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{{Short description|1996 single by No Doubt}}
{{About|the No Doubt song|other uses|Don't Speak (disambiguation)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox song
| name          = Don't Speak
| cover         = Don't Speak.jpg
| alt           = 
| caption       = Artwork for non-US commercial releases
| type          = single
| artist        = [[No Doubt]]
| album         = [[Tragic Kingdom]]
| B-side        = {{plainlist|
* "[[Hey You!]]" (acoustic version)
* "Greener Pastures"
}}
| released      = 1996<ref>{{cite web | url=https://variety.com/2021/music/news/gwen-stefani-dont-speak-no-doubt-25th-anniversary-1234949114/ | title=As 'Don't Speak' Turns 25, Gwen Stefani Looks Back at the No Doubt Hit and Ahead to Her Next Musical Chapter | date=April 15, 2021 }}</ref>{{Dubious|date=January 2025|reason=The song did not start receiving adds on US radio until September 1996, and it is highly unlikely that the song was released anywhere else before then.}}
| recorded      = 
| studio        = 
| venue         = 
| genre         = [[Alternative rock]]
| length        = 4:24
| label         = [[Interscope Records|Interscope]]
| writer        = * [[Gwen Stefani]]
* [[Eric Stefani]]
| producer      = [[Matthew Wilder]]
| prev_title    = [[Spiderwebs (song)|Spiderwebs]]
| prev_year     = 1995
| next_title    = [[Excuse Me Mr.]]
| next_year     = 1996
| misc          = {{External music video|{{YouTube|TR3Vdo5etCQ|"Don't Speak"}}}}
}}

"'''Don't Speak'''" is a song by American rock band [[No Doubt]], featured on their third studio album, ''[[Tragic Kingdom]]'' (1995). Released as an album track in 1996 by [[Interscope Records]], the song was initially written as a love song by lead singer [[Gwen Stefani]] and her brother, former band member [[Eric Stefani]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BA8EAAAAMBAJ&dq=don%27t+speak&pg=PA94 | title=Billboard | date=April 5, 1997 }}</ref> However, after several revisions, Gwen reworked the lyrics into a breakup song, reflecting the end of her seven-year relationship with bandmate [[Tony Kanal]].<ref name='complex'>{{cite web |url= http://www.complex.com/music/2012/09/no-doubt-tells-all-the-stories-behind-their-classic-records/dont-speak|title=No Doubt Tells All: The Stories Behind Their Classic Records |last= Nostro |first= Lauren |date= September 25, 2012|website= complex.com|access-date=November 26, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Sieczkowski|first=Cavan|date=September 24, 2012|title=Gwen Stefani And Tony Kanal Talk About 'Brutal' Breakup & The Pain Of Performing 'Don't Speak'|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/24/gwen-stefani-tony-kanal-dont-speak-breakup-no-doubt_n_1909091.html|access-date=March 31, 2014|website=[[HuffPost]]}}</ref>

Despite the song's substantial airplay in the United States, "Don't Speak" was not allowed to appear on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] since a physical single was not issued for the song in the US, which was a rule at the time. Instead, "Don't Speak" topped the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Hot 100 Airplay (Radio Songs)|Hot 100 Airplay]] chart for 16 weeks. Outside the United States, it topped the charts in Australia, Canada, Iceland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom, becoming No Doubt's most successful international single. "Don't Speak" was nominated for [[Grammy Award for Song of the Year|Song of the Year]] and [[Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals|Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals]] at the [[40th Grammy Awards]].<ref name="Grammy1998">{{cite news|last=Strauss|first=Neil|date=January 7, 1998|title=Grammy Nominations Yield Surprises, Including Newcomer's Success|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/01/07/arts/grammy-nominations-yield-surprises-including-newcomer-s-success.html?pagewanted=all|access-date=April 24, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=January 6, 1998|title=List of Grammy award nominations|url=https://edition.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/9801/06/grammys.list/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181022175624/https://edition.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/9801/06/grammys.list/|archive-date=October 22, 2018|access-date=August 11, 2020|work=[[CNN]]}}</ref>

