I Don't Want Your Love
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| "I Don't Want Your Love" | ||
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| Single by Duran Duran | ||
| from the album Big Thing | ||
| B-side(s) | "I Don't Want Your Love" (album version) | |
| Released | September 1988 | |
| Genre | Dance, New Wave | |
| Length | 3:48 | |
| Label | EMI | |
| Writer(s) | Duran Duran | |
| Producer(s) | ? | |
| Duran Duran singles chronology | ||
| "Meet El Presidente" (1987) |
"I Don't Want Your Love" (1988) |
"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] About the song
Chester Kamen plays guitar on the single.
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] B-sides, bonus tracks and remixes
The single version of "I Don't Want Your Love" used the unretouched album version of the same song for the b-side.
[edit] Chart positions
- #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 - 3:48
- I Don't Want Your Love (LP Version) - 4:05
[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
Simon Le Bon • Nick Rhodes • John Taylor • Roger Taylor
Andy Taylor• Warren Cuccurullo • Sterling Campbell
Studio albums: Duran Duran • Rio • Seven and the Ragged Tiger • Arena • Notorious • Big Thing • Liberty • Duran Duran (The Wedding Album) • Thank You • Medazzaland • Pop Trash • Astronaut • TBA
Compilation albums, EP's and remix albums: Carnival • Decade: Greatest Hits • Greatest • Night Versions: The Essential Duran Duran • Strange Behaviour • Singles Box Set 1981-1985 • Singles Box Set 1986-1995
Singles: Planet Earth • Careless Memories • Girls on Film • My Own Way • Hungry Like the Wolf • Save A Prayer • Rio • Is There Something I Should Know? • Union of the Snake • New Moon on Monday • The Reflex • The Wild Boys • A View to a Kill • Notorious • Skin Trade • Meet El Presidente • I Don't Want Your Love • All She Wants Is • Do You Believe In Shame? • Burning The Ground • Violence of Summer • Serious • Ordinary World • Come Undone • Too Much Information • Perfect Day • White Lines • Out Of My Mind • Electric Barbarella • Someone Else, Not Me • (Reach Up For The) Sunrise • What Happens Tomorrow • Nice • Night Runner
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