I Don't Want to Talk About It

"I Don't Want to Talk About It" is the name of a song written by Danny Whitten. Whitten's band, Crazy Horse released it as a track on their 1971 eponymous album.

In 1975, Rod Stewart recorded the song at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, for his album Atlantic Crossing. This became successful when it was released as a single. In the United States, it became a top fifty hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1979. In the United Kingdom, it topped the UK Singles Chart as a double A-side with "The First Cut Is the Deepest" in 1977, although it has been controversially suggested that the charts were manipulated to keep The Sex Pistols' single "God Save the Queen" from number 1.

In 1988, Everything but the Girl released their remake as a single. This version also met with great success in the UK, peaking at number three on the UK Singles Chart. It was their first British top ten hit and would remain their only until 1995, when the remix of "Missing" also peaked at number three.

In 1989, Rod Stewart recorded a new version of "I Don't Want to Talk About It", which received extensive airplay on adult contemporary radio stations in the United States, reaching number two on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.

Rod Stewart sang this song as a duet with Amy Belle during his 2004 tour and is included in his concert DVD. This song was also performed on TV in the UK recently by Daryl Markham and was one of the stand out auditions of the show.

Other notable artists who have recorded versions of this song include Rita Coolidge, Billie Jo Spears, Ian Matthews, D'ZRT, Nils Lofgren who also helped Whitten write the song though he received no album credit for this, Dina Carroll, David Sneddon winner of the BBC's Fame Academy, Geoff Muldaur, Llama Farmers, Alex Parks, Indigo Girls on the Philadelphia soundtrack, Everything But the Girl, the famous Taiwanese diva, Tracy Huang & artist A-Mei (Chang Hui-Mei).

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