G major · Camelot 9B · 120 BPM
I Don't Want a Lover
by Texas
- 120
- BPM
- G major
- Key
- 9B
- Camelot
- 77
- Danceability
- 20
- Acousticness
"I Don't Want a Lover" was written by the Scottish band Texas and appeared on their debut album, Southside, released in 1989. The song opens with blues slide guitar before a throbbing rhythm section carries it forward, and the vocals only break in after that introduction has run its course.
Mercury chose it as the band's first single, putting it out in January 1989. It reached number eight on the UK singles chart, a strong start for a new group, though its American fortunes were modest and it climbed only to number 77 on the Billboard Hot 100 that September.
The track had a second life more than a decade later. In 2001 the Norwegian production team Stargate remixed it to promote the compilation The Greatest Hits, and this version came out on 9 July 2001, peaking at number 16 in Britain. The original release paired the song with the B-side "Believe Me", while the CD and 12-inch formats added a third track, "All in Vain", alongside the full-length version of the single.
I Don't Want a Lover runs at 120 BPM, the tempo of house, disco and most club dance music. In classical terms it sits in allegro territory. A bar of 4/4 lasts 2 seconds, and a quarter-note delay is 500 ms. It is in G major, Camelot 9B, which shares its notes with E minor and mixes cleanly with C major and D major.
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