Don't Want to Forgive Me Now

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"Don't Want to Forgive Me Now"
WetWetWet Don't Want to Forgive Me Now.jpg
Single by Wet Wet Wet
from the album Picture This
B-side
Released5 June 1995 (1995-06-05)
RecordedNovember 1994–January 1995
Studio
  • Miraval (Var, France)
  • Whitfield Street (London, England)
Length2:56
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Wet Wet Wet singles chronology
"Julia Says"
(1995)		"Don't Want to Forgive Me Now"
(1995)		"Somewhere Somehow"
(1995)

"Don't Want to Forgive Me Now" is a song by Scottish band Wet Wet Wet, released as the third single from their sixth studio album, Picture This (1995), on 5 June 1995. It reached number seven on the UK Singles Chart and reached the top 20 in Iceland and Ireland. Marti Pellow recorded his own version of the song for inclusion on his 2002 album Marti Pellow Sings the Hits of Wet Wet Wet & Smile .

Contents

Track listings

UK CD1 [1]

  1. "Don't Want to Forgive Me Now"
  2. "In the Ghetto" (live)
  3. "Gypsy Girl" (live acoustic)

UK CD2 [2]

  1. "Don't Want to Forgive Me Now"
  2. "Love Is All Around" (live)
  3. "Angel Eyes" (acoustic and live)

UK cassette single and Japanese mini-CD single [3] [4]

  1. "Don't Want to Forgive Me Now"
  2. "In the Ghetto" (live)

Australasian CD single [5]

  1. "Don't Want to Forgive Me Now"
  2. "Love Is All Around" (Radio One live show)
  3. "Angel Eyes" (live Radio One acoustic)
  4. "In the Ghetto"

Credits and personnel

Credits are lifted from the UK CD1 liner notes and the Picture This album booklet. [1] [6]

Studios

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1995)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [7] 45
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100) [8] 35
Germany (Official German Charts) [9] 66
Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40) [10] 19
Ireland (IRMA) [11] 18
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40 Tipparade) [12] 15
Netherlands (Single Top 100 Tipparade) [13] 8
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [14] 45
Scotland (OCC) [15] 3
UK Singles (OCC) [16] 7

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United Kingdom5 June 1995
  • CD1
  • cassette
 [17]
12 June 1995CD2 [18]
Japan26 July 1995Mini-CD [19]

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