"Don't Speak" was ranked at number 495 on ''[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]'' magazine's "The 500 Greatest Songs Since You Were Born".<ref>{{cite web|date=October 2005|title=''The 500 Greatest Songs Since You Were Born'': 451–500|url=http://www.blender.com/guide/articles.aspx?ID=1760|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071214042717/http://www.blender.com/guide/articles.aspx?ID=1760|archive-date=December 14, 2007|access-date=December 21, 2007|work=[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]|publisher=Alpha Media Group Inc}}</ref> The song is a playable track in the 2009 video game ''[[Band Hero]]'',<ref>{{Cite web|last=Reilly|first=Jim|date=October 19, 2009|title=Band Hero Track List Revealed|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2009/10/19/band-hero-track-list-revealed|access-date=August 11, 2020|website=[[IGN]]}}</ref> and was also released as a [[2008 in downloadable songs for the Rock Band series|downloadable song]] for 2008's ''[[Rock Band 2]]'',<ref>{{Cite web|last=Burg|first=Dustin|date=December 9, 2008|title=No doubt, No Doubt Rock Band DLC now available|url=https://www.engadget.com/2008-12-09-no-doubt-no-doubt-rock-band-dlc-now-available.html|access-date=August 11, 2020|website=Engadget|language=en}}</ref> as well as part of the No Doubt Track Pack for ''[[Guitar Hero III]]''.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://majornelson.com/archive/2008/02/28/guitar-hero-iii-no-doubt-track-pack.aspx | title=''Guitar Hero III'': No Doubt Track Pack | access-date=February 28, 2008 | last=Hryb | first=Larry | author-link=Larry Hryb | date=February 28, 2008 | publisher=Major Nelson's Blog | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080301003015/http://majornelson.com/archive/2008/02/28/guitar-hero-iii-no-doubt-track-pack.aspx | archive-date=March 1, 2008 | url-status=dead }}</ref> The song has been [[Sampling (music)|sampled]] by multiple [[Hip hop music|hip hop]] artists, including in [[Rakim]]'s song "Dedicated"<ref>{{Cite web|date=November 22, 2009|title=Album Review: Rakim – The Seventh Seal (2009)|url=http://potholesinmyblog.com/album-review-rakim-the-seventh-seal-2009/|access-date=August 11, 2020|language=en-US|archive-date=August 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200811131104/http://potholesinmyblog.com/album-review-rakim-the-seventh-seal-2009/|url-status=dead}}</ref> and [[Ice Cube]]'s "War & Peace".<ref>{{Cite news|last=Hodari Coker|first=Cheo|author-link=Cheo Hodari Coker|date=December 1998 – January 1999|title=Ice Cube – 'War & Peace, Vol 1. (The War Disc)'|page=182|work=[[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe]]|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zywEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA182|access-date=August 11, 2020|issn=1070-4701}}{{Dead link|date=February 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

==Background and composition==
"Don't Speak" is an [[alternative rock]]<ref>{{cite web|date=February 14, 2020|title=The 50 Greatest Breakup Songs of All Time|url=https://www.theringer.com/music/2020/2/14/21137264/50-greatest-breakup-songs-ever-ranking|access-date=December 14, 2020|website=[[The Ringer (website)|The Ringer]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.idolator.com/7571295/gwen-stefani-lamb-anniversary-best-songs-feature-no-doubt?view-all&chrome=1|title=In Celebration Of Gwen Stefani: 12 Of The Best Songs From Our Favorite Hollaback Girl|date=November 21, 2014|access-date=December 7, 2021|website=Idolator|last=Gracie|first=Bianca}}{{Dead link|date=November 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/20-alternative-rock-music-videos-turning-20-in-2016-7318926/|title=20 Alternative Rock Music Videos Turning 20 in 2016|date=April 12, 2016|access-date=December 7, 2021|magazine=Billboard|last=Richin|first=Leslie}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Jeffries |first1=David |title=Gwen Stefani Biography |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/gwen-stefani-mn0000546214/biography |website=AllMusic |access-date=January 31, 2022}}</ref> [[Sentimental ballad#Power ballads|power ballad]]<ref>{{cite web|title=No Doubt : Singles 1992–2003|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews-nme-7253-310626|website=NME|date=September 12, 2005|access-date=April 18, 2022}}</ref> written by lead singer Gwen Stefani and her brother Eric Stefani, and produced by [[Matthew Wilder]]. It was originally a love song, but Stefani rewrote the lyrics almost completely after her breakup with the band's bass player Tony Kanal. According to her, "It used to be more upbeat, more of a Seventies rock-type thing. [When] Tony and I broke up... it turned into a sad song." The opening chords are reminiscent of the intro to the 1979 pop hit "[[Breakfast in America (song)|Breakfast in America]]" by the British rock band [[Supertramp]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Webb|first=Robery|date=August 5, 2010|title=Story of the song: 'Don't Speak', No Doubt, 1996|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/story-of-the-song-dont-speak-no-doubt-1996-2044589.html|access-date=November 26, 2017|work=[[The Independent]]}}</ref> A live version that exists from April 1994 shows off a bouncy tune that has the same skeleton as the released version, but not the same urgency.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Alper |first=Eric |date=February 19, 2022 |title=Here's The Original Version Of No Doubt's "Don't Speak" |url=https://www.thatericalper.com/2022/02/19/heres-the-original-version-of-no-doubts-dont-speak/ |access-date=November 15, 2023 |website=That Eric Alper |language=en-US}}</ref> The band performed part of the original song on ''[[VH1 Storytellers]]'' on August 10, 2000.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Flashback Friday: VH1's Storytellers|url=http://beaconstreetonline.net/no-doubt/flashback-friday-vh1-storytellers|access-date=August 11, 2020|website=Beacon Street Online|language=en-US}}</ref>

