"I Want Love" | ||||
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Single by Elton John | ||||
from the album Songs from the West Coast | ||||
Released | 24 September 2001 [1] | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
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Producer(s) | Patrick Leonard | |||
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Music video | ||||
"I Want Love" on YouTube |
"I Want Love" is a 2001 song by English musician Elton John, co-written with Bernie Taupin, [2] released as the first single from his Songs from the West Coast album. The song reached the top ten in Canada and the United Kingdom. [3] In the US, "I Want Love" reached No. 10 on the Billboard "Bubbling Under" chart and number six on the Adult Contemporary chart. [4] The song also featured in an advert for Royal Mail, in which John starred. [5] It was nominated for a Grammy award in 2002 for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance. [6]
"I Want Love" is present in the musical biopic film Rocketman , sung by a cast including Kit Connor, Steven Mackintosh, Bryce Dallas Howard and Gemma Jones.
The music video was shot with the actor Robert Downey Jr. walking through Greystone Mansion and lip-syncing the song. [7] Video director Sam Taylor-Johnson shot 16 takes of the video and used the last one because, according to John, Downey looked completely relaxed, and, "The way he underplays it is fantastic". [8]
Chart (2001–2002) | Peak position |
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Australia (ARIA) [9] | 63 |
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Wallonia) [10] | 15 |
France (SNEP) [11] | 67 |
Ireland (IRMA) [12] | 34 |
Italy (FIMI) [13] | 14 |
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [14] | 31 |
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [15] | 49 |
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [16] | 31 |
UK Singles (OCC) [17] | 9 |
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 ( Billboard ) [18] | 10 |
US Adult Contemporary ( Billboard ) [19] | 6 |
Chart (2001) | Position |
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Canada (Nielsen SoundScan) [20] | 72 |
UK Singles (OCC) [21] | 141 |
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard) [22] | 29 |
Chart (2002) | Position |
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Canada (Nielsen SoundScan) [23] | 136 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United Kingdom (BPI) [24] | Silver | 200,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
Chris Stapleton covered "I Want Love" in the spring of 2018. It is included on the compilation album, Restoration: Reimagining the Songs of Elton John and Bernie Taupin . [25] [2]