| "I'm Not Scared" | ||||
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| Single by Eighth Wonder | ||||
| from the album Fearless | ||||
| B-side | "J'ai pas peur" | |||
| Released | 1988 | |||
| Format | 7" single, 12" maxi, CD maxi | |||
| Genre | Synthpop | |||
| Length | 3:49 | |||
| Label | CBS | |||
| Writer(s) | Neil Tennant, Chris Lowe | |||
| Producer | Phil Harding Neil Tennant Chris Lowe |
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"I'm Not Scared" is a 1988 song recorded by British pop band Eighth Wonder. It was the first single from the album Fearless and group's fifth single, and was released in 1988. It achieved success in France, Italy, Switzerland, Germany and UK, where it was a top ten hit. Written by the Pet Shop Boys, the original version contains several words in French-language. "J'ai pas peur", the B-side of the vinyl, is the French adaptation of "I'm Not Scared". The 12" "disco mix" combines the two versions into one long mix.
Slant Magazine ranked the song 62nd in its 100 Greatest Dance Songs list, adding: ""I'm Not Scared" is unmistakably a Lowe/Tennant composition, with sharp staccato synth lines, a fluctuating bassline, histrionic lyrics ending in curly, figurative question marks (...), and — on the extended Disco Version — dramatic string stabs".[1]
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| Chart (1988) | Peak position |
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| Austrian Singles Chart[2] | 20 |
| Dutch Mega Top 100[2] | 27 |
| French SNEP Singles Chart[2] | 8 |
| German Singles Chart[2] | 5 |
| Greek Singles Chart | 4 |
| Irish IRMA Singles Chart[3] | 14 |
| Italian Singles Chart | 1 |
| Portuguese Singles Chart | 2 |
| Spain Singles Chart | 3 |
| Swiss Singles Chart[2] | 2 |
| UK Singles Chart[4] | 7 |