Please Don't Say You Love Me
{{short description|2013 single by Gabrielle Aplin}}
{{Infobox song
| name = Please Don't Say You Love Me
| cover = PleaseDon'tSayYouLove Me.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Gabrielle Aplin
| album = English Rain
| released = 10 February 2013
| recorded = 2012
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Folk pop
| length = 3:01
| label = EMI Records, Parlophone
| writer = {{flat list|
- Gabrielle Aplin
- Nicholas Atkinson
}}
| producer = Mike Spencer
| prev_title = The Power of Love
| prev_year = 2012
| next_title = Panic Cord
| next_year = 2013
}}
"Please Don't Say You Love Me" is a song by British singer-songwriter Gabrielle Aplin. It was released as the second single from her debut studio album, English Rain (2013). It was released as a digital download in the United Kingdom on 10 February 2013 and reached number six on the UK Singles Chart. In 2014 the song was released in Australia, where it debuted and peaked at number three on the ARIA Singles Chart, becoming Aplin's highest-charting single there. It is currently certified Gold in the United Kingdom and Platinum in Australia.
Composition
"Please Don't Say You Love Me" was written and composed in 2012 by Aplin and Nicholas Atkinson. Sheet music shows that "Please Don't Say You Love Me" is set in the key of C Major. It is written in 2/2 time with a slow tempo of 86 beats per minute. Aplin's vocals span from A3 to C5.[http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtdFPE.asp?ppn=MN0113414& Please Don't Say You Love Me Sheet Music] musicnotes.com.
Music video
A music video to accompany the release of "Please Don't Say You Love Me" was first released onto YouTube on 27 July 2012 at a total length of three minutes and twenty-eight seconds, starring Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.{{'}}s Iain De Caestecker and the actress Ophelia Lovibond.{{YouTube|PxNYvk_0Onw|Gabrielle Aplin - Please Don't Say You Love Me}} It was filmed in and around The Five Horseshoes in Maidensgrove, Oxfordshire.Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/-DypNPsJSoE Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20121104145010/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DypNPsJSoE&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite AV media| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DypNPsJSoE| title = Gabrielle Aplin - Please Don't Say You Love Me (Behind The Scenes) | website=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}
Usage
An acoustic version of "Please Don't Say You Love Me" was featured in the closing episode of Channel 4 soap Hollyoaks on 19 April 2013 when it was used during the exit of popular character Jacqui McQueen.
Although it was released in 2013, "Please Don't Say You Love Me" debuted at number three on the ARIA Charts on 28 July 2014, after Rachael Thompson performed it in her audition for The X Factor Australia.
Track listings
{{Tracklist
| headline = Digital download - EP
| title1 = Please Don't Say You Love Me
| length1 = 3:01
| title2 = Stranger Side
| length2 = 3:04
| title3 = Rings Round Roses
| length3 = 2:59
| title4 = Please Don't Say You Love Me
| note4 = piano version
| length4 = 3:41
}}
Charts
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=Weekly charts=
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
!scope="col"|Chart (2013–2014) !scope="col"|Peak |
| {{single chart|Australia|3|artist=Gabrielle Aplin|song=Please Don't Say You Love Me|rowheader=true}} |
| {{single chart|Flanders|48|artist=Gabrielle Aplin|song=Please Don't Say You Love Me|rowheader=true}} |
| {{single chart|Ireland2|27|song=Please Don't Say You Love Me|rowheader=true|access-date=25 January 2020}} |
| {{single chart|Scotland|5|date=20130223|rowheader=true}} |
| {{single chart|UK|6|date=20130223|rowheader=true}} |
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=Year-end charts=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
!scope="col"|Chart (2013) !scope="col"|Position |
| scope="row"|UK Singles (OCC){{cite web|url=http://www.ukchartsplus.co.uk/UKChartsPlusEOY2013.pdf|title=End of Year Charts: 2013|work=UKChartsPlus|access-date=30 November 2018}}
|136 |
|---|
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
!scope="col"|Chart (2014) !scope="col"|Position |
| scope="row"|Australia (ARIA){{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/2014/singles-chart|title=2014 ARIA Singles Chart|publisher=ARIA|access-date=24 September 2020}}
|88 |
|---|
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Certifications
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=single|award=Platinum|relyear=2013|certyear=2014|access-date=1 September 2014}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Denmark|type=single|artist=Gabrielle Aplin|title=Please Don't Say You Love Me|award=Gold|relyear=2013|certyear=2019|access-date=19 September 2019|id=8480}}
{{certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Gabrielle Aplin|title=Please Don't Say You Love Me|award=Gold|relyear=2013|certyear=2020|id=13368-2440-1|access-date=24 September 2020}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true|streaming=true}}
Release history
| class=wikitable |
| Region
! Date ! Format ! Label |
|---|
| United Kingdom
| 10 February 2013 | Digital download |
References
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{{Gabrielle Aplin}}
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Category:Gabrielle Aplin songs