I Don't Wanna Lose at Love

"I Don't Wanna Lose At Love"
"I Don't Wanna Lose At Love"
Single by Tanita Tikaram
from the album The Cappuccino Songs
A-side	"I Don't Wanna Lose At Love"
B-side	"Only One Boy in the Crowd, In Your Time"
Released	17 August 1998
Recorded	January 1997
Genre	Folk rock
Length	3:56 (radio version) 4:20 (album version)
Label	Mother Records
Songwriter(s)	Tanita Tikaram, Marco Sabiu, Värttinä
Producer(s)	Marco Sabiu
Tanita Tikaram singles chronology

"I Don't Wanna Lose At Love" is the second single to be released from Tanita Tikaram's sixth studio album The Cappuccino Songs.

Background

"I Don't Wanna Lose at Love" has a distinctive string intro, which is looped throughout the song, that is sampled from Finnish folk-rock band Värttinä's 1992 song "Seelinnikoi". The group received a credit as co-writers of the song.

Released as the second single of Tikaram's album The Cappuccino Songs, the single mix differs from the album version, and was given a poppier sound by Stephen Lironi. The song was given additional remixes by noted remixers of Indian ascent Asian Dub Foundation and Talvin Singh.

The single was released as a two-part CD in the UK. It peaked at #73 there, and to date it's Tikaram's last single to chart in that country.

Critical reception

Upon its release as a single, Steve Ashford of the Gwent Gazette commented, "Well, what next? A Tanita Tikaram single that is actually quite good! And what's more, featuring an Asian Dub Foundation re-mix! Duck... there goes that flying pig!"^[1] Andrew Hirst of the Huddersfield Daily Examiner was less positive, writing, "Her dull tones sounded depressing when she became an overnight star a decade ago. She doesn't seem to have cheered up much – and the Finnish string quartet hardly help."^[2]

Releases

UK CD single 1

"I Don't Wanna Lose At Love" (Radio Version) — 3:56
"I Don't Wanna Lose At Love" (Love Loss Asian Dub Foundation Remix) — 4:28
"In Your Time" — 3:46

UK CD single 2

"I Don't Wanna Lose At Love" (Radio Version) — 3:56
"I Don't Wanna Lose At Love" (XT Talvin Singh Mix) — 7:18
"Only One Boy In The Crowd" - 3:38

Charts

Chart (1998)	Peak position
UK Singles Chart	73

References

^ Ashford, Steve (3 September 1998). "Movers 'n' groovers". Gwent Gazette. p. 17. Retrieved 8 December 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ Hirst, Andrew (26 August 1998). "Off the record: Singles". Huddersfield Daily Examiner. p. 12. Retrieved 8 December 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[1] Ashford, Steve (3 September 1998). "Movers 'n' groovers". Gwent Gazette. p. 17. Retrieved 8 December 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[2] Hirst, Andrew (26 August 1998). "Off the record: Singles". Huddersfield Daily Examiner. p. 12. Retrieved 8 December 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.

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