I Don't Wanna Lose at Love

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"I Don't Wanna Lose At Love"
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Single by Tanita Tikaram
from the album The Cappuccino Songs
A-side "I Don't Wanna Lose At Love"
B-side "Only One Boy in the Crowd, In Your Time"
Released17 August 1998
RecordedJanuary 1997
Genre Folk rock
Length3:56(radio version) 4:20 (album version)
Label Mother Records
Songwriter(s) Tanita Tikaram, Marco Sabiu, Värttinä
Producer(s) Marco Sabiu
Tanita Tikaram singles chronology
"Stop Listening"
(1998)
"I Don't Wanna Lose At Love"
(1998)
"If I Ever"
(1998)

"I Don't Wanna Lose At Love" is the second single to be released from Tanita Tikaram's sixth studio album The Cappuccino Songs .

Contents

Background

"I Don't Wanna Lose at Love" has a distinctive string intro, which is looped throughout the song, that is sampled from Finnish folk-rock band Värttinä's 1992 song "Seelinnikoi". The group received a credit as co-writers of the song.

Released as the second single of Tikaram's album The Cappuccino Songs , the single mix differs from the album version, and was given a poppier sound by Stephen Lironi. The song was given additional remixes by noted remixers of Indian ascent Asian Dub Foundation and Talvin Singh.

The single was released as a two-part CD in the UK. It peaked at #73 there, and to date it's Tikaram's last single to chart in that country.

Critical reception

Upon its release as a single, Steve Ashford of the Gwent Gazette commented, "Well, what next? A Tanita Tikaram single that is actually quite good! And what's more, featuring an Asian Dub Foundation re-mix! Duck... there goes that flying pig!" [1] Andrew Hirst of the Huddersfield Daily Examiner was less positive, writing, "Her dull tones sounded depressing when she became an overnight star a decade ago. She doesn't seem to have cheered up much – and the Finnish string quartet hardly help." [2]

Releases

  1. "I Don't Wanna Lose At Love" (Radio Version) — 3:56
  2. "I Don't Wanna Lose At Love" (Love Loss Asian Dub Foundation Remix) — 4:28
  3. "In Your Time" — 3:46
  1. "I Don't Wanna Lose At Love" (Radio Version) — 3:56
  2. "I Don't Wanna Lose At Love" (XT Talvin Singh Mix) — 7:18
  3. "Only One Boy In The Crowd" - 3:38

Charts

Chart (1998)Peak
position
UK Singles Chart 73

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References

  1. Ashford, Steve (3 September 1998). "Movers 'n' groovers" . Gwent Gazette. p. 17. Retrieved 8 December 2023 via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. Hirst, Andrew (26 August 1998). "Off the record: Singles" . Huddersfield Daily Examiner . p. 12. Retrieved 8 December 2023 via British Newspaper Archive.