The band's lead guitarist [[Tom Dumont]] said about the song's composition: <blockquote> There's a lot of stories about that song, because that one unfolded over a longer period of time. Originally, Gwen's brother wrote most of that song, and then after we got at it as a band, Gwen changed the lyrics around to fit her life. Musically, we brought it to another level, but near the end we reworded it. There's an earlier version of the song where the verses are totally different, which is a really beautiful version and it's awesome but it's way more jazzy and really different. That song had a long incubation process.<ref name='complex' /></blockquote>

Sheet music for "Don't Speak" shows the [[Key (music)|key]] of [[E-flat major|E {{flat}} major]].<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Gwen|first1=Stefani|last2=Eric|first2=Stefani|last3=Doubt|first3=No|date=January 4, 2016|title=No Doubt "Don't Speak" Sheet Music in Eb Major|url=https://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0041289|access-date=June 30, 2021|website=Musicnotes.com}}</ref> A demo version also appeared on a demo CD, which was presented to Interscope Records prior to the release of ''Tragic Kingdom''.<ref>[http://www.muchmusic.com/insidemuch/stuff/gwen_and_tony_still_cool.asp] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090625185005/http://www.muchmusic.com/insidemuch/stuff/gwen_and_tony_still_cool.asp|date=June 25, 2009}}</ref>

==Critical reception==
British magazine ''[[Music Week]]'' rated the song three out of five, writing that "this Californian quartet sound more like Swedish [[Eurovision]] hopefuls on this debut UK offering but, if radio bites, it could be a smash."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1997/Music-Week-1997-02-01.pdf|title=Reviews: Singles|magazine=[[Music Week]]|date=February 1, 1997|page=27|accessdate=May 8, 2022}}</ref>

==Chart performance==
Upon release, "Don't Speak" immediately began to receive extensive airplay and it eventually became the most widely played song on American radio in 1996.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nodoubt.com/band/Articles/46TheFace.htm |title=No Doubt History Website |work=No Doubt Official Website |publisher=[[Interscope Records]]/[[Universal Music Group]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031121193608/http://www.nodoubt.com/band/Articles/46TheFace.htm |archive-date=November 21, 2003}}</ref> It reached number one on [[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'']]'s [[Hot 100 Airplay (Radio Songs)|Hot 100 Airplay]] chart and maintained that position for 16 non-consecutive weeks, a record at the time.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/artists-n/nodoubt_main.htm |title=No Doubt |publisher=Rock On The Net |access-date=January 16, 2007}}</ref> Despite its copious airplay, "Don't Speak" was not allowed to chart on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] since no commercial single was released for it in the United States (a requirement for charting purposes at the time).<ref>{{cite web | url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/no-doubt-missed-out-number-one-song/ | title=How No Doubt missed out on their only number one song | date=August 17, 2022 }}</ref> [[Slate (magazine)|''Slate'']] magazine music critic Chris Molanphy has stated that if the song had been eligible to chart, it almost certainly would have claimed the number one spot.<ref>{{Cite podcast|url=http://www.slate.com/articles/podcasts/hit_parade/2017/09/the_story_of_how_the_recording_industry_made_you_pay_a_premium_for_90s_hit.html|title=The Great War Against the Single Edition|work=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]|last=Molanphy|first=Chris|date=September 29, 2017|access-date=May 19, 2019}}</ref> An import CD did sell in the US, but this format was not allowed to chart either.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Hot 100 Singles Spotlight|last=Sandiford-Waller|first=Theda|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|volume=109|issue=11|page=117|date=March 15, 1997|quote=However, a CD single import of 'Don't Speak' has found its way stateside. Import sales are not counted toward the Hot 100.}}</ref>

On other ''Billboard'' charts, "Don't Speak" stayed at number two on [[Alternative Airplay|Modern Rock Tracks]] chart for five consecutive weeks.<ref name="Allmusic">{{cite web |url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=tragic-kingdom-mw0000179531|tab=awards|pure_url=yes}} |title=Tragic Kingdom > Awards > Billboard Singles |work=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=August 1, 2007}}</ref> The song also proved to be a crossover hit, reaching number one on the [[Adult Top 40]] chart for 15 consecutive weeks as well as numbers six and nine on the [[Adult Contemporary (chart)|Adult Contemporary]] and [[Rhythmic (chart)|Rhythmic Top 40]] charts, respectively.<ref name="Allmusic"/> It was ultimately placed at number one on the Hot 100 Airplay year-end chart of 1997.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/1997/bbyearend.htm |title=Billboard: 1997 Year-End Chart-Toppers |publisher=Rock On The Net |access-date=January 16, 2007}}</ref>
 
Internationally, "Don't Speak" was also very successful. In February 1997, it peaked at number one in both the United Kingdom and Ireland for three weeks. Elsewhere in Europe, "Don't Speak" reached the top position in Belgium, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland. Australia was another major music market where the song received widespread airplay, debuting at number one and maintaining the peak position for eight weeks.

