Natalie Don’t (song)

* Single cover
* Punctual Remix
* Acoustic
* PS1 Remix

## Music Video

**"Natalie Don’t"** is the fourth single and fifth song from RAYE’s debut mini-album Euphoric Sad Songs.

> ”The track is about that feeling of panic you have when you know you’re losing someone. The song is beautifully hopeless because you know Natalie will do what she wants regardless.”
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## Background

Raye discussed the song's subject matter stating that the song "is my modern day Jolene" after experiencing a situation where her friend came between Raye and her partner at the time. She goes onto say; "This is why I love music because you can spin something really ugly and negative into something fabulous. I'm almost glad that it happened because now I have a great song to tell my story." Before the release of the single, Raye stated that the song was her favourite song she has ever released.

## Lyrics

It's been twenty four hours, coulda bought me flowers

You know I ain't been happy (nuh-uh), maybe call me in an hour

Do you wish that it was her though singin' songs in the shower?

Baby, no, I can't help it (nuh-uh), what you showed me about her

While you steppin' to him I can see

When you know he belongs to me

You know I'm missin' the sunrise behind his eyes

He is thinkin' of you

Oh, no, there she goes

To take away my man

I'm beggin' her not him

Don't, don't, don't do it, no, no

Don't do it, Natalie, don't, don't

Oh, no, there she goes

To take him from my hands

I'm beggin' her not him

Don't, don't, don't do it, no, no

Don't do it, Natalie, don't, don't, don't

Don't, don't, don't, don't

He saw it, saw her walkin' like a model

But I won't let it depress me

So I bought another bottle

When you bend over like that

Can't you see my sorrow?

When you bend over like that

You know his eyes gon' follow, oh

While you starin' at him I can see

When you know he belongs to me

You know I'm missin' the sunrise behind his eyes

He is thinkin' of you

Oh, no, there she goes

To take away my man

I'm beggin' her not him

Don't, don't, don't do it, no, no

Don't do it, Natalie, don't, don't

Oh, no, there she goes

To take him from my hands

I'm beggin' her not him

Don't, don't, don't do it, no, no

Don't do it, Natalie, don't, don't, don't

Don't, don't, don't, don't

I'm still awake at six in the morning

Oh, I know you callin', Natalie

Please feel bad, don't text back

Leave my man like Dolly

Beg Jolene just 'cause you can don't take him please (please, please)

Oh, no, there she goes

To take away my man

I'm beggin' her not him

Don't, don't, don't do it, no, no

Don't do it, Natalie, don't, don't

Oh, no, there she goes

To take him from my hands

I'm beggin' her not him

Don't, don't, don't do it, no, no

Don't do it, Natalie, don't, don't, don't

Don't, don't, don't, don't do it

Don't, don't, don't, don't do it, no, no (please don't)

Don't, don't, don't, don't, don't, don't do it

## Music video

A music video directed by Fiona Jane Burgess was premiered alongside the single's release on July 10, 2020. The video consists of Raye in a pink, vintage bedroom acting out her own guide of how to get over a relationship.

## Critical reception

Philip Logan of *CelebMix* praised the song calling the track "brooding, introspective and confessional" and adding "this is RAYE at her most frank and honest, delivering the songs relatable and conversational lyrics with delicate fragility, and blunt candour – yet still with a hint of that trademark “Rachel Agatha Keen” sass that we’ve all grown to love! As whilst there’s a genuine and tangible feeling of vulnerability that runs through the track, underneath all of the hurt, we uncover RAYE’s steely determination and willingness to forsake her own broken heart, to go into battle to try and win back the affection of her man."

Mark Savage of *BBC News* expressed similar praises stating that the track was "a funky, modern successor to [Dolly] Parton's classic, Jolene.

## Refrences

1. ↑ https://www.clashmusic.com/news/rayes-natalie-dont-speaks-straight-from-the-heart
2. ↑ https://www.metro.news/raye-i-lost-my-man-to-a-modern-jolene/2072125/
3. ↑ https://twitter.com/raye/status/1281279451620237312
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 https://celebmix.com/raye-returns-with-brand-new-single-music-video-for-natalie-dont/