"Don't Tell Me You Love Me" is a song by Night Ranger written by Jack Blades from their 1982 album, Dawn Patrol.
[2] The song was re-recorded for the music video game Rock Band and was released as downloadable content.
Singer Jack Blades was thinking about a hypothetical relationship that is "fun and happy" until one person confesses they love the other, at which point tension begins.
He didn't think he had written enough lyrics, but his producer convinced him he had conveyed the message of the song sufficiently in those few words.
[3] The song's music video that was played on MTV, which shows the band performing the song on rail tracks in front of an oncoming train, was directed by Daniel Halperin[4] and produced by Paul Flattery.