Don't Look Back (Lloyd Cole song)

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"Don't Look Back"
Lloyd Cole Don't Look Back 1990 single cover.jpg
Single by Lloyd Cole
from the album Lloyd Cole
Released26 March 1990 [1]
Length3:46
Label Polydor
Songwriter(s) Lloyd Cole
Producer(s)
Lloyd Cole singles chronology
"No Blue Skies"
(1990)		"Don't Look Back"
(1990)		"Downtown"
(1990)

"Don't Look Back" is a song by English singer, songwriter and musician Lloyd Cole, released in 1990 as the second single from his self-titled studio album. The song was written by Cole and produced by Cole, Fred Maher and Paul Hardiman. It peaked at number 59 in the UK Singles Chart and remained in the top 100 for three weeks.

Contents

Music video

The song's music video was directed by Matthew Chapman and produced by Laura Bickford for the production company VIVID. [2]

Critical reception

Upon its release as a single, David Giles of Music Week described "Don't Look Back" as "a fairly downbeat, almost countrified blues, track loaded with references to Cole's adopted homeland [the US]". He noted that there was "none of the subtle twists and turns of old, unfortunately". [3] Tom Hingley of Inspiral Carpets, as guest reviewer for NME , commented, "The musical content of this record makes Dire Straits sound radical. You can hear tons of influences but it's all so unchallenging and formularised. It's quite pleasant sounding but who gives a fuck about that?" [4]

Robin Smith of Record Mirror commented that the song "seems to have precious little substance underneath all the surrounding gloss" and added that it "gave me a hankering for those glorious days of 'Jennifer She Said'". [5] Penelope Leyland of Australia's The Canberra Times considered it to be "workmanlike pop/rock" and noted that Cole "sounds much the same" as he did with the Commotions. [6]

Track listing

7–inch single (UK, Europe and Australia) and cassette single (UK) [7] [8] [9]

  1. "Don't Look Back" – 3:46
  2. "Blame Mary Jane" – 3:49

10–inch limited edition and numbered single (UK and Europe) [10]

  1. "Don't Look Back" – 3:46
  2. "Blame Mary Jane" – 3:49
  3. "Witching Hour" – 3:53

12-inch and CD single (UK and Europe) [11] [12]

  1. "Don't Look Back" – 3:46
  2. "Blame Mary Jane" – 3:49
  3. "Witching Hour" – 3:53

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the Lloyd Cole CD album liner notes and the UK CD single. [13] [12]

"Downtown"

Production

Charts

Chart (1990)Peak
position
UK Singles (OCC) [14] 59

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References

  1. ↑ Robin Smith, ed. (24 March 1990). "This Week - Releases". Record Mirror . p. 31. ISSN   0144-5804.
  2. ↑ "New Videoclips". Billboard . Vol. 102, no. 16. Billboard Publications, Inc. 21 April 1990. p. 43. ISSN   0006-2510.
  3. ↑ Giles, David (31 March 1990). "A&R: Singles" (PDF). Music Week . p. 23. ISSN   0265-1548 . Retrieved 11 January 2023– via World Radio History.
  4. ↑ Hingley, Tom (31 March 1990). "Singles". New Musical Express . p. 18.
  5. ↑ Smith, Robin (31 March 1990). "Singles". Record Mirror . p. 14. ISSN   0144-5804.
  6. ↑ Leyland, Penelope (14 June 1990). "Music: Singles". The Canberra Times . p. 9.
  7. ↑ Don't Look Back (UK, European and Australian 7-inch single sleeve). Lloyd Cole. Polydor Records. 1990. COLE 12, 873 958-7.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  8. ↑ Don't Look Back (UK 7-inch limited edition and numbered single sleeve). Lloyd Cole. Polydor Records. 1990. COLEB 12.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  9. ↑ Don't Look Back (UK cassette single liner notes). Lloyd Cole. Polydor Records. 1990. COLCS12.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  10. ↑ Don't Look Back (UK and European 10-inch limited edition and numbered single sleeve). Lloyd Cole. Polydor Records. 1990. COLET 12, 873 959-0.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  11. ↑ Don't Look Back (UK and European 12-inch single sleeve). Lloyd Cole. Polydor Records. 1990. COLEX 12, 873 959-1.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  12. 1 2 Don't Look Back (UK and European CD single liner notes). Lloyd Cole. Polydor Records. 1990. COLCD 12, 873 959-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  13. ↑ Lloyd Cole (UK and European CD album liner notes). Lloyd Cole. Polydor Records. 1990. 841 907-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  14. ↑ "Lloyd Cole: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
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