I Don't Wanna Dance (Eddy Grant song)
| "I Don't Wanna Dance" | |
|---|---|
| Single by Eddy Grant | |
| from the album Killer on the Rampage | |
| Released | 1982 (UK)[1] / July 1983 (US) |
| Genre | Reggae,[1] pop rock[2] |
| Length | 3:17 |
| Label | Ice Records (UK)[1] |
| Writer(s) | Eddy Grant[1] |
| Producer(s) | Eddy Grant[1] |
"I Don't Wanna Dance" is a 1982 single by Eddy Grant. It went to number one on the UK Singles Chart and held there for three weeks in November 1982.[3] It was later released in the United States, but only reached No. 53 on the Billboard Hot 100 in late 1983. It was later reissued as the B-side of Grant's "Electric Avenue".
Written and produced by Grant, it was the most successful of his solo singles in the United Kingdom, and his first number one since "Baby Come Back" by The Equals in 1968.
See also
- List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 1980s
- List of number-one singles of the 1980s (Switzerland)
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Eddy Grant - I Don't Wanna Dance (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2014-03-29.
- ↑ "Eddy Grant - Killer on the Rampage (album review )". Sputnikmusic. 2010-01-11. Retrieved 2015-10-17.
- ↑ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 415. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
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