"Don't Say Your Love Is Killing Me" is a song by synth pop duo Erasure

Erasure

Erasure are an English synthpop duo, consisting of songwriter and keyboardist Vince Clarke and singer Andy Bell. Erasure entered the music scene in 1985 with their debut single "Who Needs Love Like That"...

. It was released as the second single from their eighth studio album Cowboy. The track is an uptempo dance music

Dance music

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 song written by Vince Clarke

Vince Clarke

Vince Clarke is an English synthpop musician and songwriter. Clarke has been involved with a number of successful groups, including Depeche Mode, Yazoo, The Assembly and Erasure....

 and Andy Bell

Andy Bell (singer)

Andrew Ivan "Andy" Bell is the lead singer of the English synthpop duo Erasure. He also has a solo career, with the albums Non-Stop and Electric Blue.-Early life:Andy Bell originates from the Dogsthorpe area in Peterborough...

. Mute Records

Mute Records

Mute is an independent record label based in the UK. It was founded in 1978 by Daniel Miller and featured several prominent musical acts on its roster such as Goldfrapp, Depeche Mode, Yazoo, Erasure and Fad Gadget.-Beginnings:...

 issued the single in the UK.

For the song's release in the United States, Maverick Records

Maverick Records

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 requested a remix

Remix

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 for radio. The U.S. single version of "Don't Say Your Love Is Killing Me" is quite different from what is on the Cowboy album. The song's intro was changed, as well as the middle eight section. Most notably, an entire verse, edited out of the album version, is restored on the American single release.

The single's B-side is a live cover version

Cover version

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 of Blondie

Blondie (band)

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's "Heart of Glass". Erasure's previous single "In My Arms

In My Arms (Erasure song)

"In My Arms" is a synth pop ballad by British duo Erasure. The song was released as the lead single from the their eighth studio album Cowboy. It was issued by Mute Records in the UK and by Maverick Records in the U.S...

" featured another Blondie cover ("Rapture

Rapture (song)

"Rapture" is a single by the American new wave band Blondie. It was released in January 1981 and was the second and final song to be released from the band's 1980 top 10 album Autoamerican, the first being "The Tide Is High", which had topped the chart in the US and UK. "Rapture" went on to reach...

").

On the UK singles chart

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, "Don't Say Your Love Is Killing Me" peaked at #23, ending a chart run of 24 consecutive Top 20 singles. It reached #89 on the German

Germany

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 singles chart and did not enter the Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

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. Club remixes proved to be more successful, as the track hit number five on the U.S. Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. On the Swedish Top 60 it peaked at number 26.

Cassette single (CMUTE195)

1. "Don't Say Your Love Is Killing Me"
2. "Heart of Glass
   Heart of Glass (song)
   "Heart of Glass" is a song by American New Wave band Blondie, written by singer Deborah Harry and guitarist Chris Stein. Featured on the band's third studio album, Parallel Lines, it was released as a single in January 1979 and topped the charts in several countries, including the US and UK.Rolling...
   
   "

12" single (12MUTE195)

1. "Don't Say Your Love Is Killing Me" (Tall Paul Mix)
2. "Oh L'amour
   Oh L'amour
   "Oh L'amour" is a song by English synth pop duo Erasure, released in April 1986 as their third single.It was issued by Mute Records in the UK and Sire Records in the U.S. to herald the June release of Erasure's debut album Wonderland, but became the third consecutive commercial failure for the band...
   
   " (Tin Tin Out
   Tin Tin Out
   Tin Tin Out is a UK electronic dance music duo comprising Darren Stokes and Lindsay Edwards.-Career:They are well known as active remixers, working on increasingly higher-profile songs as the 1990s progressed, however also have their own recording careers...
   
    Mix)
3. "Don't Say Your Love Is Killing Me" (Jon Pleased Wimmin Flashback Vox)
4. "Oh L'amour" (Matt Darey
   Matt Darey
   Matthew Jonathan "Matt" Darey has been a trance music producer since 1994. He is also a member of Lost Tribe with Red Jerry. He is perhaps best known for his work in the Euphoria trance series and for 'Gamemaster' and his remixes of Agnelli & Nelson's "El Niño". In 2005, his first major U.S...
   
   Mix)

CD single #1 (CDMUTE195)

1. "Don't Say Your Love Is Killing Me"
2. "Heart of Glass" (Live at Oxford)
3. "Don't Say Your Love Is Killing Me" (Jon Pleased Wimmin Flashback Vox)
4. "Don't Say Your Love Is Killing Me" (Tall Paul Mix)

CD single #2 (LCDMUTE195)

1. "Don't Say Your Love Is Killing Me" (Jon Pleased Wimmin Flashback Dub)
2. "Oh L'amour" (Matt Darey Mix)
3. "Oh L'amour" (Tin Tin Out Mix)

U.S. CD single (Maverick: 43914-2)

1. "Don't Say Your Love Is Killing Me" (Single Version)
2. "Don't Say Your Love Is Killing Me" (RH Factor Vocal Club Mix)
3. "Don't Say Your Love Is Killing Me" (Jon Pleased Wimmin' Flash Vocal)
4. "Don't Say Your Love Is Killing Me" (RH Factor Insulin Shock Dub)
5. "Don't Say Your Love Is Killing Me" (Jon Pleased Wimmin' Flash Dub)
6. "Don't Say Your Love Is Killing Me" (Tall Paul Mix)

Chart performance

Chart (1997)	Peak position	Total weeks
German Singles Chart	89	4
Swedish Singles Chart	26	4
UK Singles Chart	23	2
US Dance/Club Play Singles	5	11