I Don't Want Your Love

For the Five for Fighting song, see I Don't Want Your Love (Five for Fighting song).

"I Don't Want Your Love" is a song by the English pop rock band Duran Duran, released on 19 September 1988 as the first single from their fifth studio album, Big Thing (1988).

"I Don't Want Your Love"
Single by Duran Duran
from the album Big Thing
B-side	"I Don't Want Your Love" (album version)
Released	19 September 1988 (1988-09-19)[1]
Genre	Dance-pop[2] house[3] funk[4] freestyle[3]
Length	3:47 (7″ mix) 4:06 (album version) 7:35 (Big mix) 7:36 (dub mix)
Label	EMI Capitol
Songwriter(s)	Simon Le Bon John Taylor Nick Rhodes
Producer(s)	Duran Duran Jonathan Elias Daniel Abraham
Duran Duran singles chronology
"Meet El Presidente" (1987) "I Don't Want Your Love" (1988) "All She Wants Is" (1988)
Music video
"I Don't Want Your Love" on YouTube

Cash Box called it "a serviceable single" with "a funky bass and percussive counterpoint" and "more of a mixed vocal arrangement, relying less on [Simon] Lebon's strained style."^[5]

Music video

The video for "I Don't Want Your Love" was filmed by director Steve Lowe and produced by the Molotov Brothers, and first aired on September 26, 1988 (1988-09-26).^[6]

The video features the band in a raucous courtroom filled with spectators and tabloid reporters, "testifying" by singing the song into the court's witness microphones. The instrumental bridge in the song is accompanied by images of a young man and woman dancing or fighting (or both).

The other musicians in the video are guitarist Warren Cuccurullo (playing Kamen's guitar part) and David Palmer, former drummer for ABC.

B-sides, bonus tracks and remixes

The single version of "I Don't Want Your Love" was a remix by Shep Pettibone. It was backed by the album version for the B-side.

A UK promo 12″ includes the dub mix of "I Don't Want Your Love", which was unreleased elsewhere until 1999's Strange Behaviour remix collection (which strangely didn't use the lead 12″ mix entitled "Big mix").

Formats and track listings

7″: EMI / YOUR 1 United Kingdom

1. "I Don't Want Your Love" (7″ mix) – 3:47
2. "I Don't Want Your Love" (album version) – 4:06

• Track 1 features additional production and mix by Shep Pettibone.

12″: EMI / 12 YOUR 1 United Kingdom

1. "I Don't Want Your Love" (Big mix) – 7:33
2. "I Don't Want Your Love" (album version) – 4:05
3. "I Don't Want Your Love" (7″ mix) – 3:47

• Also available on CD (CD YOUR 1).

12″: EMI / 12 YOUR DJ 1 (Promo) United Kingdom

1. "I Don't Want Your Love" (Big mix) – 7:35
2. "I Don't Want Your Love" (dub mix) – 7:36

7″: Capitol / B-44237 United States

1. "I Don't Want Your Love" (Big and 7 inch mix) – 3:47
2. "I Don't Want Your Love" (album version) – 4:05

12″: Capitol / V-15417 United States

1. "I Don't Want Your Love" (Big mix) – 7:35
2. "I Don't Want Your Love" (album version) – 4:05
3. "I Don't Want Your Love" (7″ mix) – 3:47

CD: The Singles 1986–1995 box set

1. "I Don't Want Your Love" (7″ mix) – 3:47
2. "I Don't Want Your Love" (album version) – 4:05
3. "I Don't Want Your Love" (Big mix) – 7:35

Chart performance

"I Don't Want Your Love" debuted at number 20 and peaked the following week at number 14 in the UK, but did much better in the rest of Europe, especially in Italy where it spent six non-consecutive weeks at number 1, and was the best-selling single of 1988 in that country. It also did very well in the US, reaching number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100,^[7] and number 1 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart.^[8]

Charts

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for "I Don't Want Your Love" Chart (1988–1989) Peak position Australia (ARIA)[9] 23 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[10] 15 Canada Top Singles (RPM)[11] 6 Germany (GfK)[12] 31 Ireland (IRMA)[13] 8 Italy (Musica e dischi)[14] 1 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[15] 11 New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[16] 12 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[17] 15 UK Singles (OCC)[18] 14 US Billboard Hot 100[19] 4 US Modern Rock Tracks (Billboard) 13 US Hot Dance Club Play (Billboard)[8] 1

Year-end charts Year-end chart performance for "I Don't Want Your Love" Chart (1989) Position US Billboard Hot 100[20][21] 62

Personnel

Duran Duran

• Simon Le Bon – vocals
• John Taylor – bass
• Nick Rhodes – keyboards

Additional musicians

• Steve Ferrone – live drums
• Marc Chantereau – percussion
• Warren Cuccurullo – rhythm guitar
• Chester Kamen – noise guitar, rhythm guitar
• Stan Harrison – saxophone
• Patrick Bourgoin – saxophone
• Mac Gollehon – trumpet
• Joniece Jamison – backing vocals
• Carole Fredericks – backing vocals

Technical

• Duran Duran – producer
• Jonathan Elias – producer
• Daniel Abraham – producer
• Shep Pettibone – remixer
• Bob Rosa – remix engineer

References

1. Smith, Robin (10 September 1988). "News: Love It". Record Mirror. p. 4. ISSN 0144-5804.
2. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (27 October 2023). "Essential Duran Duran: Their 30 greatest songs, ranked". The A.V. Club. Archived from the original on 3 August 2024. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
3. Molanphy, Chris (16 July 2022). "Point of No Return Edition". Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia (Podcast). Slate. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
4. Flynn, Rik (30 January 2022). "40 of the best Duran Duran songs – year by year". Classic Pop. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
5. "Single Releases" (PDF). Cash Box. 8 October 1988. p. 12. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
6. "Music Video Database: I Don't Want Your Love". Archived from the original on 25 March 2006. Retrieved 14 August 2006.
7. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition. Record Research. p. 196.
8. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974–2003. Record Research. p. 84.
9. "Duran Duran – I Don't Want Your Love". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved March 17, 2024.
10. "Duran Duran – I Don't Want Your Love" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved March 17, 2024.
11. "Top RPM Singles – December 24, 1988" (PDF). 24 December 1988. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
12. "Duran Duran – I Don't Want Your Love" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved March 17, 2024.
13. "The Irish Charts – Search Results – I Don't Want Your Love Love". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved March 17, 2024.
14. "Classifiche". Musica e dischi (in Italian). Retrieved 17 March 2024. Select "Singoli" in the "Tipo" field, type "I don't want your love" in the "Titolo" field and press "cerca".
15. "Duran Duran – I Don't Want Your Love" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved March 17, 2024.
16. "Duran Duran – I Don't Want Your Love". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved March 17, 2024.
17. "Duran Duran – I Don't Want Your Love". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved March 17, 2024.
18. "Duran Duran: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 17, 2024.
19. "Billboard Hot 100: Week of December 3, 1988". Billboard. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
20. "1989 The Year in Music: Top Pop Singles". Billboard. Vol. 101, no. 51. 23 December 1989. p. Y-22.
21. "Billboard Top 100 – 1989".