<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Ul> <Li> file </Li> <Li> help </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> file </Li> <Li> help </Li> </Ul> <P> "Don't Speak" is a song by the American rock band No Doubt . It was released in 1996 as the third single from the band's third studio album, Tragic Kingdom (1995). Vocalist Gwen Stefani and her brother Eric Stefani wrote the song, originally as a love song . The song went through several rewrites and new versions . Gwen Stefani modified it into a breakup song about her bandmate and ex-boyfriend Tony Kanal shortly after he ended their seven - year relationship . </P> <P> Despite the song's popularity, "Don't Speak" did not chart on the Billboard Hot 100 (as rules of the times required commercial singles for charting and one was not issued for the song), but it did reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay for sixteen weeks . Outside the United States, the song topped the charts in Australia, Canada, Iceland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom, becoming No Doubt's most successful international single . "Don't Speak" was nominated for Song of the Year and Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals at the 1998 Grammy Awards . </P>

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