Editing Don't Speak (section)

==Chart performance==
Upon release, "Don't Speak" immediately began to receive extensive airplay and it eventually became the most widely played song on American radio in 1996.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nodoubt.com/band/Articles/46TheFace.htm |title=No Doubt History Website |work=No Doubt Official Website |publisher=[[Interscope Records]]/[[Universal Music Group]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031121193608/http://www.nodoubt.com/band/Articles/46TheFace.htm |archive-date=November 21, 2003}}</ref> It reached number one on [[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'']]'s [[Hot 100 Airplay (Radio Songs)|Hot 100 Airplay]] chart and maintained that position for 16 non-consecutive weeks, a record at the time.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/artists-n/nodoubt_main.htm |title=No Doubt |publisher=Rock On The Net |access-date=January 16, 2007}}</ref> Despite its copious airplay, "Don't Speak" was not allowed to chart on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] since no commercial single was released for it in the United States (a requirement for charting purposes at the time).<ref>{{cite web | url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/no-doubt-missed-out-number-one-song/ | title=How No Doubt missed out on their only number one song | date=August 17, 2022 }}</ref> [[Slate (magazine)|''Slate'']] magazine music critic Chris Molanphy has stated that if the song had been eligible to chart, it almost certainly would have claimed the number one spot.<ref>{{Cite podcast|url=http://www.slate.com/articles/podcasts/hit_parade/2017/09/the_story_of_how_the_recording_industry_made_you_pay_a_premium_for_90s_hit.html|title=The Great War Against the Single Edition|work=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]|last=Molanphy|first=Chris|date=September 29, 2017|access-date=May 19, 2019}}</ref> An import CD did sell in the US, but this format was not allowed to chart either.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Hot 100 Singles Spotlight|last=Sandiford-Waller|first=Theda|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|volume=109|issue=11|page=117|date=March 15, 1997|quote=However, a CD single import of 'Don't Speak' has found its way stateside. Import sales are not counted toward the Hot 100.}}</ref>

On other ''Billboard'' charts, "Don't Speak" stayed at number two on [[Alternative Airplay|Modern Rock Tracks]] chart for five consecutive weeks.<ref name="Allmusic">{{cite web |url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=tragic-kingdom-mw0000179531|tab=awards|pure_url=yes}} |title=Tragic Kingdom > Awards > Billboard Singles |work=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=August 1, 2007}}</ref> The song also proved to be a crossover hit, reaching number one on the [[Adult Top 40]] chart for 15 consecutive weeks as well as numbers six and nine on the [[Adult Contemporary (chart)|Adult Contemporary]] and [[Rhythmic (chart)|Rhythmic Top 40]] charts, respectively.<ref name="Allmusic"/> It was ultimately placed at number one on the Hot 100 Airplay year-end chart of 1997.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/1997/bbyearend.htm |title=Billboard: 1997 Year-End Chart-Toppers |publisher=Rock On The Net |access-date=January 16, 2007}}</ref>
 
Internationally, "Don't Speak" was also very successful. In February 1997, it peaked at number one in both the United Kingdom and Ireland for three weeks. Elsewhere in Europe, "Don't Speak" reached the top position in Belgium, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland. Australia was another major music market where the song received widespread airplay, debuting at number one and maintaining the peak position for eight weeks.