"I Don't Want a Lover" | ||||
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Single by Texas | ||||
from the album Southside | ||||
B-side |
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Released | January 1989 | |||
Length | 5:00 | |||
Label | Mercury, Phonogram | |||
Songwriter(s) | Johnny McElhone, Sharleen Spiteri | |||
Producer(s) | Tim Palmer | |||
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"I Don't Want a Lover" is the debut single of Scottish band Texas, taken from their first album, Southside (1989). The music starts with blues slide guitar followed by a throbbing rhythm section before the vocals break in. [1] It was released in January 1989 and peaked at number eight on the UK Singles Chart. In the United States, it peaked at number 77 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in September 1989.
In 2001, Norwegian production team Stargate remixed and re-released the song to promote The Greatest Hits compilation album. Released on 9 July 2001, this version peaked at number 16 on the UK chart.
In an ironic review on 4 February 1989, Phil Cheeseman of British music newspaper Record Mirror chided the song for lack of individuality. He wrote: "It Begins brightly with some welcome slide guitar work but even before its slide towards American FM rock you're already scouring the sleeve in a vague attempt to find something, anything of interest". [2]
7-inch, mini-CD, and cassette single [3] [4] [5]
UK CD1 [8]
UK CD2 [9]
UK cassette single [10]
| European CD single [11]
European maxi-CD single [12]
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Personnel are lifted from The Greatest Hits album booklet and the 2001 UK CD1 liner notes. [13] [8]
Weekly chartsOriginal version
2001 mix
| Year-end charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA) [31] | Gold | 35,000^ |
United Kingdom (BPI) [36] | Silver | 200,000‡ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
Region | Version | Date | Format(s) | Label(s) | Ref. |
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United Kingdom | Original | January 1989 |
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Japan | 5 June 1989 | Mini-CD | Mercury | [38] | |
United Kingdom | 2001 mix | 9 July 2001 |
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: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)Gutsy guitar band Texas release their debut single 'I Don't Want A Lover' this week.