I Don't Want Your Love


"I Don't Want Your Love" is the seventeenth single from Duran Duran and the first single from the Big Thing album. It was released in September 1988. As with the album, the band's name was rendered on the artwork as Duranduran.

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.
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.
The other musicians in the video are guitarist Warren Cuccurullo 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.

Formats and track listing

7": EMI. / YOUR 1 United Kingdom

  1. "I Don't Want Your Love" - 3:47
  2. "I Don't Want Your Love" - 4:06
  1. "I Don't Want Your Love" - 7:33
  2. "I Don't Want Your Love" - 4:05
  3. "I Don't Want Your Love" - 3:47
  1. "I Don't Want Your Love" - 7:35
  2. "I Don't Want Your Love" - 7:36

    7": Capitol Records. / B-44237 United States

  3. "I Don't Want Your Love" - 3:47
  4. "I Don't Want Your Love" - 4:05
  1. "I Don't Want Your Love" - 7:35
  2. "I Don't Want Your Love" - 4:05
  3. "I Don't Want Your Love" - 3:47
  1. "I Don't Want Your Love" - 3:47
  2. I Don't Want Your Love" - 4:05
  3. "I Don't Want Your Love" - 7:35

    Chart positions

"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 U.S., reaching number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100, and number 1 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play.

Other appearances

Aside from the single, "I Don't Want Your Love" has appeared on:
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