==Music video==
The video was directed by [[Sophie Muller]] and it is the first of the long-time collaboration between the band and the director. Before the music starts, at the beginning of the [[music video]], there is a scene of Kanal picking a rotten orange from a tree (these scenes are usually cut out when [[VH1]] airs this video). The majority of the video for "Don't Speak" takes place on Stage 2 at Mack Sennett Studios in [[Silver Lake, Los Angeles|Silver Lake]] as the band plays. Other scenes tell the story of how the media mainly focused on Stefani while the band was always in the background.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1432748/19970117/no_doubt.jhtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010506141209/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1432748/19970117/no_doubt.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 6, 2001 |title=It's No Doubt, Not The Gwen Stefani Experience |publisher=[[MTV News]] |date=January 17, 1997 |access-date=December 24, 2006}}</ref> The second half of the video features snippets of live footage filmed during the band's performance with [[Dog Eat Dog (band)|Dog Eat Dog]] and [[Goldfinger (band)|Goldfinger]] at the [[Roseland Ballroom]] in [[New York City]] on August 21, 1996. The video also features clips of Dumont playing together with [[Foo Fighters]] guitarist [[Pat Smear]]. The video ends with Kanal replacing the orange in the tree, which is actually footage of Kanal in reverse pulling the orange off.

Tensions in the band had been running high and they reportedly were on the verge of breaking up the day before they were scheduled to film the video. They decided to go ahead and film it as a form of "therapy".

The video won the award for [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Group Video|Best Group Video]] and was nominated for [[MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year|Video of the Year]] at the [[1997 MTV Video Music Awards]]. It has one billion views on [[YouTube]] as of May 2023, and 700 million of the views come from 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 alone. The video, now remastered in [[4K resolution|4K]], was uploaded on October 7, 2009.

There is an alternate version of the video showing just the live performance part. Both versions of the video are included on the DVD release ''[[The Videos 1992–2003]]'' (2004).

==Track listings==
'''Australian, Japanese, and UK CD single'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Don't Speak|others=[[No Doubt]]|year=1997|type=Australian & UK CD single liner notes|publisher=[[Interscope Records]], [[Trauma Records]], [[MCA Records]]|id=IND 95515}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Don't Speak|others=No Doubt|year=1997|type=Japanese CD single liner notes|publisher=Interscope Records, Trauma Records, MCA Records|id=MVCP-13008}}</ref>
# "Don't Speak" – 4:23
# "Don't Speak" (alternate version) – 4:23 (*)
# "Hey You" (acoustic version) – 3:27 (*)
# "Greener Pastures" (from ''The Beacon Street Collection'' album) – 5:05

'''European CD single; UK 7-inch and cassette single'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Don't Speak|others=No Doubt|year=1997|type=European CD single liner notes|publisher=Interscope Records, Trauma Records, MCA Records|id=IND 97505}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Don't Speak|others=No Doubt|year=1997|type=UK 7-inch single sleeve|publisher=Interscope Records, Trauma Records, MCA Records|id=INSP 95515}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Don't Speak|others=No Doubt|year=1997|type=UK cassette single sleeve|publisher=Interscope Records, Trauma Records, MCA Records|id=INC 95515}}</ref>
# "Don't Speak" – 4:23
# "Greener Pastures" (from ''[[The Beacon Street Collection]]'' album) – 5:05

<small>(*) Recorded at [[York Street Studios]], [[Auckland]], New Zealand, in September 1996.</small>

