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About This Track
“Don’t Tell Me” is the first single of Avril Lavigne’s second studio album, Under My Skin, in 2004. The song was written by Avril Lavigne with instruments by Evan Taubenfeld, who featured in the music video for this song, and was produced by Butch Walker. The b-side, “Take Me Away”, also made it onto the album as the opener. The song starts with an acoustic pop rock intro, and then gets an alternative rock sound in the chorus.
The music video portrays Lavigne’s character’s telling her boyfriend to leave after he tried to pressure her into going farther sexually than she wanted to. She kicks him out of her apartment, and after he leaves, she throws and breaks a glass cup full of water against the wall and punches a mirror. She then continues to follow him as she sings lines such as “Did you think that I was gonna give it up to you, this time?” and “Don’t try to tell me what to do.” She follows him down the hall, out the apartment, and onto the streets. During the bridge, she appears in many places at once, and so it is obvious she is on her boyfriend’s mind.
The video was nominated at the 2004 MTV Video Music Awards in the category of Best Pop Video.
The song appears on Totally Hits 2004 Vol.2.
It is also the first music video where Lavigne exposes excessive amount of skin, making it her first contradiction (she had said that she will not wear ‘skanky’ clothes that seems like selling out, whereas she wants to ‘sell music.’)
The music video portrays Lavigne’s character’s telling her boyfriend to leave after he tried to pressure her into going farther sexually than she wanted to. She kicks him out of her apartment, and after he leaves, she throws and breaks a glass cup full of water against the wall and punches a mirror. She then continues to follow him as she sings lines such as “Did you think that I was gonna give it up to you, this time?” and “Don’t try to tell me what to do.” She follows him down the hall, out the apartment, and onto the streets. During the bridge, she appears in many places at once, and so it is obvious she is on her boyfriend’s mind.
The video was nominated at the 2004 MTV Video Music Awards in the category of Best Pop Video.
The song appears on Totally Hits 2004 Vol.2.
It is also the first music video where Lavigne exposes excessive amount of skin, making it her first contradiction (she had said that she will not wear ‘skanky’ clothes that seems like selling out, whereas she wants to ‘sell music.’)
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Ivyxxo wrote:
I've recently came to love this song.
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lucascu wrote:
this reminds me of... my puberty lol
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reynan_mtv wrote:
HIT
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alveseduardo wrote:
♥
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Violet-Heart wrote:
Don't try to tell me what to do! Don't try to tell me what to say!
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vickles_ wrote:
<3
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nastyboy1009 wrote:
totally underrated
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EC_lover56 wrote:
GET OUTTA MY HEAD, GET OFF OF MY BED, YEAH THATS WHAT I SAID!
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funperson13 wrote:
he was a punk she did ballet... *does insane little dance*
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AvrilkaSkate wrote:
to jest Sk8er Boi z Let Go, a nie Don't Tell Me z UMs. ;)
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Evrixxx wrote:
любимая
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BigChoupique wrote:
*rofl* @ Bruno
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KRISTENG87 wrote:
AWW I LOVE SK8R BOI!! :)
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rainrain717 wrote:
Sk8er Boi. Seriously Last.fm?
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jomabbs wrote:
Awwh not again.... come on LastFM... get it right!!!!
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candyepic wrote:
did you think that I was gonna give it up to you? [3]
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bruno__alves wrote:
one of the BEST BALLAD of all time.
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demz94 wrote:
This isn't Don't Tell Me!! It's Sk8er Boi lol
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lovesoundd wrote:
The single from her
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DedecaMonteiro wrote:
You're better off that way, yeah. [6] <3
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