If You Don't Want My Love

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"If You Don't Want My Love"
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Single by Robert John
from the album If You Don't Want My Love
B-side "Don't"
ReleasedApril 1968
Genre Sunshine pop [1]
Length2:25
Label Columbia
Songwriter(s) Michael Gately, R. Pedrick, L. David
Producer(s) David Rubinson
Robert John singles chronology
"White Bucks and Saddle Shoes"
(1958)
"If You Don't Want My Love"
(1968)
"When the Party Is Over"
(1970)

"If You Don't Want My Love" is a song by Robert John from 1968. It became a hit in the U.S. (Billboard number 49, Cash Box number 34) and the UK (number 42). It did best in Canada, where it reached number 21.

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The song was written and performed with Michael Gately, as was the B-side of the single, "Don't".

"If You Don't Want My Love" was the first charting hit of John's adult career. At age 12 he had previously had a minor hit in 1958 with "White Bucks and Saddle Shoes" under his given name, Bobby Pedrick Jr.

Chart history

Chart (1968)Peak
position
Canada RPM Top Singles [2] 21
UK (OCC)42
US Billboard Hot 100 [3] 49
US Cash Box Top 100 [4] 34
US Record World 65

References

  1. Deming, Mark. Various Artists - Chartbusters USA: Sunshine Pop (2009) Review at AllMusic. Retrieved November 16, 2024.
  2. "Image : RPM Weekly". Bac-lac.gc.ca. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  3. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN   0-89820-089-X
  4. "Cash Box Top 100 5/25/68". Tropicalglen.com. Retrieved 23 May 2023.