==Charts==
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===Weekly charts===
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|+ 1996{{ndash}}1997 weekly chart performance for "Don't Speak"
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{{single chart|Australia|1|artist=No Doubt|song=Don't Speak|rowheader=true|access-date=June 26, 2016|refname="ultratop"}}
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{{single chart|Austria|2|artist=No Doubt|song=Don't Speak|rowheader=true|access-date=March 13, 2018|refname="Austria"}}
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{{single chart|Flanders|1|artist=No Doubt|song=Don't Speak|rowheader=true|access-date=June 26, 2016|refname="Flanders"}}
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{{single chart|Wallonia|2|artist=No Doubt|song=Don't Speak|rowheader=true|access-date=June 26, 2016|refname="Wallonia"}}
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{{single chart|Canadatopsingles|1|chartid=9806|rowheader=true|access-date=June 26, 2016|refname="Canada"}}
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{{single chart|Canadaadultcontemporary|7|chartid=7759|rowheader=true|access-date=June 20, 2018}}
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{{single chart|Canadarock|4|chartid=9794|rowheader=true|access-date=June 26, 2016|refname="Canadarock"}}
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!scope="row"|Denmark ([[IFPI Danmark|IFPI]])<ref name="Denmark">{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1997/MM-1997-02-15.pdf|title=Top National Sellers|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=14|issue=7|page=18|date=February 15, 1997|access-date=November 18, 2020}}</ref>
|1
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!scope="row"|Europe ([[European Hot 100 Singles]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jove.prohosting.com/euro100/archive/1997/1997-14.txt|title=The Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|work=Music & Media|date=April 5, 1997|access-date=July 1, 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091009000035/http://jove.prohosting.com/euro100/archive/1997/1997-14.txt|archive-date=October 9, 2009}}</ref>
|1
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{{single chart|Finland|4|artist=No Doubt|song=Don't Speak|rowheader=true|access-date=June 26, 2016|refname="Finland"}}
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{{single chart|France|4|artist=No Doubt|song=Don't Speak|rowheader=true|access-date=June 26, 2016|refname="France"}}
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{{single chart|Germany|2|songid=3366|artist=No Doubt|song=Don't Speak|rowheader=true|access-date=June 26, 2016|refname="Germany"}}
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!scope="row"|Hungary ([[Mahasz]])<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1997/MM-1997-04-26.pdf|title=Top National Sellers|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=14|issue=17|page=28|date=April 26, 1997|access-date=June 21, 2018}}</ref> 
|1
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!scope="row"|Iceland ([[Íslenski listinn|Íslenski Listinn Topp 40]])<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timarit.is/page/2949331#page/n1/mode/2up|title=Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 (26.12.1996 – 08.01.1997)|newspaper=Dagblaðið Vísir|language=is|page=20|date=December 27, 1996|access-date=February 5, 2018}}</ref>
|1
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{{single chart|Ireland2|1|song=Don't Speak|rowheader=true|access-date=June 26, 2016|refname="Ireland"}}
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!scope="row"|Italy (''[[Musica e dischi]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/90s/1997/Billboard-1997-04-19.pdf|title=Hits of the World – Italy|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|volume=109|issue=16|page=62|date=April 19, 1997|access-date=June 4, 2020}}</ref>
|11
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!scope="row"|Italy Airplay (''[[Music & Media]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1997/MM-1997-02-15.pdf|title=Major Market Airplay: Italy|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=14|issue=7|page=27|date=15 February 1997}}</ref>
| 1
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!scope="row"|Lithuania ([[M-1 (Lithuanian radio station)|M-1]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://m-1.fm/top40/?topid=1391|title=M-1 TOP 40|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402124904/http://m-1.fm/top40/?topid=1391|date=February 23, 1997|archive-date=April 2, 2015|access-date=March 28, 2022}}</ref>
|1
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{{single chart|Dutch40|1|year=1996|week=52|rowheader=true|access-date=June 26, 2016|refname="Dutch40"}}
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{{single chart|Dutch100|1|artist=No Doubt|song=Don't Speak|rowheader=true|access-date=December 31, 2017}}
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{{single chart|New Zealand|1|artist=No Doubt|song=Don't Speak|rowheader=true|access-date=June 26, 2016|refname="New Zealand"}}
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{{single chart|Norway|1|artist=No Doubt|song=Don't Speak|rowheader=true|access-date=June 26, 2016|refname="Norway"}}
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!scope="row"|Romania ([[Romanian Top 100]])<ref name="rt100">{{cite web|url=http://www.rt100.ro:80/topul-anului-1997.html|title=Romanian Top 100: Top of the Year 1997|language=ro|publisher=[[Romanian Top 100]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050922001105/http://www.rt100.ro/topul-anului-1997.html|archive-date=September 22, 2005}}</ref>
|1
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{{single chart|Scotland|1|rowheader=true|date=19970216|access-date=June 26, 2016|refname="Scotland"}}
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!scope="row"|Spain ([[Productores de Música de España|AFYVE]])<ref>{{cite book|last=Salaverri|first=Fernando|title=Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002|edition=1st|date=September 2005|publisher=Fundación Autor-SGAE|location=Spain|isbn=978-84-8048-639-2}}</ref>
|2
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{{single chart|Sweden|1|artist=No Doubt|song=Don't Speak|rowheader=true|access-date=June 26, 2016|refname="Sweden"}}
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{{single chart|Switzerland|1|artist=No Doubt|song=Don't Speak|rowheader=true|access-date=June 26, 2016|refname="Switzerland"}}
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{{single chart|UKsinglesbyname|1|artist=No Doubt|artistid=1680|rowheader=true|access-date=June 26, 2016|refname="United Kingdom"}}
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{{single chart|Billboardadultalternativesongs|12|artist=No Doubt|rowheader=true|access-date=June 26, 2016}}
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{{single chart|Billboardadultcontemporary|6|artist=No Doubt|rowheader=true|access-date=June 26, 2016|refname="Billboard contemporary"}}
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{{single chart|Billboardadultpopsongs|1|artist=No Doubt|rowheader=true|access-date=June 26, 2016|refname="Billboard adultpop"}}
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{{single chart|Billboardalternativesongs|2|artist=No Doubt|rowheader=true|access-date=June 26, 2016|refname="Billboard alternative"}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboardpopsongs|1|artist=No Doubt|rowheader=true|access-date=June 26, 2016|refname="Billboard pop"}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboardradiosongs|1|artist=No Doubt|rowheader=true|access-date=June 26, 2016|refname="Billboard hot-100"}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboardrhythmic|9|artist=No Doubt|rowheader=true|access-date=June 26, 2016|refname="Billboard rhythmic"}}
