B-side "Nucleus" Format 7" single Length 3:23 | Released 1977 (1977) Genre Progressive pop
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Recorded December 1976 – March 1977 | ||
"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.
Background
In 1977, the song was released as the lead single from the group's second album, I Robot. While the music and lyrics were written by Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson, Lenny Zakatek sang lead vocals on the track. The song was a moderate success, charting at #36 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and #22 on the Canadian Singles Chart.
In 2013, the song was used in the best-selling video game Grand Theft Auto V in the game's classic rock channel.