I Want Love

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"I Want Love"
I Want Love - Elton John.jpg
Single by Elton John
from the album Songs from the West Coast
Released24 September 2001 [1]
Genre Rock
Length
  • 4:35 (LP version)
  • 3:57 (radio edit)
Label
Songwriter(s)
Elton John singles chronology
"Perfect Day"
(2001)
"I Want Love"
(2001)
"This Train Don't Stop There Anymore"
(2002)
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]

Contents

"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.

Music video

I Want Love
Route scheme in the music video

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]

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for "I Want Love"
Chart (2001–2002)Peak
position
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 Singles ( Billboard ) [18] 10
US Adult Contemporary ( Billboard ) [19] 6

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for "I Want Love" by Elton John
Chart (2001)Position
Canada (Nielsen SoundScan) [20] 72
UK Singles (OCC) [21] 141
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard) [22] 29
Chart (2002)Position
Canada (Nielsen SoundScan) [23] 136

Chris Stapleton cover

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 . [24] [2]

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