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#REDIRECT{{short description|2004 EP by [[Sonata Arctica discography]]}}

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{{Infobox album

| name = Don't Say a Word

| type = EP

| artist = [[Sonata Arctica]]

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

| alt =

| released = 30 August 2004

| recorded = Tico Tico Studios

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = [[Power metal]]

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

| label = [[Nuclear Blast]]

| producer = Sonata Arctica<br />[[Markus Staiger]]

| 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>

==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==

===Single===

{{track listing

| total_length = 8:17

| 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

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

| 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

*[[Jani Liimatainen]]&nbsp;– guitars

*[[Marko Paasikoski]]&nbsp;– bass

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

*[[Tommy Portimo]]&nbsp;– drums

==Cover versions==

''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>

==References==

{{reflist}}

{{Sonata Arctica}}

[[Category:Sonata Arctica albums]]

[[Category:Nuclear Blast EPs]]

[[Category:2004 EPs]]

[[Category:EPs by Finnish artists]]