DAWN PENN - YOU DON'T LOVE ME

YOU DON'T LOVE ME

DAWN PENN

SONGWRITERS: DAWN PENN; BO DIDDLEY & WILLIE COBBS

COUNTRY: JAMAICA

ALBUM: NO, NO, NO

LABEL: BIG BEAT

GENRE: REGGAE

YEAR: 1994

 

                Dawn Penn (born 1952 in Kingston, Jamaica) is a Jamaican reggae singer. She first had a short career during the rocksteady era, between 1967 and 1969, but is most known for her single "You Don't Love Me (No, No, No)" which became a worldwide hit in 1994.

         "You Don't Love Me (No, No, No)" is a song by Jamaican recording artist Dawn Penn from her first 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 & Clevie.

           Penn had originally recorded a version of Cobbs' 1960 song "You Don't Love Me" in 1967, incorporating elements of its music and lyrics. It is claimed that the Cobbs song was, in turn, based on Diddley's 1955 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).

No no no

You don't love me

And I know now

No no no

You don't love me

Yes, I know now

'Cause you left me, baby

And I got no place to go now

 

No no no

I'll do anything you say boy

No no no

I'll do anything you say boy

'Cause if you ask me, baby

I'll get on my knees and pray boy

 

No no no

You don't love me

And I know now

No no no

You don't love me

Yes, I know now.