Dawn Penn's "You Don't Love Me (No, No, No)"

One Song

Hartbeat

Music Commentary, Music Interviews, Onesong, Comedy, Music

4.9 • 876 Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Wake the town and tell the people! This week, Diallo and LUXXURY explore the cultural conversation between the U.S. and Jamaica through the lens of Dawn Penn’s 1994 dancehall classic “You Don’t Love Me (No, No, No). They trace the melody’s origins in blues music, follow its evolution into reggae, and highlight why out of so many versions, it’s Dawn Penn’s rendition that makes you wanna wine up. Say goodbye to sticky notes and calendar confusion with the Skylight Calendar. Go to SkylightCal.com/OneSong today for $30 off your 15 inch calendar. Songs Discussed: "You Don't Love Me (No, No, No)" - Dawn Penn "Daughters of the Kaos" - Luscious Jackson "Freaks" - Vicious feat. Doug E. Fresh "Ring the Alarm" - Tenor Saw "Bam Bam" - Sister Nancy "Pose Off" - Red Fox feat. Screechy Dan "Simmer Down" - The Skatalites feat. Bob Marley and The Wailers "You Don't Love Me" - Willie Cobbs "She's Fine, She's Mine" - Bo Diddley "Fool For Love" - Prince Jazzbo "Concrete Jungle" - Big Youth "No, No, No" - K.C. White "For Health And Strength" - Triston Palmer "Fish Market" - Steely & Clevie "Wake The Town" - U-Roy "Girl I've Got a Date" - Alton Ellis "No No No" - Ghostface Killah "No, No, No" - Jae Millz "Yes, Yes, Yes (Jah Jah Loves Me)" - Dawn Penn "Cloud 909" - Lone One Song Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/40SIOpVROmrxTjOtH7Q1yw?si=2ddf2f1fcdd44d42 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, Lexery, so I was thinking today's song is really unlike any other that we've ever done before.
0:05.2	I could not agree more, Diallo. Today's song is the epic journey of one melody that has been
0:10.3	interpolated, covered, remixed, versioned, and sampled for 70 years by everyone from Big Youte to
0:15.7	Beyonce. And today's song is in our humble opinion. The version. It is the one.
0:21.6	The version.
0:25.8	When it was released in 1994, it was a global hit charting in the U.S., UK, Austria, Netherlands, Switzerland, and New Zealand.
0:29.4	So we're down and down to people about the music and podcast coming your way.
0:33.9	Exactly.
0:34.2	We're talking about one song.
0:36.2	I think.
0:36.6	That was genius.
0:37.4	We're talking about one song We're talking about one song
0:38.9	And that song is
0:40.0	You Don't Love Me
0:41.2	No No by Don Penn
0:43.8	No, no
0:46.0	No
0:46.7	You don't love me
0:53.0	And I know now You don't love me and I'm on a.
0:59.7	I'm actor, writer-director and sometimes DJ Diallo Riddle.
1:07.3	And I'm producer, DJ, songwriter, and musicologist Luxury, aka the guy who
1:11.0	whispers, interpolation. And this is one song. The show where we break down the stems and
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