Gwen Stefani wrote this song with her brother Eric before he left the band. Originally, it was A love song, you and me. The song is about the relationship she had with bassist Tony Canal for seven years. After Tony dumped Gwen, it became a song about heartbreak. She’s saying that what they had was real and it’s a pity it couldn’t last. Don’t bother explaining because it hurts. Eric Stefani, who founded the group in 1986, left just before they hit it big. He left to take a job with the Simpsons TV show as an animator. Although never released as a single in the U S, don’t speak went straight to No. 1 in the U K. And stayed there for three weeks. When the song took off. Their first single, just a girl, which was released earlier but had stalled in the charts, was re released, this time reaching number three. This is a love song. 1, 2, 3, go!