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I Don't Wanna (Sham 69 song)

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B-side
  
"Ulster"/"Red London"

Format
  
7" vinyl

Length
  
1:46

Released
  
28 October 1977

Genre
  
Punk rock

Recorded
  
August 1977 at Pathway Studios in London, UK

"I Don't Wanna" is a song by English punk rock band Sham 69, it was released as the band's debut single on 28 October 1977 and was later featured on their first studio album Tell Us The Truth in 1978 as a "Captain Oi!" bonus track list. It was a minor hit in the United Kingdom and failed to make in the chart. The twin B-side tracks containing "Ulster" and "Red London" appears on this single. "I Don't Wanna" was written by frontman Jimmy Pursey and guitarist Dave Parsons and produced by John Cale, a founding and former member of experimental rock band The Velvet Underground. The songs were recorded took place in August 1977 at the Pathway Studios in London, United Kingdom. Jill Furmanovsky took the photos of cover on the album.

Contents

Track listing

Side one
  1. I Don't Wanna – 1:46
Side two
  1. "Ulster" – 2:40
  2. "Red London" – 1:55

Production credits

  • Producer: John Cale
  • Musicians:
  • Jimmy Pursey – singer
  • David Parsons – guitar
  • Albie Maskell – bass guitar
  • Mark Cain – drums
  • References

    I Don't Wanna (Sham 69 song) Wikipedia