“I Don't Love You” by My Chemical Romance

"I Don't Love You" was one of the first songs My Chemical Romance wrote for The Black Parade, their third album, which came out in 2006, and in April 2007 it became the record's third single. It's the album's emo power ballad, with the Patient, the character at the center of the album's story, calling time on a love affair.

All five members share the writing credit (Gerard Way, Mikey Way, Frank Iero, Ray Toro and Bob Bryar), Gerard Way wrote the lyrics, and the band produced it with Rob Cavallo before Chris Lord-Alge mixed it; Reprise released it. Marc Webb shot the video in stark black and white, cutting between a couple coming apart and the band playing. Reviewers responded to its emotional pull, it reached 13 in the UK, and it went platinum in both the US and Canada.

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