"I Don't Want a Lover" is a song by the Scottish band Texas from their first album, Southside (1989). The music starts with blues slide guitar followed by a throbbing rhythm section before the vocals break in. It was released as the band's debut single in January 1989 and peaked at number eight on the UK Singles Chart. In the United States, it peaked at number 77 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in September 1989.
In 2001, Norwegian production team Stargate remixed and re-released the song to promote The Greatest Hits compilation album. Released on 9 July 2001, this version peaked at number 16 on the UK chart.
In an ironic review on 4 February 1989, Phil Cheeseman of British music newspaper Record Mirror chided the song for lack of individuality. He wrote: "Begins brightly with some welcome slide guitar work but even before its slide towards American FM rock you're already scouring the sleeve in a vague attempt to find something, anything of interest".
7-inch, mini-CD, and cassette single
CD and 12-inch single
UK CD1
UK CD2
UK cassette single
European CD single
European maxi-CD single
Personnel are lifted from The Greatest Hits album booklet and the 2001 UK CD1 liner notes.
Original version
2001 mix