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." [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/track_review/39323 I Don't Love You | Pitchfork ] ] The single was released in Australia onMay 16 . [http://www.sanity.com.au/product/product.asp?sku=2094900 MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE / I DON'T LOVE YOU - Sanity.com.au - More Movies - More Music ] ]History
While the band was touring, they began to record using the bus's recording unit. "I Don't Love You" was one of the only songs to be used on the second-to-last album from the tour bus jam 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 1:57:13 on the first disc.Track listing
*All songs written by
My Chemical Romance .Version 1 (promotional CD)Tracklist
title1 = I Don't Love You
length1 = 3:58Version 2 (CD and 7" vinyl)Tracklist
title1 = I Don't Love You
length1 = 3:58
title2 = Cancer
note2= live inBerlin
length2 = 2:37Version 3 (7" vinyl)Tracklist
title1 = I Don't Love You
length1 = 3:58
title2 = House of Wolves
note2 = live inBerlin
length2 = 2:57Version 4 (CD)Tracklist
title1 = I Don't Love You
length1 = 4:00
title2 = Cancer
note2 = Live in Berlin
length2 = 2:39
title3= House of Wolves
note3= live in Berlin
length3 = 2:57Version 5 (digital download)Tracklist
title1 = I Don't Love You
note1 = live fromSessions@AOL )
length1 = 3:57Version 6 (digital download)Tracklist
title1 = I Don't Love You
note1 = live fromSessions@AOL
length1 = 3:57
title2 = Cancer
note2 = live inBerlin
length2 = 2:37
title3 = House of Wolves
note3 = live inBerlin
length3 = 2:57Music video
The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SO9Lj0T93Xk music video] was directed by
Marc Webb who also directed three previous My Chemical Romance music videos, from their "Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge " album. Webb was chosen instead ofSam Bayer who directed "Welcome to the Black Parade" and "Famous Last Words" from their third studio album "The Black Parade". The music video is about two lovers in a strange abstract world, and the video seems to tell the story of how their love quickly withers away until one leaves the other alone. Towards the beginning of the video, one of the band's amplifiers continues to work along with two guitars. OnMarch 7 ,2007 , the band exclusively premiered the video on theirYouTube channel, and on theirMySpace . The video is in a color format, most likely to simulate more contrast between the two lovers. The music video also shows Gerard with his newly-dyed black hair, which he has sported since late December. There were also reports by one observers of Gerard wearing a wedding band (as can be seen in the video), which Gerard was asked about in an interview with 97X, where he mentioned that he had 'found someone very special' .The video appeared onKerrang! TV in the UK onMarch 9 , 2007, and onChannel 4 in the UK onMarch 8 , 2007. The clip also shows the band members falling but not landing, in the order ofMikey Way ,Ray Toro ,Bob Bryar ,Frank Iero ,Gerard Way . The video was made available onMarch 19 ,2007 for purchase on the UKiTunes store. The video also faced some controversy due to one of the protagonists being covered inblackface .Fact|date=October 2007 The video was released inNew Zealand onMarch 13 , 2007.Charts
"I Don't Love You" debuted at #65 on the
UK Singles Chart on downloads alone onMarch 25 , 2007. It climbed to number #35, still on downloads alone the next week, onApril 1 , 2007. It rose to #13 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 datedApril 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 theGalgalatz Israel Top 20 .References
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