I Really Don't Want to Know

"I Really Don't Want to Know" is a popular song with music which was written by Don Robertson and lyrics by Howard Barnes. The song was published in 1953.

The best-known version of the song was recorded by Les Paul and Mary Ford in 1953, one of the top 100 songs of 1954, reaching the No. 11 in the charts.^[1]

Eddy Arnold's version was a #1 Country song in 1954.

Cover versions

• Tommy Edwards's version hit the pop top 20 in 1960, peaking at No. 18.^[2]
• Eddy Arnold - for his album You Gotta Have Love (1960).^[3]
• Solomon Burke - a single release. (1962).^[4]
• Andy Williams released a version on his 1963 album, Days of Wine and Roses and Other TV Requests.
• Connie Francis - for her album Country Music – Connie Style (1962).^[5]
• Kay Starr - for the album Just Plain Country (1962).^[6]
• Al Martino - for his album I Love You Because (1963).^[7]
• Esther Phillips - for her album Release Me (1963).^[8]
• Rosemary Clooney - Rosemary Clooney Sings Country Hits from the Heart (1963)
• Eydie Gormé - for her album Gormé Country Style (1964).^[9]
• Perry Como - The Scene Changes (1965)
• Vic Damone - in his album Country Love Songs (1965).^[10]
• Ronnie Dove recorded a version, which was released in 1966 on Diamond Records #208, and peaked at #22 on the Billboard Hot 100.^[11]
• Brook Benton - in the album My Country (1966).^[12]
• Loretta Lynn - in her album Don't Come Home a Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind) (1967).
• Elvis Presley - Elvis Country (I'm 10,000 Years Old) (1970) Presley's cover became a gold record.
• Gene Clark on his album Roadmaster (first released in 1973).
• Johnny Rodriguez included some Spanish language lyrics in his version. (1973).^[13]
• Dolly Parton and Willie Nelson - included in the album Burlap & Satin (1983)
• Jason & the Scorchers offered an alt country version on their 1985 album "Lost and Found".
• John Travolta sang the song in the 2004 movie A Love Song for Bobby Long.
• Anne Murray's tribute-to-the-1950s album, Croonin' (1993).
• Jerry Lee Lewis included it on his 2010 album, "Mean Old Man".^[14]

"I Really Want You to Know" by Skeeter Davis was released by RCA in 1961 as an answer song to Eddy Arnold's version of the song.

Knud Pfeiffer wrote the Danish lyrics. The Danish title is "Jeg ønsker ikke dit svar". Raquel Rastenni with Harry Felbert's sixtet and chorus recorded it in Copenhagen in 1954. The song was released on His Master's Voice X 8219.

A Japanese version was sung by Yōichi Sugawara (菅原洋一) as "Shiritakunai no" (知りたくないの) in 1965.

This song was covered in Mandarin Chinese language, given the title name of 過去的春夢 (Passed Memory) with Chinese lyrics written by Li Rui Cheng (李瑞成), recorded by various female and male singers such as Rou Yun (柔雲) on YouTube in 1956 and Judi Jim (詹小屏) in 1973 from Hong Kong, Zi Wei (紫薇) in 1969, Bao Na-Na (包娜娜) in 1976, Feng Fei-fei & Yao Su-Rong (姚蘇蓉) both in 1978, Long Piao-Piao (龍飄飄), Yu Ya (尤雅) in 2002 from Taiwan, and Ling Seow (凌霄) from Singapore.

Chart performance

References

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics