I Don't Wanna Be a Loser

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"I Don't Wanna Be a Loser"
Single by Lesley Gore
from the album Boys, Boys, Boys
B-side "It's Gotta Be You"
ReleasedMay 5, 1964
RecordedMarch 28, 1964
Genre Pop music
Length2:36
Label Mercury Records 72270
Songwriter(s) Ben Raleigh, Mark Barkan
Producer(s) Quincy Jones
Lesley Gore singles chronology
"That's the Way Boys Are"
(1964)		"I Don't Wanna Be a Loser"
(1964)		"Maybe I Know"
(1964)

"I Don't Wanna Be a Loser" is a song written by Ben Raleigh and Mark Barkan and performed by Lesley Gore. It reached #12 on the adult contemporary chart and #37 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1964. [1] It was featured on her 1964 album, Boys, Boys, Boys . [2]

Billboard described the song as a "fine teen ballad sung with grace and feeling." [3] Cash Box described it as "a dramatic beat-ballad hip-swinger that Leslie delivers in her effective teen fashion" with a "tasteful" arrangement by Claus Ogerman. [4]

The song was produced by Quincy Jones and arranged by Claus Ogerman. [5] It was featured in the soundtrack of the 1964 movie The Pawnbroker . [6]

References

  1. ↑ Lesley Gore, "I Don't Wanna Be a Loser" Chart Positions Retrieved January 13, 2015
  2. ↑ Lesley Gore, Boys, Boys, Boys Retrieved January 13, 2015
  3. ↑ "Singles Reviews" (PDF). Billboard. May 16, 1964. p. 24. Retrieved 2021-05-01.
  4. ↑ "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. May 16, 1964. p. 10. Retrieved 2022-01-12.[ dead link ]
  5. ↑ Lesley Gore, "I Don't Wanna Be a Loser" single release Retrieved January 13, 2015
  6. ↑ The Pawnbroker Soundtrack Retrieved February 18, 2015



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