"Don't Marry Her" is a song by English pop rock group the Beautiful South and the opening track on their fifth studio album, Blue Is the Colour (1996).
[2] It was written by Paul Heaton and Dave Rotheray, and produced by Jon Kelly.
Vocalist Jacqui Abbott begs a man to run away with her from the woman he is going to marry and attempts to sway him by describing what she thinks married life with the other woman will be like, painting an uninviting picture.
Jennifer Nine from Melody Maker noted the "gleefully repetitive chorus" in the "syrup-and-venom" song.
[3] A reviewer from Music Week gave "Don't Marry Her" three out of five, writing, "Some strong guitar riffs appear in this country-tinged follow up to their huge radio hit 'Rotterdam', but Jacqueline Abbot's vocal will be too saccharine for some ears.