"You Don't Love Me (No, No, No)" is a song by Jamaican recording artist Dawn Penn, released in February 1994 by Big Beat as the first single from her first studio album, No, No, No (1994).
[2] In Jamaica in 1967, Penn recorded a version of American R&B singer Willie Cobbs's song "You Don't Love Me", which "she first sang for Studio One.
[5][6] Dodd, who had lived for a while in the United States, imported American rhythm and blues records to play for his sound system entertainment businesses.
[3][5][6] It starts out with a drum roll, "then a chugging bass line kicks in and Penn's dreamy voice wails":[6] No no no, you don't love me and I know now (2×) 'Cause you left me baby, and I got no place to go now ...
Considine from The Baltimore Sun stated, "For all the roughneck aggression meted out by most dancehall stars, it's worth noting that Jamaican pop still has its sweet side, and few singers can put that point across as convincingly as Dawn Penn does on 'No, No, No'."
[24] Larry Flick from Billboard felt that Penn's "sultry vocal presence on this sailing, instantly memorable dancehall jam belies the pensive nature of the song's story of lost love.
"[32] Angela Lewis from NME wrote, No No No, you don't love me and I know now.... With just one line, Dawn Penn hits the rawest nerve in pop music's angst-ridden heart.
"[33] Paul Ablett from the RM Dance Update stated that "this Studio One classic from the golden age of reggae has been brilliantly re-recorded with the ragga production geniuses Steely & Clevie."
He added, "Despite digital drum and bass, it recaptures the original magic and once that horn break kicks in, you'll play it forever – an essential buy if ever there was one.
"[34] Another editor, James Hamilton, described it as a "gorgeous calmly moaned haunting simple old fashioned Studio One-style 81bm rock steady reggae swayer".
[36] Charles Aaron from Spin said that producers "quirked-up remake of the 1967 reggae classic made my speakers rumble and swoon when a radio DJ finally wised up.
[39] BBC Radio 1 disc jockey Chris Goldfinger named the song one of his favourites in 1996, adding, "This is the original version — she's been around a long time.
They wrote: "...dancehall producers Steely & Clevie polished her signature tune into her global comeback hit, wrapping Penn's heartbroken desperation in the sound of a lazy summer's afternoon.
"[42] In 2023, Billboard ranked it number 454 in their list of "500 Best Pop Songs of All Time",[2] saying, "The apex of forlorn rocksteady balladry, Dawn Penn’s seminal “You Don’t Love Me” harnessed the ’90s Stateside dancehall boom and turned that energy into a cutting breakup anthem so sharp that even Beyoncé and Rihanna have delivered their own renditions over the years."
Maurice Bottomley for PopMatters reviewed the song, writing "Stephen Marley leads Eve through a note-for-note re-creation of the Dawn Penn (‘90s version) rocksteady classic 'No, No, No'.
[66] English recording artist Lily Allen sampled the song for her "Shame for You", included on her debut studio album, Alright, Still (2006).
After being lifted out of a 20-foot train by a harness and over the audience, she was lowered to the B-stage, where she finished "Baby Boy" and continued with Penn's "You Don't Love Me (No, No, No)".