I Don't Want Control of You

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"I Don't Want Control of You"
I Don't Want Control of You - Teenage Fanclub.jpg
Single by Teenage Fanclub
from the album Songs from Northern Britain
B-side
  • "The Count"
  • "Middle of the Road"
  • "He'd Be a Diamond"
  • "Live My Life"
Released18 August 1997
Recorded1996
Genre
Length3:08
Label Creation
Songwriter(s) Norman Blake
Producer(s)
  • David Bianco
  • Blake
  • Love
  • Raymond McGinley
  • Paul Quinn
Teenage Fanclub singles chronology
"Ain't That Enough"
(1997)
"I Don't Want Control of You"
(1997)
"Start Again"
(1997)

"I Don't Want Control of You" is a song recorded by Scottish rock band Teenage Fanclub. The song was released on 18 August 1997 through Creation Records, as the second single from the band's sixth studio album Songs from Northern Britain . The song was written and sung by vocalist and guitarist Norman Blake.

Contents

The song peaked at number 43 on the UK Singles Chart.

Background

Norman Blake, in a 2016 interview, considered it among his personal favorite songs by the band:

"I Don't Want Control of You" is one of my favorite songs I've written. I still enjoy playing it. I achieved what I was aiming for there. I like how it has a key change. As a musician and a songwriter, I feel like I got pretty close to achieving what was in my head. [1]

Reception

Matt Collar, in a review of Songs from Northern Britain on AllMusic, considered the song "one of the most beautiful affirmations of fidelity in a relationship." [2] Pitchfork contributor Sam Sodomsky called it a "brilliantly unguarded" love song, [3] while James Cosby at PopMatters praised the tune's "bold, sometimes rather astonishing lyrical observations." [4]

Charts

Chart (1997)Peak
position
UK Singles (OCC) [5] 43

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