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{{short description|2004 EP by Sonata Arctica}}

{{notability|music|date=May 2025}}

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'''''Don't Say a Word''''' is a song by Finnish metal band [[Sonata Arctica]]. It was released simultaneously as both a single<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sonataarctica.info/audio/dont-say-a-word-single/ |title=DON’TDON'T SAY A WORD – SINGLE |website=sonataarctica.info |publisher=Sonata Arctica – Official website |access-date=7 October 2023 |url-status=live }}</ref> and as the band's fourth [[extended play|EP]] released on 30 August 2004 through the [[recording label|label]] [[Nuclear Blast]].<ref name=metal-archives>{{cite web|title=Don't Say a Word Sonata Arctica|url=http://www.metal-archives.com/reviews/Sonata_Arctica/Don't_Say_a_Word/52085/|publisher=metal-archives.com|accessdate=27 March 2014}}</ref><ref name=metal-rules>{{cite web|last=Sandvall|first=Anders|title=Sonata Arctica Don't Say A Word (single)|url=http://www.metal-rules.com/review/viewreview.php?band=sonata|publisher=metal-rules.com|accessdate=27 March 2014}}</ref><ref name=metalreviews>{{cite web|author=Marty|title=SONATA ARCTICA -– RECKONING NIGHT|url=http://www.metalreviews.com/reviews/album/2418|publisher=metalreviews.com|accessdate=27 March 2014}}</ref><ref name=soundscapemagazine>{{cite web|last=Humphries|first=Natalie Humphries|title=Exclusive: Interview with Pasi Kauppinen, Sonata Arctica|url=http://www.soundscapemagazine.com/pasikauppineninterview/|publisher=soundscapemagazine.com|accessdate=27 March 2014|date=2013-08-29}}</ref>

==Song information==

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The band has spoken favorably of the song. In 2014, guitarist Jani Liimatainen said that he "still thinks it is the best song Sonata has ever written."<ref name="Biography - Chapter Recokning Night">{{cite book |last1=Ollila |first1=Marko J. |title=Sonata Arctica |date=2014 |publisher=Paasilinna Publishing Ltd. |chapter=Reckoning Night}}</ref> Elias Viljanen, who replaced Liimatainen as the band's guitarist in 2007, has said about the solo:

{{centered pull quote|I made it a challenge for myself to play the solo of ''Don’tDon't Say A Word'' note for note the same way Jani had played it on the album. The guys kept rooting for me to play it anyway I wanted to, but I felt that solo was so damn good, challenging and impressive that I started working on duplicating it bit by bit.<ref name="Biography - Chapter Recokning Night" />}}

==Track listing==

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==Personnel==

*[[Tony Kakko]]&nbsp;– [[Singing|vocals]], [[Keyboard instrument|keyboard]]skeyboards

*[[Jani Liimatainen]]&nbsp;– [[Electric guitar|guitar]]sguitars

*[[Marko Paasikoski]]&nbsp;– [[Bass guitar|bass]]

*[[Henrik Klingenberg]]&nbsp;– keyboards, [[Hammond organ]]

*[[Tommy Portimo]]&nbsp;– [[Drum kit|drums]]

==Cover versions==