|}
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ 2023{{ndash}}2024 weekly chart performance for "Don't Speak"
!scope="col"|Chart (2023{{ndash}}2024)
!scope="col"|Peak<br/>position
|-
! scope="row"| Kazakhstan Airplay ([[TopHit]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tophit.com/chart/top/radio/hits/kz/weekly/20230609-20230615|title=Top Radio Hits Kazakhstan Weekly Chart: Jun 15, 2023|publisher=[[TopHit]]|access-date=February 24, 2025}}</ref>
| 85
|-
!scope="row"|Poland ([[Polish music charts|Polish Airplay Top 100]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olis.pl/charts/oficjalna-lista-airplay|title=OLiS – oficjalna lista airplay|publisher=[[OLiS]]|language=pl|access-date=November 13, 2024|type=Select week 02.11.2024–08.11.2024.}}</ref>
|83
|}
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===Year-end charts===
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ 1996 year-end chart performance for "Don't Speak"
!scope="col"|Chart (1996)
!scope="col"|Position
|-
!scope="row"|Sweden (Topplistan)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/43?dspy=1996&dspp=1|title=Årslista Singlar, 1996|publisher=[[Sverigetopplistan]]|language=sv|access-date=July 7, 2020}}</ref>
|16
|}
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ 1997 year-end chart performance for "Don't Speak"
!scope="col"|Chart (1997)
!scope="col"|Position
|-
!scope="row"|Australia (ARIA)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/1997/singles-chart|title=ARIA Top 100 Singles for 1997|publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA]]|access-date=November 18, 2020}}</ref>
|8
|-
!scope="row"|Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://austriancharts.at/year.asp?cat=s&id=1997|title=Jahreshitparade Singles 1997|language=de|access-date=June 20, 2018}}</ref>
|5
|-
!scope="row"|Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=1997|title=Jaaroverzichten 1997|publisher=[[Ultratop]]|language=nl|access-date=June 20, 2018}}</ref>
|10
|-
!scope="row"|Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=1997|title=Rapports annuels 1997|publisher=[[Ultratop]]|language=fr|access-date=June 20, 2018}}</ref>
|7
|-
!scope="row"|Canada Top Singles (''RPM'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.3416&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.3416.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.3416|title=RPM '97 Year End Top 100 Hit Tracks|magazine=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|via=[[Library and Archives Canada]]|access-date=June 20, 2018}}</ref>
|11
|-
!scope="row"|Canada Adult Contemporary (''RPM'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.7905&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.7905.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.7905|title=RPM '97 Year End Top 100 Adult Contemporary Tracks|magazine=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|via=[[Library and Archives Canada]]|access-date=June 20, 2018}}</ref>
|43
|-
!scope="row"|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1997/MM-1997-12-27.pdf|title=Year in Focus – Eurochart Hot 100 Singles 1997|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=14|issue=52|page=7|date=December 27, 1997|access-date=February 4, 2020}}</ref>
|3
|-
!scope="row"|France (SNEP)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://snepmusique.com/les-tops/le-top-de-lannee/top-singles-annee/?annee=1997|title=Tops de L'année {{!}} Top Singles 1997|publisher=[[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|SNEP]]|language=fr|access-date=July 7, 2020}}</ref>
|18
|-
!scope="row"|Germany (Media Control)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/single-jahr/for-date-1997|title=Top 100 Single–Jahrescharts 1997|publisher=[[GfK Entertainment]]|language=de|access-date=October 24, 2015}}</ref>
|6
|-
!scope="row"|Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timarit.is/page/2963913?iabr=on#page/n15/mode/2up/|title=Árslistinn 1997 – Íslenski Listinn – 100 Vinsælustu Lögin|newspaper=[[DV (newspaper)|Dagblaðið Vísir]]|language=is|page=25|date=January 2, 1998|access-date=February 15, 2020}}</ref>
|13
|-
!scope="row"|Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.top40.nl/bijzondere-lijsten/top-100-jaaroverzichten/1997|title=Top 100–Jaaroverzicht van 1997|publisher=[[Dutch Top 40]]|access-date=March 6, 2020}}</ref>
|6
|-
!scope="row"|Netherlands (Single Top 100)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1997&cat=s|title=Jaaroverzichten 1997|publisher=[[MegaCharts]]|language=nl|access-date=June 20, 2018}}</ref>
|22
|-
!scope="row"|New Zealand (RIANZ)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-singles/1997-12-31|title=End of Year Charts 1997|publisher=[[Recorded Music NZ]]|access-date=February 15, 2020}}</ref>
|30
|-
!scope="row"|Romania (Romanian Top 100)<ref name="rt100"/>
|2
|-
!scope="row"|Sweden (Topplistan)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/43?dspy=1997&dspp=1|title=Årslista Singlar, 1997|publisher=[[Sverigetopplistan]]|language=sv|access-date=July 7, 2020}}</ref>
|57
|-
!scope="row"|Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://swisscharts.com/charts/jahreshitparade/1997|title=Swiss Year-End Charts 1997|language=de|access-date=June 20, 2018}}</ref>
|5
|-
!scope="row"|UK Singles (OCC)<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Top 100 Singles 1997|magazine=[[Music Week]]|page=27|date=January 17, 1998}}</ref>
|7
|-
!scope="row"|US Adult Contemporary (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/Billboard-Airplay/1997/BBAM-1997-12-28.pdf|title=Most Played Adult Contemporary Songs of 1997|magazine=[[Billboard Magazine|Billboard]]|volume=5|issue=52|page=56|date=December 26, 1997|access-date=January 8, 2021}}</ref>
|26
|-
!scope="row"|US Adult Top 40 (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/Billboard-Airplay/1997/BBAM-1997-12-28.pdf|title=Most Played Adult Top 40 Songs of 1997|magazine=[[Billboard Magazine|Billboard]]|volume=5|issue=52|page=55|date=December 26, 1997|access-date=January 8, 2021}}</ref>
|5
|-
!scope="row"|US Hot 100 Airplay (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine| title = Billboard (1997-12-27 – 1998-01-03)| magazine = Billboard | url = https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1997/Billboard-1997-12-27.pdf| date = December 27, 1997 | publisher = Nielsen Business Media Inc }}</ref>
|1
|-
!scope="row"|US Modern Rock Tracks (''Billboard'')<ref name=“YE1997”>{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0g0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=SL680-PA73 |title=Hot Modern Rock Tracks |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |volume=109 |issue=52 |date=December 27, 1997 |access-date=January 8, 2021 |page=YE-73}}</ref>
|33
|-
!scope="row"|US Rhythmic Top 40 (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard-Airplay/Billboard-Airplay/1997/BBAM-1997-12-28.pdf|title=Most Played Rhythmic Top 40 Songs Of 1997|magazine=[[Billboard Magazine|Billboard]]|volume=5|issue=52|page=42|date=December 26, 1997|access-date=January 8, 2021}}</ref> 
|30
|-
!scope="row"|US Top 40/Mainstream (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard-Airplay/Billboard-Airplay/1997/BBAM-1997-12-28.pdf|title=Most Played Mainstream Top 40 Songs Of 1997|magazine=[[Billboard Magazine|Billboard]]|volume=5|issue=52|page=38|date=December 26, 1997|access-date=January 8, 2021}}</ref>
|1
|}

