I Don't Wanna Go on with You Like That

"I Don't Wanna Go on with You Like That"
Single by Elton John
from the album Reg Strikes Back
B-side "Rope Around a Fool"
Released 1988
Format CD maxi, 7" single, 12" maxi
Genre Pop, New Wave, piano rock
Length 4:35
Label Mercury
Writer(s) Music: Elton John
Lyrics: Elton John, Bernie Taupin
Producer Chris Thomas
Elton John singles chronology
"Take Me to the Pilot" [live] (1988) "I Don't Wanna Go on with You Like That"
(1988)		 "Town of Plenty"
(1988)

"I Don't Wanna Go on with You Like That" is a hit song from British performer Elton John's 1988 album, Reg Strikes Back. The song was written by John and his long-time songwriting partner, Bernie Taupin. The song reached #30 on the UK Singles Chart. It fared better in the United States, peaking at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in August 1988, kept out of the top spot by fellow British singer (and vocal collaborator) George Michael's hit single, "Monkey". The song also became John's eighth #1 on the adult contemporary chart.[1] There is also a 12" extended single of the song released on vinyl during the song's initial release period; this remix appears on the CD box set compilation, To Be Continued..., released in 1990. The song describes a lovers' relationship breaking up. According to the music video, he plays a Roland piano.

The song was regularly played by John in concert during the 1990s, before he retired it in 2000.

Contents

Track listings

7" single
  1. "I Don't Wanna Go on with You Like That" — 4:32
  2. "Rope Around a Fool" — 3:46
12" maxi
  1. "I Don't Wanna Go on with You Like That" (remix) — 7:20
  2. "I Don't Wanna Go on with You Like That" — 4:32
  3. "Rope Around a Fool" — 3:46
CD maxi
  1. "I Don't Wanna Go on with You Like That" — 4:33
  2. "Rope Around a Fool" — 3:49
  3. "I Don't Wanna Go on with You Like That" (extended mix) — 7:20

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1988) Peak
position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart[2] 24
Austrian Singles Chart[2] 6
Canadian Singles Chart 1
French SNEP Singles Chart[2] 19
German Singles Chart[3] 22
Irish Singles Chart[4] 25
Swiss Singles Chart[2] 10
UK Singles Chart[5] 30
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[6] 2
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks[6] 1
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play[6] 7
U.S. Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks[6] 13

References

  1. ^ The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 6th Edition, 1996
  2. ^ a b c d "I Don't Wanna Go on with You Like That", in various singles charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved January 12, 2009)
  3. ^ German Singles Chart Charts-surfer.de (Retrieved January 12, 2009)
  4. ^ Irish Single Chart Irishcharts.ie (Retrieved January 12, 2009)
  5. ^ UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com (Retrieved January 12, 2009)
  6. ^ a b c d Billboard allmusic.com (Retrieved January 12, 2009)
Preceded by
"Roll With It" by Steve Winwood		 Billboard Adult Contemporary (chart) number-one single
August 20, 1988		 Succeeded by
"1-2-3" by Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine
Elton John songs
1960s and 1970s
"I've Been Loving You" (1968) · "Lady Samantha" (1969) · "It's Me That You Need" (1969) · "Border Song" (1970) · "Rock n' Roll Madonna" (1970) · "From Denver to L.A." (1970) · "Take Me to the Pilot" (1970) · "Your Song" (1970) · "Levon" (1971) · "Tiny Dancer" (1972) · "Rocket Man (I Think It's Going to Be a Long, Long Time)" (1972) · "Honky Cat" (1972) · "Crocodile Rock" (1972) · "Daniel" (1972) · "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting" (1973) · "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" (1973) · "Step into Christmas" (1973) · "Candle in the Wind" (1974) · "Bennie and the Jets" (1974) · "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" (1974) · "The Bitch Is Back" (1974) · "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" (1974) · "Philadelphia Freedom" (1975) · "Someone Saved My Life Tonight" (1975) · "Island Girl" (1975) · "Grow Some Funk of Your Own" (1976) · "I Feel Like a Bullet (In the Gun of Robert Ford)" (1976) · "Pinball Wizard" (1976) · "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" (1976) · "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" (1976) · "Bite Your Lip (Get Up and Dance!)" (1977) · "Crazy Water" (1977) · "The Goaldigger's Song" (1977) · "Ego" (1978) · "Part-Time Love" (1978) · "Song for Guy" (1978) · "Are You Ready for Love" (1979) · "Mama Can't Buy You Love" (1979) · "Johnny B. Goode" (1979)
1980s
"Little Jeannie" (1980) · "Sartorial Eloquence (Don't Ya Wanna Play This Game No More?)" (1980) · "Dear God" (1980) · "I Saw Her Standing There" / "Whatever Gets You thru the Night" / "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" (1981) · "Blue Eyes" (1982) · "Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny)" (1982) · "Ball and Chain" (1982) · "All Quiet on the Western Front" (1982) · "I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues" (1983) · "I'm Still Standing" (1983) · "Sad Songs (Say So Much)" (1984) · "Nikita" (1985) · "That's What Friends Are For" (1985) · "Wrap Her Up" (1985) · "Take Me to the Pilot" (1988) · "I Don't Wanna Go on with You Like That" (1988) · "Town of Plenty" (1988) · "Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters (Part Two)" (1988) · "Healing Hands" (1989) · "Sacrifice" (1989)
1990s
"Club at the End of the Street" (1990) · "You Gotta Love Someone" (1990) · "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" (1991) · "The One" (1992) · "The Last Song" (1992) · "Simple Life" (1993) · "True Love" (1993) · "Shakey Ground" (1994) · "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing" (1994) · "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" (1994) · "Circle of Life" (1994) · "Believe" (1994) · "Made in England" (1995) · "When the Money's Gone" (1995) · "Something About the Way You Look Tonight" (1997) · "Candle in the Wind 1997" (1997) · "Written in the Stars" (1999)
2000s
"This Train Don't Stop There Anymore" (2002) · "Original Sin" (2002) · "Are You Ready for Love" (2003) · "Ghetto Gospel" (2005) · "Electricity" (2005) · "The Bridge" (2006) · "Joseph, Better You than Me" (2008)
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