I Just Wanna Be Loved

"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 No. 4 in the UK Singles Chart. It became Culture Club's ninth top 10 hit there. The song also peaked at number 7 in Scotland and number 20 in Iceland. It was their first release after their split in 1986.

"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)
Released1998
Recorded1998
Genre
Length4:32 (album version)
LabelVirgin
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Richie Stevens
Culture Club singles chronology
"Gusto Blusto"
(1986)		 "I Just Wanna Be Loved"
(1998)		 "Your Kisses Are Charity"
(1999)
Music video
"I Just Wanna Be Loved" on YouTube

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 No. 18 there.

It was released in the autumn of 1998 in the rest of the world. The comeback song went straight in at No. 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".

Critical reception

AllMusic editor Jose F. Promis noted "the light reggae influence" on the song in his review of Don't Mind If I Do.[1] Larry Flick from Billboard wrote that "this fine new recording shows 'em in far better form than on their last two '80s-era albums." He noted that "set to a shuffling pop-reggae groove somewhat similar to their classic hit "Do You Really Want To Hurt Me", "I Just Wanna Be Loved" tingles with warm yet worldly lyrics and a crazy-catchy chorus that you'll be humming for hours after one listen." He added that Boy George "is in peak vocal form, while band-mates Roy Hay, Jon Moss, and Mike Craig play with astonishingly sharp precision."[2] Sarah Davis from Dotmusic described it as "a lovers rock workout that evokes all the best memories of the Eighties", adding that George "is in fine voice".[3]

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)[4] 18
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[5] 18
Germany (Official German Charts)[6] 80
Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40)[7] 20
Scotland (Official Charts Company)[8] 7
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[9] 4

References
  1. "Culture Club - Don't Mind If I Do". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  2. "Single Reviews" (PDF). Billboard. 8 August 1998. p. 21. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  3. Davis, Sarah (28 September 1998). "CULTURE CLUB - I JUST WANNA BE LOVED (VIRGIN)". Dotmusic. Archived from the original on 1 September 2000. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 30 March 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "Music & Media: Eurochart Hot 100" (PDF). Music & Media. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
  6. http://www.musicline.de/
  7. "Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 (27.11.1998 - 04.11.1998)" (PDF) (in Icelandic). Dagblaðið Vísir - Tónlist. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  8. "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
  9. "Official Charts Company". Retrieved 23 February 2012.



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