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ 2024 year-end chart performance for "Don't Speak"
! scope="col"| Chart (2024)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| Kazakhstan Airplay (TopHit)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tophit.com/chart/top/radio/hits/kz/annual/2024|title=Top Radio Hits Kazakhstan Annual Chart: 2024|publisher=[[TopHit]]|access-date=January 6, 2025}}</ref>
| 192
|}

===All-time chart===
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
!scope="col"|Chart
!scope="col"|Position
|-
!scope="row"|UK Singles (OCC)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-uks-biggest-selling-singles-of-all-time__21298/|title=The UK's biggest selling singles of all time|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|access-date=July 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180624234820/http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-uks-biggest-selling-singles-of-all-time__21298/|archive-date=June 24, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
|159
|}
{{col-end}}

==Certifications==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=single|region=Australia|title=Don't Speak|artist=No Doubt|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=1996|certyear=1997|access-date=August 23, 2022}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=single|region=Austria|title=Don't Speak|artist=No Doubt|award=Gold|relyear=1996|certyear=1997|access-date=August 23, 2022}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Belgium|artist=No Doubt|type=single|award=Platinum|relyear=1996|certyear=1997|access-date=September 28, 2011}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=single|region=Denmark|title=Don't Speak|artist=No Doubt|award=Gold|relyear=1996|certyear=2023|id=12991|access-date=October 8, 2023}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=single|region=France|title=Don't Speak|artist=No Doubt|award=Gold|certyear=1997|access-date=September 28, 2011}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=single|region=Germany|title=Don't Speak|artist=No Doubt|award=Platinum|relyear=1996|certyear=1997|access-date=September 28, 2011}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=single|region=Italy|title=Don't Speak|artist=No Doubt|award=Gold|relyear=1996|certyear=2018|id=5787|access-date=August 13, 2018}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=single|region=New Zealand|title=Don't Speak|artist=No Doubt|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=1996|certyear=2024|source=radioscope|access-date=February 6, 2025}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=single|region=Netherlands|title=Don't Speak|artist=No Doubt|award=Gold|relyear=1996|certyear=1997|access-date=August 23, 2022}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=single|region=Norway|title=Don't Speak|artist=No Doubt|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=1996|certyear=1997|nosales=true|access-date=August 23, 2022}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Sweden|artist=No Doubt|type=single|award=Gold|relmonth=4|relyear=1996|certyear=1997|access-date=September 28, 2011}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=single|region=Switzerland|title=Don't Speak|artist=No Doubt|award=Platinum|relyear=1996|certyear=1997|access-date=September 28, 2011}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=single|region=United Kingdom|title=Don't Speak|artist=No Doubt|award=Platinum|number=3|relyear=1996|certyear=2025|id=1901-1690-1|access-date=May 23, 2025}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|artist=No Doubt|title=Don't Speak|award=Platinum|number=3|type=single|relyear=2005|certyear=2023|access-date=July 7, 2023|refname="RIAA"}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|streaming=true}}

