I Just Wanna Be Loved

"I Just Wanna Be Loved"
Single by Culture Club
from the album Don't Mind If I Do
B-side
  • "I Just Wanna Be Loved" (Magic Man remix)
  • "Do You Really Want To Hurt Me" (Quivver Mix)
Released 1998
Format
Recorded 1998
Genre
Length 4:32 (album version)
Label Virgin
Songwriter(s)
  • George O'Dowd
  • Roy Hay
  • Jon Moss
  • Mikey Craig
Producer(s) Richie Stevens
Culture Club singles chronology
"Gusto Blusto"
(1986)		 "I Just Wanna Be Loved"
(1998)		 "Your Kisses Are Charity"
(1999)

"Gusto Blusto"
(1986)		 "I Just Wanna Be Loved"
(1998)		 "Your Kisses Are Charity"
(1999)
Music video
"I Just Wanna Be Loved" on YouTube

"I Just Wanna Be Loved" is the first single from Culture Club's fifth album, Don't Mind If I Do. The hit single went to #4 in the UK Singles Chart. It became Culture Club's ninth Top 10 hit there. It was their first release after their split in 1986.

The song was released in North America, in the summer of 1998, to promote Culture Club's reformation US tour and the live album and compilation VH1 Storytellers/Greatest Moments. It failed to generate interest on US radio. In Canada, the music video was broadcast quite often and the song was on strong rotation on many popular radio stations, the song went to #18 there.

It was released in the autumn of 1998 in the rest of the world. The comeback song went straight in at #4 on the UK Singles Chart, during a week where the entire top five positions were held by new entries for the first time. The top five was completed by Cher with "Believe", George Michael with "Outside", U2 with "Sweetest Thing", and Alanis Morissette with "Thank U".

Track listing

CD single

1. I Just Wanna Be Loved (single version)
2. I Just Wanna Be Loved (Magic Man remix)
3. Do You Really Want To Hurt Me (Quivver Mix)

7" promo

A. I Just Wanna Be Loved (single version)
B. I Just Wanna Be Loved (Magic Man remix)

12" promo

A. Do You Really Want To Hurt Me (Quivver Mix)
B1. I Just Wanna Be Loved (Magic Man remix)
B2. I Just Wanna Be Loved (Richie Stevens Mix)

Chart performance

Chart (1998) Peak
position
Canada (RPM)[1] 18
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[2] 18
Germany (Official German Charts)[3] 80
Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40)[4] 20
Scotland (Official Charts Company)[5] 7
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[6] 4

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
  2. ↑ "Music & Media: Eurochart Hot 100" (PDF). Music & Media. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
  3. ↑ http://www.musicline.de/
  4. ↑ "Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 (27.11.1998 - 04.11.1998)" (PDF) (in Icelandic). Dagblaðið Vísir - Tónlist. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  5. ↑ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
  6. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 June 2009. Retrieved 23 February 2012.


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