I Don't Love You

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“I Don't Love You”
Single by My Chemical Romance from the album The Black Parade
Released	April 2, 2007
Format	7" vinyl CD Digital download
Recorded	2006
Genre	Alternative rock, power ballad, disputed subgenres
Length	3:58
Label	Reprise Records
Writer(s)	My Chemical Romance
My Chemical Romance singles chronology
"Famous Last Words" (2007) "I Don't Love You" (2007) "Teenagers" (2007)
Additional covers
CD cover
Promotional cover

"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 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. 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."^[1] The single was released in Australia on May 16.^[2]

Contents 1 History 2 Track listing 3 Music video 4 Charts 5 References

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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

[edit] Music video

The 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 of Sam 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. On March 7, 2007, the band exclusively premiered the video on their YouTube channel,(and the video is now one of the most viewed Youtube videos of all time - currently over 16million views) and on their MySpace. 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 on Kerrang! TV in the UK on March 9th, 2007, and on Channel 4 in the UK on March 8th, 2007. The clip also shows the band members falling but not landing, in the order of Mikey Way, Ray Toro, Bob Bryar, Frank Iero, Gerard Way. The video was made available on March 19, 2007 for purchase on the UK iTunes store. The video also faced some controversy due to one of the protagonists being covered in blackface.^{[citation needed]} The video was released in New Zealand on March 13, 2007.

[edit] Charts

"I Don't Love You" debuted at #65 on the UK Singles Chart on downloads alone on March 25th, 2007. It climbed to number #35, still on downloads alone the next week, on April 1st, 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 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.

[edit] References

v • d • e My Chemical Romance Gerard Way • Ray Toro • Frank Iero • Mikey Way • Bob Bryar Touring members: Matt Cortez • James Dewees Former members: Matt Pelissier Studio albums I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love • Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge • The Black Parade DVDs Life on the Murder Scene • The Black Parade Is Dead! EPs Like Phantoms, Forever • Warped Tour Bootleg Series • AOL Sessions • Live and Rare Demos Dreams of Stabbing and/or Being Stabbed Singles "Honey, This Mirror Isn't Big Enough for the Two of Us" • "Vampires Will Never Hurt You" • "Headfirst for Halos" • "Our Lady of Sorrows" • "Thank You for the Venom" • "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)" • "Helena" • "Under Pressure" (with The Used) • "The Ghost of You" • "Welcome to the Black Parade" • "Famous Last Words" • "I Don't Love You" • "Teenagers" Related articles Discography • Pencey Prep • Leathermouth • The Umbrella Academy • The Black Parade World Tour • Eyeball Records • Reprise Records • Projekt Revolution