==Release history==
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
!scope="col"|Region
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Format(s)
!scope="col"|Label(s)
!scope="col"|{{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
!scope="row"|United States
|1996
|Radio
|{{hlist|[[Interscope Records|Interscope]]|[[Trauma Records|Trauma]]}}
|{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}
|-
!scope="row"|United Kingdom
|February 10, 1997
|{{hlist|7-inch vinyl|CD|cassette}}
|{{hlist|Interscope|Trauma|[[MCA Records|MCA]]}}
|<ref>{{cite magazine|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=[[Music Week]]|page=26|date=February 8, 1997}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|Japan
|February 21, 1997
|CD
|{{hlist|Interscope|MCA}}
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/121370/products/162598/1/|title=ドント・スピーク {{!}} ノー・ダウト|trans-title=Don't Speak {{!}} No Doubt|publisher=[[Oricon]]|language=ja|access-date=August 31, 2023}}</ref>
|}

==Cover versions==
*[[Niamh Perry]] covered the song during her time on ''[[I'd Do Anything (2008 TV series)|I'd Do Anything]]'' in 2008.
*In 2012, it was covered by various members of the ''[[Glee (TV series)|Glee]]'' cast for the episode "[[The Break Up (Glee)|The Break Up]]" before subsequently being released as a single.<ref>{{YouTube|SnQyD-1rfe8<!-- |h=Glee10Anos|playlist=PLY9RlJBrN834jVDb6yXGfSD_hmEOOUTCo -->|title=The Scientist (Studio Version/Edit) — Glee 10 Anos}}</ref>
*[[Leela James]] covered the song on her album ''[[A Change Is Gonna Come (Leela James album)|A Change Is Gonna Come]]''.
*In 2013, [[Jiordan Tolli]] performed the song on the [[The X Factor (Australia season 5)|fifth season]] of ''[[The X Factor (Australian TV series)|The X Factor Australia]]'' during week six. Her performance gained positive feedback from the judges.
*[[Carly Rae Jepsen]] released a cover of the song recorded live at [[Electric Lady Studios]] in New York City as one of her ''Spotify Singles.''
*[[New Years Day (band)|New Years Day]] released a cover of the song as a part of their 2018 EP ''Diary of a Creep''.
*In October 2020, Stefani performed a "countrified version" of the song as part of a [[Sketch comedy|skit]] on ''[[The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon]]'' where [[Jimmy Fallon|Fallon]] portrayed the character Buck Pinto promoting a fictitious [[album]] ''Gwen's Gone Country''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.kerrang.com/the-news/watch-gwen-stefani-put-a-country-twist-on-these-no-doubt-hits/|title=Watch Gwen Stefani put a country twist on these No Doubt Hits|last=Carter|first=Emily|date=October 21, 2020|work=[[Kerrang!]]|access-date=October 23, 2013}}</ref>
*In September 2021, [[Scott Bradlee]]'s [[Postmodern Jukebox]] released "a ‘60s orchestral pop style remake" of "Don't Speak" featuring [[Haley Reinhart]] on vocals. As of July 2024, it has 8 million views on [[YouTube]].
*In 2022, Japanese rock band [[Coldrain]] released a cover of "Don't Speak" on their seventh studio album ''[[Nonnegative (album)|Nonnegative]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wallofsoundau.com/2022/07/05/coldrain-nonnegative-album-review/|title=coldrain – Nonnegative (Album Review)|publisher=Wall of Sound|last=Valentine|first=Simon|date=July 5, 2022|access-date=July 6, 2022}}</ref>
*Indoor percussion ensemble [[Rhythm X]] performed an arrangement of “Don’t Speak” as part of their 2023 bronze medal show The Unspoken.

==Notes==
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==References==
* [{{Allmusic|class=song|id=dont-speak-mt0005107804|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic]. Retrieved October 28, 2010.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110716060243/http://www.nodoubt.com/band/ Official No Doubt Website]. Retrieved October 28, 2010.
* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050501154111/http://www.nodoubt.com/band/Articles/46TheFace.htm |date=May 1, 2005 |title=Article on Official Website}}.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070211192326/http://www.nodoubt.com/lyrics/DontSpk.asp Swiss Charts]. Retrieved October 28, 2010.

==External links==
* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070211192326/http://www.nodoubt.com/lyrics/DontSpk.asp |date=February 11, 2007 |title=Lyrics and guitar tablature}}.

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