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"Don't Tell Me" is the song by Canadian recording artist Avril Lavigne. It is the first single from her sophomore studio album, Under My Skin. "Don't Tell Me" was written by Avril Lavigne and Evan Taubenfeld. The track was produced by Butch Walker.

Reception[edit]

In a review of the album Under My Skin, David Browne of Entertainment Weekly said "Lavigne herself sounds more burdened; ... the sk8erboi of the first album has turned out to be a selfish, nasty creep who leaves when she won't go to bed with him" in reference to Don't Tell Me.[3] Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic highlighted the song as a 'track pick' in a review of the album, Under My Skin.[4]

The video was nominated for Best Pop Video at the 2004 MTV Video Music Awards.[5]

Chart performance[edit]

The song did moderately well on charts, peaking at number twenty-two in the United States, at number ten in Australia, at number six in Spain, at number five in the UK.

Track listing[edit]

Charts[edit]

Chart (2004) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[6] 10
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[7] 12
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[8] 22
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[9] 28
Canadian Singles Chart[10] 5
Denmark (Tracklisten)[11] 14
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[12] 2
France Singles Top 100[13] 53
German Single Charts 10
Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)[14] 30
Ireland Singles Top 50[13] 9
Italian Singles Chart 4
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[15] 15
Norway (VG-lista)[16] 12
Russian Top 20[17] 1
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[18] 6
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[19] 30
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[20] 9
UK Singles (OCC)[21] 5
US Billboard Hot 100[22] 22
US Billboard Mainstream Top 40[23] 9

Awards[edit]

Year Awards ceremony Award Results
2004 MuchMusic Video Awards Best international video by a Canadian Won
MTV Video Music Awards Best Pop Video Nominated
MTV Video Music Brasil Best Video Clipe International Nominated

Release history[edit]

Country Date Format Label
Australia[24] April 19, 2004 CD single Arista
Germany[25] April 26, 2004 Arista
Japan[26] April 28, 2004 BMG Japan
United Kingdom[27] May 10, 2004 Arista

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Avril Lavigne on SortMusic". SortMusic. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
  2. ^ http://www.discogs.com/Avril-Lavigne-Dont-Tell-Me/release/1500783
  3. ^ Browne, David (24 May 2004). "Under My Skin (2004)". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 13 August 2010.
  4. ^ Thomas Erlewine, Stephen. "Under My Skin: Avril Lavigne". Allmusic. Retrieved 18 March 2009.
  5. ^ "VMA's 2004". MTV.com. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)
  6. ^ "Avril Lavigne – Don't Tell Me". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 2010-12-29.
  7. ^ "Avril Lavigne – Don't Tell Me" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 2010-12-29.
  8. ^ "Avril Lavigne – Don't Tell Me" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 2010-12-29.
  9. ^ "Avril Lavigne – Don't Tell Me" (in French). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 2010-12-29.
  10. ^ Canada Top 40
  11. ^ "Avril Lavigne – Don't Tell Me". Tracklisten. Retrieved 2010-12-29.
  12. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 52, 2004" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40.
  13. ^ a b Austria Singles Top 75
  14. ^ "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Rádiós Top 40 játszási lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége. Retrieved 2010-12-08.
  15. ^ "Avril Lavigne – Don't Tell Me". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 2010-12-29.
  16. ^ "Avril Lavigne – Don't Tell Me". VG-lista. Retrieved 2010-12-29.
  17. ^ Russia Top 20 2004-07-10
  18. ^ "Avril Lavigne – Don't Tell Me" Canciones Top 50. Retrieved 2010-12-29.
  19. ^ "Avril Lavigne – Don't Tell Me". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 2010-12-29.
  20. ^ "Avril Lavigne – Don't Tell Me". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 2010-12-29.
  21. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2010-12-29.
  22. ^ "Avril Lavigne Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 2010-12-29.
  23. ^ "Billboard Music-(Allmusic.com)".
  24. ^ "Don't Tell Me - Single by Avril Lavigne - CD Single on Sonymusic.com.au". Sonymusic.com.au. 2004-04-19. Retrieved 2010-12-28.
  25. ^ "Don't Tell Me - Single by Avril Lavigne - CD Single on Avril.de". Avril.de. 2004-04-26. Retrieved 2010-12-28.
  26. ^ "Don't Tell Me - Single by Avril Lavigne - CD Single on Amazon.co.jp". Amazon.co.jp. 2004-04-28. Retrieved 2010-12-28.
  27. ^ "Don't Tell Me - Single by Avril Lavigne - CD Single on Amazon.co.uk". Amazon.co.uk. 2004-05-10. Retrieved 2010-12-28.
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