Don't Rush Me
| "Don't Rush Me" | ||||
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| Single by Taylor Dayne | ||||
| from the album Tell It to My Heart | ||||
| B-side | "In the Darkness" | |||
| Released | October 24, 1988 | |||
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| Length | 3:47 | |||
| Label | Arista | |||
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| Producer(s) | Ric Wake | |||
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| "Don't Rush Me" on YouTube | ||||
"Don't Rush Me" is a song performed by American singer Taylor Dayne, released as the fourth single from her debut studio album Tell It to My Heart (1988). It was written by Alexandra Forbes and Jeff Franzel, with production provided by Ric Wake. It was first released in early September 1988 in the United Kingdom before being officially released on October 24, 1988, to the United States via Arista Records to contemporary hit radio. The cover art of the single was later used on the 1988 US reissue of Tell It to My Heart. The song lyrically has a message regarding abstinence.
"Don't Rush Me" gave Dayne her then-highest-charting single in the United States, hitting number two on the US Billboard Hot 100; internationally however the track under-performed, only hitting the top forty in Germany.