You Don't Have to Say You Love Me You Don't Have to Say You Love Me "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" (originally a 1965 Italian song by Pino Donaggio and lyricist Vito Pallavicini: '"Io che non vivo (senza te)") is a 1966 hit recorded by English singer Dusty Springfield that proved to be her most successful hit single, reaching number one on the UK Singles Chart and number four on the "Billboard" Hot 100; the song subsequently charted in the UK via remakes by Elvis Presley (No. 9/1971), Guys 'n' Dolls (No. 5/1976) and Denise Welch (No. 23/1995), with Presley's version, released in 1970, also
You Don't Have to Say You Love Me 1970 in Studio B of RCA Studios (Nashville), being the third of seven songs recorded that night: the session's producer Felton Jarvis felt that the second take was good enough to serve as the master track but Presley insisted on a third and final take. Reaching #11 on the Hot 100 in "Billboard" magazine, "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" afforded Presley a #1 hit on the "Billboard" Easy Listening chart. The single reached #1, also reaching #56 on the "Billboard" C&W chart. It became a gold record. A hit for Presley in both Australia (#7) and Canada