| "I Don't Wanna Dance" | |
|---|---|
| Single by Eddy Grant | |
| from the album 'Killer on the Rampage' | |
| Released | 1982 |
| Genre | Reggae |
| Length | 3:17 |
| Label | Parlophone, EMI |
| Producer | Eddy Grant |
I Don't Wanna Dance was a UK #1 single by Eddy Grant. It was a #1 single for three weeks in November 1982. It was also released in the US in the fall of 1983.
Written and produced by Grant it was the most successful of his solo singles in the UK and his first number one since Baby Come Back by The Equals in 1968.
I Don't Wanna Dance was covered by grindcore band Anal Cunt in 1993 on their album "Morbid Florist," by the Belgian jazzy pop band Lady Linn and her Magnificent Seven in 2008, and by the Newfoundland-based folk group Shanneyganock in 2009.
| Preceded by "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me" by Culture Club |
UK number one single 13 November 1982 - 27 November 1982 |
Succeeded by "Beat Surrender" by The Jam |