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“Don't Marry Her (Fuck Me)” by The Beautiful South
“Don't Marry Her (Fuck Me)” by The Beautiful South appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2001. Its best result is #484 on the Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2001). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #7,504 alternative song of all time.
The Beautiful South opened their fifth album, Blue Is the Colour, with "Don't Marry Her", and it's pop with a knife held behind its back. Paul Heaton and Dave Rotheray wrote it, Jon Kelly produced it, and Jacqui Abbott sings it as the other woman: she pleads with a man to run off with her instead of going through with his wedding, and paints the married life waiting for him with his bride in the bleakest colors she can find. It's a seduction dressed up as a warning.
Go! Discs released it as a single late in 1996, and it reached number eight on the UK Singles Chart and went platinum in Britain.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 484 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 500 |
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