Song written by Lemar Obika, based partly on, and featuring samples from Kim Wilde’s version of You Keep Me Hangin’ On.
Released in 2010 on the compilation album ‘The Hits’ by Lemar, it was one of three new songs on the album. According to Lemar, the song was an attempt to show a different side of his singing: “So with ‘You Don’t Love Me’ – as opposed to it being your standard love song where you’re hearing me crooning about someone – I’m taking another stance and saying ‘You keep accusing me, but you’re the person who doesn’t love me‘… You know, I’m trying a different approach, and there is that bit of anger in m voice. Which is something people really haven’t heard too much of from me before.”
Lyrics
Set me free why don’t you babe
Get out my life why don’t you babe
Cause you don’t really love me
You just keep me hanging on
No
You don’t really love me
You don’t really love me, its so plain to see
Oh
Trying to pin it on me
That you don’t really love me (love me)
No no no
I saw you leaving
I saw you get in his car
I followed you home
I know exactly where you are
You’re so decieving
See I would never have known
You got your candy coded kisses lead me far from the truth
Oh
Stop telling the world he treated me so bad
When you’re the one that (keeps me hanging on)
Aaah
Should have ended this so long ago
It’s a one way road
Still you (keep me hanging on)
Hey Hey
Set me free why don’t you babe (hey, hey, hey)
Get out my life why don’t you babe
Cause you don’t really love me
You just keep me hanging on
No
You don’t really love me
You don’t really love me, its so plain to see
Oh
Trying to pin it on me
That you don’t really love me
No no no
Passion burnin’
We’re going at it again
We’re so bad for each other but the record don’t change
I should hate ya, but I can’t help myself
You got the key to my soul
Girl I’m under your spell
Oh
Stop telling the world he treated me so bad
When you’re the one that (keep me hanging on)
Oh
Should have ended this so long ago
It’s a one way road
Still you (keep me hanging on)
Hey Hey
Set me free why don’t you babe (hey, hey, hey)
Get out my life why don’t you babe
Cause you don’t really love me
You just keep me hanging on
No
You don’t really love me
You don’t really love me, its so plain to see
Oh
Trying to pin it on me
That you don’t really love me, love me
No no no no no
Keep me hanging on
You don’t really love me
Love me, love me
Keep me hanging on
Set me free why don’t you babe (set me free babe why don’t you babe)
Get out my life why don’t you babe (get out my life why don’t you babe)
Cause you don’t really love me (cause you don’t really love me)
You just keep me hanging on (no no no)
No
You don’t really love me
You don’t really love me, its so plain to see
Oh
Trying to pin it on me
That you don’t really love me, love me
No no no