| "Don't Say Yes Until I Finish Talking" | ||||
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| Single by Smash cast feat. Christian Borle | ||||
| from the album Bombshell | ||||
| Released | April 9, 2012 | |||
| Recorded | 2012 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 2:42 (Album Version) | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman | |||
| Producer(s) | Marc Shaiman | |||
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"Don't Say Yes Until I Finish Talking" is an original song introduced in the tenth episode of the musical TV series Smash, entitled "Understudy". The song is written by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman,[1] but in the show's universe, it is written by the songwriting team of Tom Levitt (Christian Borle) and Julia Houston (Debra Messing) for their Marilyn Monroe musical Bombshell.
In "Understudy", the song is performed by Tom Levitt and the male members of the ensemble of Bombshell. Tom subs in for the actor playing Darryl Zanuck in the number.[2]
The song is performed again in the fourteenth episode of the first season, "Previews", with an unnamed actor (Marc Kudisch) playing Darryl Zanuck performing the song with the male members of the ensemble during one of the Boston previews.
The song was initially released as a single from iTunes and Amazon.com's MP3 store and is currently available as a track on the cast album Bombshell.