I Wouldn't Want to Be Like You

"I Wouldn't Want to Be Like You" is a song by the British progressive rock band The Alan Parsons Project, featured on their 1977 album I Robot. Written by band leaders Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson, "I Wouldn't Want to Be Like You" was sung by pop singer Lenny Zakatek, who would go on to sing many of the band's songs. In the United States, the song was a moderate success and charted at #36 on the Billboard Hot 100.

"I Wouldn't Want to Be Like You"
German release artwork
Single by The Alan Parsons Project
from the album I Robot
B-side"Nucleus"
ReleasedAugust 1977 (1977)
RecordedDecember 1976 – March 1977
Genre
Length3:23
LabelArista
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Alan Parsons
The Alan Parsons Project singles chronology
"To One in Paradise"
(1976)		 "I Wouldn't Want to Be Like You"
(1977)		 "Don't Let It Show"
(1977)

Background

In 1977, the song was released as the lead single from the group's second album, I Robot. The song was a moderate success, charting at #36 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and #22 on the Canadian chart.

In 2013, the song was used in the best-selling video game Grand Theft Auto V in the game's classic rock channel.

In 2017, the song was used in the final scene of episode nine of the Netflix series Mindhunter.

Personnel

Charts
Charts (1977) Peak
position
Canadian RPM Top Singles 22
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 36

References
  1. Breithaupt, Don; Breithaupt, Jeff (2014). Precious and Few: Pop Music of the Early '70s. St. Martin's Press. p. 67. ISBN 9781466871380.
  2. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Eye in the Sky - The Alan Parsons Project, Alan Parsons | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
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