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

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| Name = Don't Say a Word

{{Infobox album

| Type = EP

| Artistname = [[SonataDon't Say a Arctica]]Word

| Covertype = Dontsaycover.jpgEP

| Releasedartist = [[August 30]] = [[2004Sonata Arctica]]

| cover = Sonata Arctica - Don't Say A Word.jpg

| Recorded = Tico Tico Studios

| Genrealt = [[Power metal]] =

| Labelreleased = 30 = [[NuclearAugust Blast]]2004

| Recordedrecorded = Tico Tico Studios

| Producer = [[Sonata Arctica]]<br />Ahti Kortelainen

| Typevenue = EP

| Last album = ''[[Takatalvi]]''<br />(2003)

| studio =

| This album = '''''Don't Say a Word'''''<br />(2004)

| Nextgenre album = ''[[ReckoningPower Nightmetal]]''<br />(2004)

| length = 8:17 (single); 17:31 (EP)

| label = [[Nuclear Blast]]

| Producerproducer = [[Sonata Arctica]]<br />Ahti[[Markus KortelainenStaiger]]

| prev_title = [[Reckoning Night]]

| prev_year = 2004

| next_title = [[Unia]]

| next_year = 2007

}}

'''''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'T SAY A WORD – SINGLE |website=sonataarctica.info |publisher=Sonata Arctica – Official website |access-date=7 October 2023 }}</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>

'''''Don't Say a Word''''' is [[Sonata Arctica]]'s fourth [[extended play|EP]] released on [[August 30]] [[2004]] through the [[recording label|label]] [[Nuclear Blast]].

==Song information==

''Don't Say a Word'' is the second song (third chronologically) of the "Caleb Saga" — a series of connected songs that share a story about an abusive relationship.

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'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==

# "Don't Say a Word" (Edit Version)

===Single===

# "Ain't Your Fairytale"

{{track listing

# "[[World in My Eyes]]" ([[Depeche Mode]] cover)

| total_length = 8:17

# "Two Minds, One Soul" ([[Vanishing Point (band)|Vanishing Point]] cover)

| Name title1 = Don't Say a Word (Edit)

| length1 = 4:15

| writer1 = Tony Kakko

#| title2 = "[[World in My Eyes]]" ([[Depeche Mode]] cover)

| length2 = 4:02

| writer2 = Tony Kakko

}}

===EP===

{{track listing

| total_length = 17:31

| Thistitle1 album = '''''Don't Say a Word'''''<br />(2004Edit)

| length1 = 4:15

| writer1 = Tony Kakko

#| title2 = "Ain't Your Fairytale"

| length2 = 5:18

| writer2 = Tony Kakko

| title3 = World in My Eyes ([[Depeche Mode]] cover)

| length3 = 4:02

| writer3 = [[Martin Gore|Martin L. Gore]]

#| title4 = "Two Minds, One Soul" ([[Vanishing Point (band)|Vanishing Point]] cover)

| length4 = 3:56

| writer4 = [[Vanishing Point (band)|Vanishing Point]]

}}

==Personnel==

*[[Tony Kakko]]&nbsp;– vocals, keyboards

*Track 1 & 2 Mixed at [[Finnvox Studios]] by Mikko Karmila.

*[[Jani Liimatainen]]&nbsp;– guitars

*Track 3 & 4 Mixed at Tico Tico Studios by Ahti Kortelainen.

*[[Marko Paasikoski]]&nbsp;– bass

*Mastered at [[Finnvox Studios]] by Mika Jussila, June 2004.

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

*Produced by [[Sonata Arctica]]

*[[Tommy Portimo]]&nbsp;– drums

*Executive producer: Markus Staiger A&R: Andy Siry

*Artwork by Janne "ToxicAngel" Pitkänen

*Art "Misdirection" by [[Tony Kakko]]

==Cover versions==

==Additional Information==

''Don't Say a Word'' was [[cover version|covered]] by German symphonic metal band [[Xandria]] in their 2015 EP ''[[Fire & Ashes (EP)|Fire & Ashes]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/xandrias-fire-ashes-ep-to-include-three-new-songs-sonata-arctica-meat-loaf-covers/ |title=XANDRIA's 'Fire & Ashes' EP To Include Three New Songs, SONATA ARCTICA, MEAT LOAF Covers |publisher=Blabbermouth.net |accessdate=1 April 2016|date=2015-04-22 }}</ref>

Also released as 2-track CD single, including the first and the third track.

The song Don't Say a Word is part of a trilogy: 'Caleb', 'The End Of This Chapter', and 'Don't Say a Word'.

==References==

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