Don't Call This Love

"Don't Call This Love" is a song by the Scottish singer Leon Jackson, released on 12 October 2008 on CD and as a digital download.

"Don't Call this Love" entered the United Kingdom chart at No.3, behind Pink's "So What" and Peter Kay's "The Winners Song".

In Jackson's native country of Scotland, "Don't Call this Love" debuted at number one on the Scottish Singles Charts, remaining on the top position for two weeks.

"Don't Call this Love" received largely positive reviews from media critics following its release.

Digital Spy commented "Don't Call this Love is a thoroughly pleasant, classic-sounding ballad that anyone from Ronan Keating to Cliff Richard could carry off", further stating that "the luxuriant strings swell in all the right places, and Jackson's vocals are just are as smooth as they were on The X Factor, but there's a lack of character here that the glossy production can't quite disguise[10]".

Meanwhile, the BBC stated "there's really nothing going on here that isn't on your average James Morrison or Adele single, so the 'authentic music' brigade can shut up too.

The following week, "Don't Call this Love" fell to number eleven on the UK charts, slipping out of the top ten entirely.

[23] In Ireland, "Don't Call this Love" debuted at number eight on the Irish Singles Charts, where it remained within the top 100 for a further five weeks.

[26] The music video shows Jackson walking around a street watching some girls and later singing on a stage in a bar.

"Don't Call This Love" was covered by Swiss pop singer Stefanie Heinzmann, who recorded a studio version of the track on her debut album Masterplan which was released in March 2008.

Jackson performed the track as part of his 2009 Right Now tour in 2009