"Don't Rush Me"
45 Single Cover
Single by Taylor Dayne
from the album Tell It to My Heart
B-side"In the Darkness"
ReleasedSeptember 1988 (1988)
GenreSynth-rock[1]
Length3:47
LabelArista
Songwriter(s)Alexandra Forbes, Jeff Franzel
Producer(s)Ric Wake
Taylor Dayne singles chronology
"I'll Always Love You"
(1988)		 "Don't Rush Me"
(1988)		 "With Every Beat of My Heart"
(1989)

"Don't Rush Me" is a song written by Alexandra Forbes and Jeff Franzel and performed by American singer Taylor Dayne. It was produced by Ric Wake. The song was released in the late summer of 1988 as the fourth single from Dayne's debut album Tell it to My Heart. The cover art of the single was used on the reissue of the album.

Reception and charts

The single reached number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 for one week (on January 21, 1989; it was behind Phil Collins's "Two Hearts"),[2] becoming Dayne's highest-charting single at the time, as well as number 3 on the Adult Contemporary chart and number 6 on the Dance chart. The music video also earned heavy rotation on VH-1 and MTV. The music video featured Dayne performing live during her promotional tour.

UK track list

  1. Extended Version 7:15
  2. Dub Version 5:41
  3. Single Version 3:47
  4. "In the Darkness"

Charts

References

  1. ↑ Breihan, Tom (September 10, 2021). "The Number Ones: Taylor Dayne's "Love Will Lead You Back". Stereogum. Retrieved December 2, 2023. The bland synth-rocker "Don't Rush Me" made it all the way to #2.
  2. ↑ "Billboard Hot 100". 1989-01-21. Retrieved 2016-03-15.
  3. ↑ "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 2014-06-17". imgur.com. Archived from the original on 2014-11-29. Retrieved 2015-08-05.
  4. ↑ Canada Top Singles peak RPM Magazine
  5. ↑ "German charts archive". charts.de. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
  6. ↑ "Official Charts > Taylor Dayne". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 2017-11-28.
  7. 1 2 3 "Billboard chart positions". BillboardAllmusic. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
  8. ↑ "Top Singles - Volume 51, No. 8, December 23, 1989". RPM. December 23, 1999. Archived from the original on September 7, 2017. Retrieved November 22, 2017.
  9. ↑ "1989 The Year in Music: Top Pop Singles". Billboard. 101 (51): Y-22. December 23, 1989.
  10. ↑ "Billboard Top 100 – 1989".


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