Released April 1990 Genre Pop, Rock indie Rock Label RooART | Recorded 1989 Length 4:46 | |
Format 7" single, CD single
Vinyl 12" single, CD Maxi single | ||
I Don't Want To Be With Nobody But You was the third single from Australian group, Absent Friends, taken from the group's debut album Here's Looking Up Your Address. The single was released in April 1990 and debuted on the Australian Singles Charts at No. 45 in May 1990, peaking at No. 4 in July 1990.
It was a cover version of the Eddie Floyd track, "I Don't Want To Be With Nobody But My Baby", from his 1974 album, Soul Street. The cover to the single credited the song to Absent Friends featuring Wendy Matthews, also guesting on the track was vocalist Peter Blakeley (backing vocals). Other members of Absent Friends were Sean Kelly (Models, The Dukes), Andrew Duffield, James Valentine (both also ex-Models), and Garry Gary Beers.
"I Don't Want To Be With Nobody But You" won the Single of the Year award at the 1991 ARIA Music Awards.
Matthews subsequently included it on her 1999 Greatest Hits album, Stepping Stones and her 2007 compilation album, The Essential Wendy Matthews. It was later covered by Joss Stone for her 2012 album, The Soul Sessions Vol. 2.
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