Don't You Love Me (49ers song)
| "Don't You Love Me" | ||||
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| Single by 49ers | ||||
| from the album 49ers | ||||
| Released | 1990 | |||
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| Length | 3:13 | |||
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| Producer | Gianfranco Bortolotti | |||
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| "Don't You Love Me" on YouTube | ||||
"Don't You Love Me" is a song by Italian house and Eurodance act 49ers. Produced by Gianfranco Bortolotti, it was released in 1990, by labels BCM and Media, as the fourth single from their debut album, 49ers (1990). It features a vocal sample from Jody Watley's 1987 hit "Don't You Want Me". On the European charts, it reached number 12 in the UK, number ten in Switzerland, number eight in Finland and number six in Ireland. In the US, it was the group's second and last number-one single on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart, where it spent two weeks. "Don't You Love Me" was also the group's only entry on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 78.
Critical reception
Bill Coleman from Billboard magazine wrote, "Sample-happy Italian outfit follows No. 1, 'Touch Me', with an engaging, though less-inspired house jam, coated with disco coloring."[1] In his weekly UK chart commentary, James Masterton viewed it as "lyrically unique".[2] Paul Lester from Melody Maker said, "The 49'ers are the real deal when it comes to all this Italian disco chatter. It's utterly inhuman, "Don't..." follows the one mandatory all-robotic pulse and android sighs, entirely free of those hideous bids for "authenticity — the grafted-on gruff "soulful" vocals and homely house piano — that made 'Ride on Time' such painful foot-tapping."[3] David Giles from Music Week felt the song "should do equally well both on the dancefloor and in the shops. It uses all the tricks of the Italian house formula in order to produce an urgent good-time track."[4]
Charts
| Chart (1989–1990) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia (ARIA)[5] | 61 |
| Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[6] | 36 |
| Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[7] | 29 |
| Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[8] | 8 |
| Ireland (IRMA) | 6 |
| Luxembourg (Radio Luxembourg)[9] | 6 |
| Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[10] | 17 |
| Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[11] | 10 |
| UK Singles (OCC) | 12 |
| US Billboard Hot 100 | 78 |
| US Hot Dance Club Play (Billboard)[12] | 1 |
| US Cash Box Top 100[13] | 77 |
| West Germany (GfK)[14] | 25 |
See also
References
- ^ a b c Coleman, Bill (19 May 1990). "Single Reviews" (PDF). Billboard. p. 77. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- ^ Masterton, James (12 March 1995). "Week Ending March 18th 1995". Chart Watch UK. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
- ^ Lester, Paul (3 March 1990). "Singles". Melody Maker. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
- ^ Giles, David (17 March 1990). "Singles" (PDF). Music Week. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
- ^ "49ers ARIA chart history (singles), received from ARIA in May 2024". ARIA. Retrieved 5 February 2026 – via Imgur. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.
- ^ "49ers – Don't You Love Me" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 5 February 2026.
- ^ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. 7 April 1990. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
- ^ Pennanen, Timo (2021). "49ers". Sisältää hitin - 2. laitos Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021 (PDF) (in Finnish). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. p. 7. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
- ^ Radio Luxembourg Singles. 1 April 1990.
- ^ "49ers – Don't You Love Me". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 5 February 2026.
- ^ "49ers – Don't You Love Me". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 5 February 2026.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974–2003. Record Research. p. 101.
- ^ Cash Box Chart Entries 1990-1996
- ^ "Offizielle Deutsche Charts (West Germany)" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. To see the peak chart position, click 'TITEL VON', followed by the artist's name. Retrieved 5 February 2026.