"You Don't Love Me (No, No, No)" is a song by
Jamaican recording artist Dawn Penn from her debut studio album, No, No, No
(1994). The song's lyrics are credited to Penn, Bo Diddley and Willie Cobbs,
and production was handled by Steely and Clevie.
Penn recorded a song in 1967
called "You Don't Love Me", which incorporates elements of the music
and lyrics of Cobbs' 1960 song "You Don't Love Me". The Cobbs song
was, in turn, based on Diddley's 1955 song "She's Fine, She's Mine".
Thus, both are credited as songwriters on Penn's recording. In 1994, after a
17-year break from the music industry, she re-recorded a dancehall version of
the song retitled "You Don't Love Me (No, No, No)".
Penn's 1994 version of the song became a commercial success
worldwide. In the United Kingdom, it peaked at number three on the UK Singles
Chart. The song also reached the top 20 in Austria and Switzerland, and the top
40 in the Netherlands and New Zealand. In the United States, the single also
charted at number 58 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and at number 42 on the Hot
R&B Singles chart.
Multiple recording artists have performed cover versions
and sampled "You Don't Love Me (No, No, No)" in their own works.
Barbadian singer Rihanna remade the song for her debut studio album, Music of
the Sun (2005), and American entertainer Beyoncé performed the song on her I
Am... World Tour concert tour (2009–10).
One of my favorite old school Reggae songs.
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