| "Don't Take the Money" | ||||
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| Single by Bleachers | ||||
| from the album Gone Now | ||||
| B-side | "Don't Take the Money" (Acoustic) | |||
| Released | 30 March 2017 | |||
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| Length | 3:35 | |||
| Label | RCA | |||
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| "Don't Take the Money" on YouTube | ||||
"Don't Take the Money" is a song recorded by American indie pop act Bleachers from their second studio album Gone Now (2017). Frontman Jack Antonoff co-wrote the song with New Zealand singer Lorde, while production was handled by Antonoff, Greg Kurstin and Vince Clarke. It was released on 30 March 2017, by RCA Records as the album's lead single. "Don't Take the Money" is a pop and synth-pop song with influences from 1980s music. According to Antonoff, the song's title is a phrase he uses frequently in a motivational context about meeting a future lover.
"Don't Take the Money" received positive reviews from music critics, with several critics complimenting its production. Its sound was compared to the works of American musician Bruce Springsteen. Commercially, it peaked at number three on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart, and number 15 on the Rock Airplay chart. An accompanying music video was directed by American actress and filmmaker Lena Dunham, Antonoff's girlfriend at the time of the video's release; it was released on 2 May 2017. The video shows Antonoff as a soon-to-be groom as he fights to stay with his lover Giulia. Antonoff promoted the track by performing it live on television on several occasions.