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“I Don't Want a Lover” by Texas
From the album Southside (1989)
“I Don't Want a Lover” by Texas appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2001. It was first released in 1989 on the album Southside. Its best result is #436 on the Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2001). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #6,923 alternative song of all time.
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"I Don't Want a Lover" was how the world met Texas: the Scottish band's debut single, out in January 1989 and the calling card for their first album, Southside. It opens on a bluesy slide guitar, a throbbing rhythm section barges in behind it, and only then do the vocals arrive.
Johnny McElhone and Sharleen Spiteri wrote it together and Tim Palmer produced, with McElhone on bass, Stuart Kerr on drums, Ally McErlaine, Giuliano Gizzi and Spiteri on guitars, Craig Armstrong and Wix on keyboards and Mark Feltham blowing harmonica. It climbed to number eight in Britain and reached 77 on the Billboard Hot 100 that September. In 2001 the Norwegian production team Stargate remixed it to promote The Greatest Hits, and the new version got to number 16 in Britain.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 436 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 500 |
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