Please Don't Say You Love Me

"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.

"Please Don't Say You Love Me"
Single by Gabrielle Aplin
from the album English Rain
Released	10 February 2013
Recorded	2012
Genre	Folk pop
Length	3:01
Label	EMI Records, Parlophone
Songwriter(s)	Gabrielle Aplin Nicholas Atkinson
Producer(s)	Mike Spencer
Gabrielle Aplin singles chronology
"The Power of Love" (2012) "Please Don't Say You Love Me" (2013) "Panic Cord" (2013)

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.^[1]

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 SHIELD's Iain De Caestecker and the actress Ophelia Lovibond.^[2] It was filmed in and around The Five Horseshoes in Maidensgrove, Oxfordshire.^[3]

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

Digital download - EP

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Please Don't Say You Love Me"	3:01
2.	"Stranger Side"	3:04
3.	"Rings Round Roses"	2:59
4.	"Please Don't Say You Love Me" (piano version)	3:41

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2013–2014) Peak position Australia (ARIA)^[4] 3 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)^[5] 48 Ireland (IRMA)^[6] 27 Scotland (OCC)^[7] 5 UK Singles (OCC)^[8] 6

Year-end charts Chart (2013) Position UK Singles (OCC)^[9] 136 Chart (2014) Position Australia (ARIA)^[10] 88

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)^[11]	Platinum	70,000^^
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)^[12]	Gold	45,000^‡
United Kingdom (BPI)^[13]	Gold	400,000^‡
^^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. ^‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label
United Kingdom	10 February 2013	Digital download	EMI Records, Parlophone

References

1. Please Don't Say You Love Me Sheet Music musicnotes.com.
2. Gabrielle Aplin - Please Don't Say You Love Me on YouTube
3. Archived at Ghostarchive and the : Gabrielle Aplin - Please Don't Say You Love Me (Behind The Scenes). YouTube.
4. "Gabrielle Aplin – Please Don't Say You Love Me". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
5. "Gabrielle Aplin – Please Don't Say You Love Me" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
6. "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Please Don't Say You Love Me". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
7. "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
8. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
9. "End of Year Charts: 2013" (PDF). UKChartsPlus. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
10. "2014 ARIA Singles Chart". ARIA. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
11. "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2014 Singles" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
12. "Danish single certifications – Gabrielle Aplin – Please Don't Say You Love Me". IFPI Danmark. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
13. "British single certifications – Gabrielle Aplin – Please Don't Say You Love Me". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 24 September 2020.