Don't Marry Her

"Don't Marry Her"
Single by the Beautiful South
from the album Blue Is the Colour
B-side
  • "God Bless the Child"
  • "Without Her"
  • "Dream a Little Dream"
  • "Les yeux ouverts"
Released2 December 1996 (1996-12-02)[1]
Length3:23
LabelGo! Discs
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Jon Kelly
The Beautiful South singles chronology
"Rotterdam"
(1996) 		"Don't Marry Her"
(1996) 		"Blackbird on the Wire"
(1997)
Music video
"Don't Marry Her" on YouTube

"Don't Marry Her" is a song by English pop rock group the Beautiful South and the opening track on their fifth studio album, Blue Is the Colour (1996).[2] It was written by Paul Heaton and Dave Rotheray, and produced by Jon Kelly. Vocalist Jacqui Abbott begs a man to run away with her from the woman he is going to marry and attempts to sway him by describing what she thinks married life with the other woman will be like, painting an uninviting picture. Released on 2 December 1996 by Go! Discs, the single peaked at number eight on the UK Singles Chart and was certified platinum by the British Phonographic Industry.

  1. ^ "New Releases: Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 30 November 1996. p. 45. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  2. ^ "The Beautiful South – Blue Is the Colour". AllMusic. Retrieved 21 February 2021.