I Don't Want Your Love
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| "I Don't Want Your Love" by Duran Duran | ||
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| Song details | ||
| Track number 2 from the album Big Thing | |
| Previous track: | Big Thing | |
| Next track: | All She Wants Is | |
| Length: | 3:48 | |
| Writer(s): | Duran Duran | |
| Producer(s): | ||
| Single details | ||
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| UK release: | September 1988 | |
| US release: | September 1988 | |
| Label: | EMI | |
| Format(s): | 7", 12" | |
| B-side(s): | title | |
| Peak chart positions: | ||
| #14 | UK Singles Chart | |
| #4 | US Hot 100 | |
| #1 | Italy | |
| Duran Duran singles chronology | ||
| "Meet El Presidente" (1987) | "I Don't Want Your Love" | "All She Wants Is" (1988) |
"I Don't Want Your Love" is the seventeenth single from Duran Duran, and the first single from the Big Thing album. It was released in September 1988.
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[edit] Background
Chester Kamen plays guitar on the song.
Donald A. Guarisco of All Music Guide said:
One of the best tracks (and most successful singles) from this album was "I Don't Want Your Love," an arresting track that struck a balance between the funk lite sound of Notorious and a harder, techno-influenced electronic dance sound. The lyrics of "I Don't Want Your Love" cover familiar dance music territory with their scenario of a person who wants attention but doesn't want a relationship: "I don't want your love to bring me down/I don't want your love so turn it around." The music puts forth these anti-romantic sentiments in a heavily rhythmic style by building the verses on short, staccato notes. The choruses are a little more fluid but retain a similarly punchy pace and use vocal countermelodies to add extra rhythmic texture.
[edit] Music video
The video for "I Don't Want Your Love" was filmed by director Steve Lowe and produced by The Molotov Brothers, and first aired on September 26, 1988.[1]
The video features the band in a raucous courtroom filled with spectators and tabloid reporters, "testifying" by singing the song into the court's witness microphones. The instrumental bridge in the song is accompanied by images of a young man and woman dancing or fighting (or both).
The other musicians in the video are guitarist Warren Cuccurullo (playing Kamen's guitar part) and David Palmer, former drummer for ABC.
[edit] Chart positions
"I Don't Want Your Love" both debuted and peaked at number 14 in the UK, but did much better in the rest of Europe, especially in Italy where it spent six non-consecutive weeks at number 1, becoming the best-selling single of 1988 in that country. It did very well in the U.S. reaching number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 1 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play.
- #14 UK Singles Chart
- #4 Billboard Hot 100
- #13 Billboard Modern Rock Tracks
- #1 Billboard Hot Dance Club Play
- #1 Italy
- #8 Canadian CHUM Chart
[edit] Track listing
[edit] 7" Single EMI 20 2930 7
- "I Don't Want Your Love (Shep Pettibone 7" Mix)" - 3:48
- "I Don't Want Your Love (Album Version)" - 4:05
[edit] Song versions
- "I Don't Want Your Love" - 4:05
- "I Don't Want Your Love (Shep Pettibone 7" Mix)" - 3:48
- "I Don't Want Your Love (Big Mix)" - 7:25
- "I Don't Want Your Love (Dub Mix)" - 7:34
- "I Don't Want Your Love (Power Rhythm Mix)" - ????
[edit] Lyrics
I don't mind If you're keeping someone else behind I don't care 'Cause you've got something I can share Hey, take your chance Even if it's only Only while we're dancing in the light Of your second sight Because when you understand me You might feel good around me now I don't want your love To bring me down I don't want your love So turn it around I won't turn you out If you've got someone else, someone else you care about Because you must realise My obsessive fascination is in your imagination Now back it up! I don't want your love To bring me down (I don't want your love, I don't want your love) I don't want your love So turn it around (I don't want your love, I don't want your love) Your rhythm is the power To move me It's something you control Completely I don't want your love I don't want your love (I don't want your love) I like noise 'Cause I like waking up the house I cannot sit down I can't shut my mouth But when you understand me You might feel good around me Now back it up! I don't want your love To bring me down (I don't want your love, I don't want your love) I don't want your love So turn it around (I don't want your love, I don't want your love) Your rhythm is the power To move me It's something you control Completely I don't want your love I don't want your love (I don't want your love)
[edit] Other appearances
Aside from the single, "I Don't Want Your Love" has appeared on:
- Big Thing (1988)
- Decade: Greatest Hits (1989)
- Greatest (1998)
[edit] Personnel
Duran Duran are:
- Simon Le Bon - Vocals
- John Taylor - Bass
- Nick Rhodes - Keyboards
With:
- Warren Cuccurullo - Guitars
[edit] References
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