It was so innocent, the whole thing… We had a P.O. I didn’t even know what ‘signed’ was. “That wasn’t commercial music. Her tiny discography also concludes on a lot of features popping up inside her personal top 20.In an interview with Elle in 2011, Stefani shared that, for the first few years of being in No Doubt, she didn’t think much about becoming famous.“Doing the music we did wasn’t about making it,” she said.I didn’t have any creative power, nothing. She began writing songs following the experience, and “Don’t Speak” was created.“Before, I was really passive, all I cared about was being in love with my boyfriend. They dated for seven years, and the breakup hit Stefani hard. The song itself had an extremely interesting backstory as well.“Don’t Speak” was actually written about the breakup between Stefani and fellow No Doubt member Tony Kanal. She recalled, “And then, five years on the dot, we had a number one around the world, ‘Don’t Speak’—it was the weirdest thing.” Gwen Stefani also has another interesting story associated with ‘Don’t Speak’RELATED: Gwen Stefani Thought She Would Never End Up With Blake Shelton Because of His HairstyleThe story of “Don’t Speak” did not stop there, however. We were all going to Cal State–Fullerton.”However, Stefani heard something interesting when No Doubt decided to perform for a music executive.She explained, “Then we did a showcase, and Jimmy Iovine said to me that day—which, I didn’t know who he was I didn’t really care—‘You’re going to be a star in five years.’ And I was just thinking to myself, like, ‘In five years, I’m going to have kids, and I’m not going to be doing this,’ because five years at that age seems like forever.”Of course, unbeknownst to Stefani at the time, something crazy did happen in five years.In fact, Stefani’s 2005 hit single “Cool” talked about how she and Kanal managed to move past this difficult phase of their relationship. It was so brutal but I don’t know how we made it through.”Nevertheless, Stefani and Kanal continued to work together and remained friends. We were going through the breakup, and in every interview we were talking about it so we were opening this wound on an hourly basis. “But after the breakup I just started writing all these songs and suddenly I was: ‘Oh I think I’m really good at this!’”After “Don’t Speak” became a hit single, No Doubt had to perform the song all over the country, which was a “brutal” experience for Stefani and Kanal.Kanal shared with The Guardian, “We were on tour for Tragic Kingdom for 28 months.
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